President Barack Obama is set to announce waivers that will free 10 states from the binding requirements of the No Child Left Behind law. The initiative, enacted during the George W. Bush administration, requires all states receiving federal education funding to test students’ basic skills in many grades. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is taking on GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney over his criticism of President Barack Obama’s birth control coverage mandate. (more)
The Korea Times is reporting that while it has will allow 86,000 historical M1 Garand rifles to be imported from South Korea, the Obama administration continues to block the importation of some 600,000 M1 Carbines because “they come with a magazine that can carry multiple rounds.” (more)
Friday, January 27, 2012 (more)
WASHINGTON — It’s an unwritten law of modern America that a political campaign speech should last no more than 30 minutes. The lecture candidate Barack Obama delivered on the evening of Jan. 24 in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol came in at just longer than one hour and six minutes. It was full of rhetoric we should expect to hear reiterated from now until Nov. 6. The president’s supporters declared his economic message to be “populist.” That’s liberal-speak for class warfare. (more)
The U.S. is invoking Cold War-era national-security powers to force telecommunication companies including AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) to divulge confidential information about their networks in a hunt for Chinese cyber-spying. (more)
In today’s economy, $3 won’t get you much, but it can buy an electronic raffle ticket for an unusual prize: dinner with President Obama for you and a friend. (more)
A popular Hawaiian singer used his performance at a dinner of world leaders hosted by President Barack Obama to voice his support for the ‘Occupy’ movement. (more)
A van containing President Obama’s teleprompter and podium were stolen from a Virginia hotel parking lot on Monday, according to NBC12 in Richmond. (more)
