Retired Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) tells Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that while he served as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Congress exercised no oversight over the activities of the Committee on Foreign Investme…
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Unlocking Wind Power Across America
Now available in 39 states, wind power has emerged as an important source of American clean energy – and there’s potential for even more. Today, the Energy Department released a new report – Enabling Wind Power Nationwide &ndas…
3 Ways To Build American Strength
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Announcing New Steps to Promote Pollinator Health
Pollinators are critical to the Nation’s economy, food security, and environmental health. Honey bee pollination alone adds more than $15 billion in value to agricultural crops each year, and helps ensure that our diets include ample fruits, nuts…
Krauthammer: Hillary ‘Has to Come Out of Her Bunker Sometime’
On Monday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer sounded off on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s absence from media scrutiny, particularly as Republican presidential candidates are getting quizzed about the Iraq war
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This Day in History: The Creation of Head Start
Lady Bird Johnson attends the ceremony for National Head Start Day, June 30, 1965. Front row, left to right: Timothy Shriver, Robert Shriver, Danny Kaye, Lady Bird Johnson, Mrs. Lou Maginn (Director of a HeadStart project in East Fairfiel…
Rand Paul vows to filibuster to block Patriot Act
Speaking in front of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, Paul lashed out at the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of American citizens’ phone records.
Why President Obama is Taking Steps to Demilitarize Local Police Forces
Today, President Obama traveled to Camden, New Jersey — a city that has struggled with one of the nation’s highest violent crime rates.
Dedicated to building a stronger, safer community, the Camden County Policy Department and the community have worked together to help police do their jobs more safely, to reduce crime, and to create more economic opportunity in communities that have been saddled with a history of isolation.
As President Obama said, it will take a concerted, “all-hands-on-deck” effort to change the odds for these communities:
If we as a society don’t do more to expand opportunity to everybody who’s willing to work for it, then we’ll end up seeing conflicts between law enforcement and residents. If we as a society aren’t willing to deal honestly with issue of race, then we can’t just expect police departments to solve these problems. If communities are being isolated and segregated, without opportunity and without investment and without jobs — if we politicians are simply ramping up long sentences for nonviolent drug crimes that end up devastating communities, we can’t then ask the police to be the ones to solve the problem when there are no able-bodied men in the community, or kids are growing up without intact households.
10 of Our Favorite Replies from Day One of the @POTUS Twitter Account:
Hello, Twitter! It’s Barack. Really! Six years in, they’re finally giving me my own account.
— President Obama (@POTUS) May 18, 2015
Something pretty big happened today.
Perched on the edge of the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, the President sent his very first tweet from @POTUS — the official Twitter account of the President of the United States.
The Internet got pretty excited about it. So we pulled together 10 of our favorite replies from Day One of the @POTUS Twitter account.
Take a look — then follow @POTUS and send a reply of your own. (You can follow more official White House accounts here.)
It’s about time, @POTUS! –mo
— The First Lady (@FLOTUS) May 18, 2015
The Faces of Health Care: Alison S.
“I am overcome with gratitude that you have had the courage to make these preventative health services available to all women.”
— Alison S.
Alison S., a young woman from Arlington, Virginia, wrote to the President: “Today, for the first time at age 32, I picked up my prescription for oral contraception and was charged a grand total of $0.00.”
Because of the Affordable Care Act, there are birth control options available to women, with no co-pay or cost-sharing. Even with a private health care plan she has through her plan, the ACA is helping her by improving the benefits she receives.
Alison wanted to let President Obama know that she was grateful: “It is reassuring to know that our nation’s leader is advocating for such progressive measures in our modern society.”
For more information about contraception availability through the ACA, click here.