Remarks by the President on Trayvon Martin  —  THE PRESIDENT: I wanted to come out here, first of all, to tell you that Jay is prepared for all your questions and is very much looking forward to the session.  The second thing is I want to let you know that over the next couple of weeks …

Raising the Wrong Profile  —  In 2003, State Senator Barack Obama spearheaded a bill through the Illinois legislature that sought to put the clamps on racial profiling.  Obama called racial profiling “morally objectionable,” “bad police practice” and a method that mainly served to …

Zimmerman brother: Obama ‘very sincere’ in comments on racial fallout of Trayvon case  —  George Zimmerman's brother on Friday said President Obama sounded “very sincere” in remarks about the racial implications of the Trayvon Martin case.  —  Speaking on Fox News, Zimmerman …

Obama: Trayvon ‘could have been me’  —  President Obama said Friday that all Americans should respect the George Zimmerman verdict, but white Americans should also understand that African Americans continue to face racial discrimination.  —  “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago …

Considering the President's Comments on Racial Profiling  —  The impact of the highest official in the country directly feeling your pain, because it is his pain, is real.  And it is happening now.  And it is significant.  —  My earlier criticisms notwithstanding, I think these comments …

OBAMA: ‘TRAYVON COULD HAVE BEEN ME’  —  Speaking at the White House on Friday, President Obama addressed the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin for the first time since 2012, when he declared that if he had a son, he'd look like Martin.

Fleischer: Obama AWOL on race  —  Ari Fleischer wants to know where President Obama has been in the last five years when it comes to issues of race.  —  “Why did it take the Trayvon Martin case for the president to come out and raise some of these very valid issues that it would be constructive …

In Major Ruling, Court Orders Times Reporter to Testify  —  WASHINGTON — In a major ruling about press freedoms, a divided federal appeals court on Friday ruled that James Risen, an author and reporter for The New York Times, must testify in the criminal trial of a former Central Intelligence …

When a ‘bombshell’ is a dud  —  House Oversight Committee Chairman, struggling to shake his well-deserved reputation as a “laughably inept” clown, did his level best this week to revive the discredited IRS “scandal.”  Relying on a partial transcript — one of his favorite tactics — Issa fed the media what he said was a scoop.