Hold on New START

House votes to limit implementation of New START arms pact with Russia
Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama / AP

The House last week voted to restrict implementation of the 2010 New START arms treaty with Russia until the Obama administration outlines its plans for nuclear cuts.

All In the Family

Column: Why the mainstream media failed to break Obama scandals
Obama answers questions during news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room / AP

Last week John Nolte of Breitbart observed that the mainstream media had failed to break any of the controversial news occupying Washington. This week Paul Farhi of the Washington Post, without intending to, explained why.

21 Pinocchios and Counting

AP

The Washington Post’s “Fact Checker” blog has called out President Barack Obama and his administration at least 19 times and given him a total of 21 Pinocchios since his second term began.

China Goes Old School with Commercial Espionage

Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping / AP

While Chinese cyber espionage has been the recent focus of Chinese-American relations, last month American prosecutors charged three Chinese scientists from New York University’s School of Medicine with taking bribes to share findings with the Chinese Shenzhen Institute and a Shenzhen medical technological company, the New York Times reports.

Obama’s Sinking Numbers

New poll suggests scandals are damaging Obama’s reputation
AP

A Quinnipiac University national poll released Thursday suggests that a trio of controversies are beginning to undermine public support of President Barack Obama and his administration.