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Hacker tweets fake White House attack using Associated Press account, Dow Jones drops 150 points
Hackers have compromised the main Twitter account of The Associated Press, sending out an erroneous tweet about an attack at the White House.
The tweet, which said that there had been two explosions at the White House and President Barack Obama was injured, came after hackers made repeated attempts to steal the passwords of AP journalists.
The AP said Tuesday that its Twitter account had been suspended following a hack and said it was working to correct the issue. (AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGANMANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Sorry Texas, but you have to stay in America: White House formally responds to petition requests for Texas, seven other states to leave the Union
If Texas and seven other states want to secede from the Union, it won’t be on Barack Obama’s watch.
The White House formally responded Monday to a petition signed by more than 125,000 for Texas to secede by rejecting the motion, saying “As much as we value a healthy debate, we don’t let that debate tear us apart.”
The statement, entitled “Our States Remain United,” responded to the nine secession-related petitions that crossed the 25,000 online signatories threshold on the White House website that guarantees a response from the government.
Free and open debate is what makes this country work, and many people around the world risk their lives every day for the liberties we often take for granted
Unlike the White House’s cheeky response to a petition to build a planet-destroying Death Star, the tone of their statement was decidedly muted. (AP Photo/Christopher Sherman)
‘The Administration does not support blowing up planets’: White House responds to petition asking it to build Death Star
The Obama administration must, by law, officially respond to any petition that receives more than 30,000 signatures. That’s why the U.S. government needed to respond to calls for Piers Morgan’s deportation. Many of the petitions that get more than 30,000 signatures are silly. But some are deadly serious. For example, the petition that the government start building a Death Star by 2016, required a fullsome response.
Barack Obama is right — wealth inequality is a threat to capitalism
Jonathan Kay: At Occupy protests and in activist circles, income inequality usually is cast as a social justice issue, which is why too many conservatives snidely dismiss it
The United States of Envy
Terence Corcoran: Welcome to the United States of Envy, land of the free and home of the brave so long as nobody makes too much more money than the next guy
Tim Thomas refuses to visit White House
U.S. President Barack Obama hosted the Boston Bruins at the White House on Monday afternoon to celebrate their 2011 Stanley Cup victory, but veteran goaltender Tim Thomas declined to attend for political reasons, according to Sports Illustrated.
“I can require someone to attend a team event. If they don’t, I can suspend him,” Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli told the Boston Globe. “I’m not suspending Tim. Whatever his position is, it isn’t reflective of the Boston Bruins nor my own. But I’m not suspending him.” Photo: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images
First Barack Obama joins the Mavericks, and now Michelle is with the St. Louis Cardinals? We bet her swing is deadly. The U.S. first lady poses with the World Series champions at a White House event. Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Meet the Mavericks’ newest member
Just kidding. U.S. President Obama receives a team jersey from Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki (L) while hosting the 2011 NBA champions in the East Room at the White House in Washington, January 9, 2012. At right behind Obama is team owner Mark Cuban. REUTERS/Larry Downing
Justin Bieber, Conan O’Brien join U.S. Presdent Obama at White House Christmas celebration
President Barack Obama struck a pious tone on Sunday at a Christmas concert featuring teen pop star Justin Bieber and other singers that the president attended with his wife and daughters.
Comedian Conan O’Brien, hosting the TNT Christmas in Washington show, joked that at this time of year, thoughts turn to a miracle child worshiped by millions worldwide.
“I’m speaking of course, of Justin Bieber,” O’Brien told the audience at Washington’s National Building Museum, introducing the Canadian-born singer. (Photo: Getty Images)
First Lady of Sport
First she showed off her skills on the tennis court, and now she’s schooling everyone in soccer. First lady Michelle Obama hosts a Let’s Move! clinic with members of the U.S. women’s soccer team. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Daryl Hannah arrested for protesting proposed Canadian oilsands pipeline
Actress Daryl Hannah, famous for her movie roles in Splash and Wall Street, was among dozens of anti-oilsands activists arrested Tuesday at the White House in ongoing “sit in” protests against TransCanada Corp.’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline.
“Stop the Keystone pipeline,” Hannah shouted as she was being handcuffed by SWAT team officers. “No to the Keystone pipeline.” (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
Obama: “Clear eyes, full hearts, CAN’T LOSE!”
OK, fine, he is chanting “Win the day” with the Silver Streaks football team at Galesburg High School in Illinois, a stop during his Midwest trip. Jason Reed/Reuters
‘Two states,’ one choice
U.S. President Barack Obama backed a key Palestinian demand on the borders of a future state with Israel as part of his vision for a Middle East peace deal and sought to shape political change convulsing the region.
Obama’s proposal — a policy shift that effectively calls for a negotiated Israeli pullback to 1967 borders that existed before it occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem — drew a swift rejection from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the eve of his Washington visit.
Obama at the plate: What the experts say
In what the White House promised would be a “sweeping” speech, President Barack Obama on Thursday talked about a new era in America’s relationship with the Middle East and North Africa. He spoke of promoting democracy, championing individual freedom, pumping aid into Egypt and solving the Palestinian conflict. He did not say a word about Saudi Arabia, but analysts did — when we asked them to pick apart the President’s message.
Photos: Obama watches attack on Bin Laden
U.S. President Barack Obama and his staff followed the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound minute by minute via live video feed in the White House situation room, and there was relief when the commandos, including members of the Navy’s elite Seals unit, stormed the compound. “We got him,” the president said, according to Brennan, after the mission was accomplished.
Photo: U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) and Vice President Joe Biden (L), along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. (White House/Pete Souza/Reuters)
Newspaper headlines and clippings are posted on a wall inside a staff office at the White House in Washington May 2, 2011, the morning after U.S. President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
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White House releases Obama ‘certificate of live birth’
U.S. President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to quash conspiracy theories alleging he was not born in the United States as the White House released his long-form birth certificate.
In an extraordinary political twist, President Obama made a statement in the White House press briefing room about the controversy, after aides said he felt it was distracting from important political debates.
The President said Wednesday he was bemused over conspiracy theories over his birthplace, and said the media’s obsession with the “sideshow” issue was a distraction in a “serious time.”
“We don’t have time for this kind of silliness,” Obama said, adding that he was puzzled that the controversy fanned by conservative pundits and some of his political foes had rumbled on for two-and-a-half years.
“The president feels this (controversy) is bad for the country, that it is not healthy for the political debate,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said earlier on Wednesday. (Photo: The White House/AFP/Getty Images)
