President Barack Obama formally ended the U.S. combat role in Iraq after seven long years of bloodshed, declaring in an Oval Office speech to the nation Tuesday night: “It’s time to turn the page.” Adamantly opposed to the war from the beginning, Obama said the United States “has paid a huge price” to give [...]

And now for the celebs who rejected offers to join “Dancing with the Stars.” Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was among the dozen or so who thought better of trying to dance for votes on live TV. Also on the “no” list: Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg, Sylvester Stallone, political commentator Ann Coulter, [...]

Wyclef Jean has written and posted a new song on his blog bashing Haitian officials for rejecting his presidential bid. “Prison for the CEP,” referring to the electoral commission, whose decision he wants to overturn in court, features the rapper/musician also chiding President Rene Preval as he sings in Creole, the French-derived language spoken [...]

Conservative radio host and Fox News commentator Glenn Beck is hosting a rally in Washington, D.C., Saturday on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech — but he says the date was not chosen intentionally. “Whites don’t own Abraham Lincoln,” Beck said in a recent broadcast of his Fox [...]

Police say Democratic Senate candidate Alvin Greene was kicked out of a South Carolina restaurant after his companion got into an altercation with other customers. Oconee County Democratic Party officials had asked Greene to speak at their monthly meeting over the weekend in Seneca. But they rescinded the invitation after Greene was indicted [...]

Well that was quick. Shortly after meeting with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this morning about a job offer in the wake of her forced removal, Shirley Sherrod has announced that she will not accept the new position. The two met face-to-face for the first time since a videotape edited by a conservative blogger [...]

Wyclef Jean is continuing to rant about his “unfair” disqualification from the run for Haiti Presidency. Clef’s campaign came to a halt after electoral officials denied him a bid citing issues with residential status in the country. Now with his dreams officially dashed, Clef is speaking out against those stopping him from running [...]

Although he was disqualified from the running for the president of Haiti last week, rapper Wyclef Jean has plans to appeal the decision. Saturday, after finding out he was denied the opportunity to fun for the highest seat in his native country, Clef had this to say, “I respectfully accept the committee’s final decision, [...]

President Barack Obama has kept his promise, as the last of the Iraq combat troops make their way home. The last US combat brigade has withdrawn from Iraq, more than seven years after the US-led coalition invaded the country in a war that has claimed the lives of more than 4,000 US troops. [...]

Despite his denials on Larry King Live Thursday night, the official list of Haitian Presidential candidates has been released and Wyclef’s name was not on it.
He issued a statement.
It is with a heavy heart that I tell you today that the board of elections in Haiti has disqualified me from my run for [...]

Wyclef Jean will have to find other ways to help his impoverished homeland of Haiti now that he’s been denied a bid for Presidency. The former Fugee and philanthropist announced his plans to run for President in August and has since received criticism from actor Sean Penn and former bandmate Pras. The Yele [...]

Wyclef Jean, who is facing rejection of his candidacy for President of Haiti because he hasn’t lived in the country consecutively for five years, has a perfectly good reason why he should still be allowed to run. Wyclef’s camp is blaming his music career. His brother Samuel Jean says,
“Prior can mean at [...]

Would-be Haitian Presidential candidate Wyclef Jean has gone into hiding after receiving numerous death threats. In an email sent to CNN Wyclef reveals,
“We have been getting threats since last night telling me if I know what’s good for me, I would get out (of) the country.”
and his lawyer says,
“Wyclef has been repeatedly [...]

No word yet on Wyclef’s eligibility to run for President. Haiti’s electoral commission said late Tuesday that it was postponing its ruling on who will be allowed to run for president in November elections, leaving Wyclef Jean’s candidacy in limbo. A statement from the commission, known as the CEP, said it would postpone [...]

President Barack Obama will visit New Orleans later this month to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Obama will travel on Aug. 29 to Louisiana’s largest city, along with “members of the president’s cabinet who’ve worked to speed recovery. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina led to disastrous flooding that left about 1,600 people [...]

Wyclef may not be able to run for President of Haiti after all. There are six requirements a candidate must possess to be able to run for President of Haiti and unfortunately Wyclef is missing one: Residential status. Among other things, you have to have lived in Haiti for 5 consecutive years to eligible [...]

Johnson Publishing recently announced (Tuesday Aug. 10) that former White House Secretary Desirée Rogers will be the new CEO for the company. She will take care of the struggling company’s day-to-day operations. If you don’t know whom this woman is, recall the party crasher’s incident with President Barack Obama. Yeah, she’s the [...]

In what appears to be another case of mismanaged funds, rapper Wyclef Jean is being sued by diamond setter to the stars, Jacob the Jeweler for unpaid bills totaling nearly $320,000. According to the complaint, Jean who recently announced he is running for the presidency of Haiti, ignored “repeated demands for payment” for the [...]

When news surfaced that Wyclef Jean intended to run for presidential office in Haiti, there was an immediate report published by the Smoking Gun that revealed the former Fugee owed more than $2 million in back taxes. Now we’ve learned Jean is in debt for way more than that initial sum. Jean actually [...]

Wyclef Jean has written an article in the Wall Street Journal defending his decision to run for the presidency of Haiti. “While I don’t pretend to be a miracle worker, I wholeheartedly believe that at this important time in Haiti’s history, I am the right person to put the country on the road to [...]