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Obama says 'history will judge the enormous impact' of Fidel Castro as he extends the 'hand of friendship' to Cubans The news was met with surprise on the streets of Cuba, where businesses closed as citizens reflected on his legacy U.S. President Barack Obama offered his condolences and said 'history will record and judge the enormous impact of this singular figure on the people and world around him' Russian President Vladimir Putin branded Castro 'the symbol of an era' and a distinguished statesman' Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was 'one of the most iconic personalities of the 20th...

The Leipzig branch of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has come under fire for seemingly using Nazi symbols on a campaign car. A Facebook group dedicated to opposing far-right groups in Leipzig posted a picture on Facebook on Sunday that has been riling up anger in the eastern city. The picture shows what appears to be an AfD campaign car decorated with the official party logo and pictures of candidates parked at an outdoor festival with a front license plate that reads “AH 1818”. The group NO LEGIDA — a reference to a local section of anti-Islam movement...

The Morning Sentinel, a small paper from the state of Maine, has a travelogue story of the Obama's vacation in and about North Carolina today. It has a very interesting little tidbit in it that should enrage every American. It is something that really shows Barack Obama's arrogance and his obviously assumed air of noblesse oblige. Among the exciting details of the Obama's visit to Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor is this tidbit: Arriving in a small jet before the Obamas was the first dog, Bo, a Portuguese water dog given as a present by the late U.S. Sen...

SNIP (McCain) was in high spirits, and we talked for a while about the Obama Administration's embrace of realpolitik, Pakistan, Iran, the whole nine yards. But first I asked him about Dick Cheney and his defense of Bush Administration torture policies. He told me of his fundamental disagreement with Cheney: "When you have a majority of Americans, seventy-something percent, saying we shouldn't torture, then I'm not sure it helps for the Vice President to go out and continue to espouse that position," he said. "But look, he's free to talk. He's a former Vice President of the United States. I...

on all cable news channels....to start in uh uh about 30 minutes.

Obama is speaking in Israel at the moment. As in previous addresses, he was careful to supply no microphones to the sea of reporters panting and drooling after him so he can control the answer in the absense of an audible question. One reporter asked a question -- no one could hear because no microphone -- and then some reporter broke with the Obama Rules and asked Obama to repeat it because no one else could hear it. Obama's response was to angrily flare back that "Why don't you ask your buddies to speak louder so I don't have to...