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President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House - May 16, 2013 (credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Fact Check Friday: Scandals Hit The White House

It’s that time again, time to use a lie detector on the people running the country.

2013/05/17

Jason Collins (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)

White House, Former President Bill Clinton Commend Jason Collins

Clinton said that Collins’ announcement on Monday is an “important moment” for professional sports and the history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

2013/04/29

Jason Collins of the Washington Wizards rebounds against the Chicago Bulls at the United Center on April 17, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Jason Collins Becomes 1st Active Male Athlete In 4 Major American Pro Sports To Come Out

“I didn’t set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport,” Collins wrote in Sports Illustrated. “But since I am, I’m happy to start the conversation.”

2013/04/29

Dennis Rodman (Photo by Mark Sullivan/Getty Images for Ball Up)

White House Criticizes North Korea For Focusing Time, Energy On Dennis Rodman

The White House says North Korea’s government should be focused on the well-being of its citizens, not on “celebrity sporting events” to entertain the country’s elite.

2013/03/04

President Barack Obama waves before delivering his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 12, 2013, in Washington. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama On State Of The Union: Economic Revival Is ‘Unfinished Task’

President Barack Obama said the national union is strong State of the Union Address Tuesday night, but he still has a raft of sticky-wicket problems to deal with at home and abroad.

2013/02/12

President Barack Obama delivers remarks about extending tax cuts for middle class people during an event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building November 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Obama Takes Fiscal Plan To The Public In Effort To Pressure GOP

President Barack Obama is taking his case for avoiding a potentially unsettling “fiscal cliff” to the public on Friday, employing campaign-style tactics in hopes of mobilizing support.

2012/11/30

Damage inside the burnt US consulate building in Benghazi (Photo credit: GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/GettyImages)

Opinion: Why Did The White House Take So Long To Admit Libya Attack Was Terrorism?

With Americans watching the nearing of the date September 11, 2012 on the calendar for weeks – if not months – and dreading the stark reality that something disastrous may happen to innocent Americans again, the president and his political cronies refused to believe what happened.

2012/09/21

President Barack Obama (credit: Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images)

White House, President Obama Engrossed In ‘Linsanity’

You know you’re having a good week when President Barack Obama is abuzz about your sudden rise to fame.

WFAN–2012/02/15

A new low-dose birth control patch is in clinical trials, and its lower estrogen levels could decrease the risk of side effects found in the current birth control patch.

Catholic Leaders Blast White House’s Take On Contraception Debate Negotiations Time Frame

The White House was on the run Tuesday as the controversy over requiring Catholic institutions to provide birth control to their employees erupted on the campaign trail.

2012/02/07

Nationwide Emergency Alert System Test Is Wednesday Afternoon

It will go out at 2:00 p.m. on all television and radio stations simultaneously, including WCBS 880, CBS2, and 1010 WINS.

2011/11/08

Palestinians, Israelis Just A Week Away From UN Confrontation

On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared he’ll travel here, to fight a Palestinian bid for United Nations membership as President Barack Obama tried to defuse a difficult situation.

2011/09/15

President Barack Obama (C) talks with Wayne Mayor Christopher Vergano (L) as he sees first hand the devastation left by Hurricane Irene in Wayne, New Jersey, September 4, 2011. (Photo credit: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

President Obama Pledges Federal Aid Assistance During Visit To Flooded NJ Areas

President Barack Obama says he will do whatever it takes to help those communities that were flooded, battered and bruised by Irene.

2011/09/04

The entrance Federal Reserve Bank of New York, located at 33 Liberty Street, is seen on July 29, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

No Decisions Announced At New York Federal Reserve Meeting As Debt Ceiling Deadline Looms

Executives from the country’s biggest banks met with U.S. Treasury officials Friday to discuss how debt auctions will be handled if Congress fails to raise the borrowing limit before Tuesday’s deadline.

2011/07/30

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