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Two more years? White House, senior advisor Valerie Jarrett says she plans to stay into 2017.

A veritable firestorm has erupted over how Hillary Clinton trusted confidante Huma Abedin and other close aides to interact electronically on government business in risk-prone ways that, until now, were insulated from proper scrutiny, between January 21, 2009 and February 1, 2013, while Mrs. Clinton served as Secretary of State.

In an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Tuesday, Obama White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett offered some reaction to the upcoming address to a joint session of Congress by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later in the day. Jarrett

The Oscars bring political speeches to Hollywood, and politicians in Washington are happy to cheer them on.

After six years of a foreign policy strategy that observers have assessed as questionable at best, Americans and remaining foreign allies finally deserve an honest explanation of President Obama’s true aims across the Middle East. One person who should explain why the Obama Administration continually asserts the United States is making progress abroad despite so many appalling setbacks is senior aide Valerie Jarrett, whose influence shaping key policies is suggested in second-hand reports, but not yet adequately understood.

After spending trillions of dollars under President Barack Obama, America had fewer full-time jobs in the private sector in January 2015 than we had 10 years earlier under George W. Bush in 2015 .

Ohio’s Secretary of State warns the White House that executive amnesty could allow non-citizens to vote in American elections. At least 17 voted in that state in 2012.

A new book says former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel wanted to elbow Valerie Jarrett aside, perhaps to the U.S. Senate.

White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett tells CNN that President Obama is personally engaged with the situation inn Yemen, and is in close contact with the men and women in the U.S. embassy there. “Having a presence there is very important,” she said acknowledging the risks to the people who served in all U.S. embassies.

One of the themes of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday involved bridging the so-called gender pay gap that exists in the American economy. However as previously pointed out, that pay gap still exists within the

Thursday on CNN, Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett said the administration got “the substance right,” even if they didn’t show up for the Paris Unity March. Jarrett said, “Well, I think as we said, certainly we would have liked to have

White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett is not pleased with the Republican effort to defund President Obama’s executive action on immigration reform, arguing that his actions have actually improved the immigration system.

Actor Bradley Cooper revealed on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM Radio show Tuesday that he masterminded President Obama’s infamous appearance on Zach Galifianakis’ comedy interview web show Between Two Ferns.

At New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Monday immigration forum, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and Valerie Jarrett, President Barack Obama’s senior adviser and confidante, are instructing mayors across the country on how to implement Obama’s executive amnesty. De Blasio,

Even though moderate Republican candidates lose presidential elections without the conservative base (see: George H.W. Bush ’92, Bob Dole ’96, John McCain ’08, Mitt Romney ’12), former Florida Governor and potential presidential candidate Jeb Bush thinks conservatives are not needed

President Obama met with over two dozen people regarding the Ferguson unrest on Monday, including law enforcement officials, civil rights leaders, and young people involved in activism protesting the decision by the grand jury in the Michael Brown case. “When

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) requested that President Barack Obama avoid making a “very public push” on immigration during the midterm primaries, according to White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett. Speaking to the Chicago Sun-Times’ Washington Bureau Chief, Lynn Sweet,

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “The Reid Report,” President Barack Obama’s longtime political adviser Valerie Jarrett used charges of sexism to deflect recent reports that have questioned the amount of influence she has over the president and charged she acts more like

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Howard Kurtz, host of the Fox News Channel’s “MediaBuzz,” argued that the clamor among members of the media to fire Valerie Jarrett was unfairly letting the president off the hook.  Kurtz discussed “the inevitable

After the shellacking that President Obama received at the hands of voters in the midterm elections, his chief adviser, Valerie Jarrett, is finding herself on the hot seat.  Over the weekend, two articles in outlets that are usually friendly to

While President Barack Obama has finally caved to one demand from congressional Republicans on Ebola–appointing a single point person, or Ebola Czar, to handle the response–the person he appointed, conservatives say, is an incompetent political hack. Obama’s new Ebola Czar

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) declared that he was “convinced” that “Valerie Jarrett was involved” in the IRS’ targeting of Tea Party groups on Friday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” “If you follow the communications, if we can get it, right up to

President Obama announced additional airport screenings to detect Ebola on Monday, shortly after meeting with government officials on the deadly disease ravaging Africa. Obama spoke briefly with the White House press pool spray after the meeting answering two questions about

For a while now, I have been describing President Barack Obama as the “mayor of America.” He is attempting to govern our large, populous, and impossibly complex society as if he were a big city mayor-for-life with untrammeled executive powers–and

President Barack Obama compared outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder to Bobby Kennedy, who served in the position during his brother John F. Kennedy’s presidency–a comparison Holder made about himself shortly thereafter. “Bobby Kennedy once said, ‘on this generation of Americans

Top Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett continued the public push back against a recent report citing Democrats’ criticisms of DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz Friday.  Jarrett told American Urban Radio Network’s April Ryan that Obama supports Wasserman Schultz and that she

Politico’s Glenn Thrush reports in this week’s edition of the magazine that Al Sharpton has become President Barack Obama’s “go-to man on race” in Ferguson and elsewhere. Thrush tells the story as one of Sharpton’s own reform and revival, dwelling on

President Obama is doing his job, according to White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, who is now defending his handling of the Ferguson shooting and the civil unrest that has followed. Obama spoke publicly about Brown’s death on three different

While vacationing at Martha’s Vineyard, President Obama, Eric Holder, and Valerie Jarrett have been monitoring the continuing uproar in Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of Michael Brown at the hands of local police. But as Obama returned to the

Radio host Mark Levin criticized White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett for her criticism of Israel on his Monday radio show.  Levin wondered why the administration has criticized Israel while remaining relatively silent on the actions of ISIS and said

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett said the Israeli strikes near civilian areas can not be “condoned.” “This is why the cease-fire is so important,” Jarrett said. “It’s a devastating situation. Israel absolutely has

White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett congratulated Zach Galifianakis and producers of the Between Two Ferns comedy show after it was announced that the show earned an Emmy nomination. The web-based parody talk show was nominated for an Emmy in

On Tuesday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry reportedly agreed to meet with President Barack Obama on Wednesday to discuss the border crisis. But instead of scheduling the meeting near the border, Obama set up the meeting for North Texas. After Perry asked

After Texas Governor Rick Perry demanded a “substantial meeting” with President Barack Obama this week over the border crisis, Obama had his top confidante, Valerie Jarrett, respond by inviting Perry to a Wednesday meeting with him in Texas. According to