Congressman caught tweeting 24-year-old bikini model during the State of the Union reveals it was his DAUGHTER and he only learned she existed THREE YEARS AGO

A Democratic congressman had to publicly reveal that he found out just three years ago that he had an illegitimate daughter after he accidentally sent her Tweets during the State of the Union.

Congressman Steve Cohen initially said that the 24-year-old model that he was tweeting during the televised speech was a family friend, but that didn’t silence critics who thought it odd that the ended the messages by writing #ilu, [...]

When did we become a country where the millionaires are jealous of the people on food stamps? A country that thinks teachers and fire fighters are soaking us dry? A country that thinks the richest who are paying the lowest taxes in 80 years are the ones being beaten up?

Unlike Chris and many other savvy observers, I’m not convinced Mitt Romney went to the NAACP convention to be booed.

The Romney campaign reportedly bused in supporters and Mitt couched his speech with a pained attempt to reach out to the audience by leaning on his father’s civil rights record and some God talk. No doubt he was definitely sending a message to his base by being abrasive and dogmatic about his agenda. But that’s [...]

Spanish PM urges calm over crisis

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy played down fears the country would need an international bailout, saying the country would find its own way out of the financial crisis.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy tried to play down fears the country would need an international bailout, saying the country would eventually find its way out of the financial crisis on its own.

After a dismal week that saw the country’s borrowing costs soar, [...]

Obama to visit DMZ, raise pressure on North Korea

Obama to visit DMZ, raise pressure on North Korea

By Alister Bull and Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON | Wed Mar 21, 2012 1:28am EDT

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama, seeking to increase pressure on North Korea to abandon its atomic weapons, will visit the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on South Korea’s tense border on Sunday before a nuclear security summit in Seoul.

Obama’s visit to the border will be a strong show of support for South [...]

Bloomberg reports: “The Obama administration won’t impose sanctions on Japan and 10 European Union nations that have “significantly” cut back their imports of Iranian oil this year”

The Obama administration is sending a message to major buyers of Iranian oil — in particular China, India and South Korea – that they can avoid new U.S. sanctions by curtailing their imports of Iranian crude by the end of June, several U.S. officials said.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced yesterday that an “initial group” of countries — Japan and 10 European Union nations — have “significantly reduced” their Iranian oil purchases and thus qualified for [...]