Congress to probe President Trump wiretap claim, FBI disputes it

WASHINGTON — Key members of Congress say they will honor President Donald Trump's request to investigate his unsubstantiated claim that Barack Obama overstepped his authority as president and had President Trump's telephones tapped during the election campaign.

House intel panel to probe President Trump's allegations President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes says President Donald Trump's allegations that President Barack Obama's administration wiretapped Trump Tower last year will become part of his panel's investigation.President Trump has offered no evidence or details to support his claim, and President Obama's spokesman has denied it.The California Republican says in a statement his committee "will make inquiries into whether the government was conducting surveillance activities on any political party's campaign officials or surrogates."The committee was already investigating Russian interference in the presidential election.Without offering evidence, President Trump claimed in a series of Saturday, March 4th tweets that former President Barack Obama had telephones at Trump Tower wiretapped.

Pres. Trump suggests former Pres. Obama behind protests against GOP lawmakers

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Donald Trump says he believes President Barack Obama is behind some of the protests against Republican lawmakers across the country.In an interview with Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends" that aired Tuesday, President Trump responded to a question about the protests, saying, "I think that President Obama is behind it, because his people are certainly behind it."He adds that he thinks Obama loyalists are also behind White House leaks.President Trump concedes, "I also understand that's politics.

Former President Obama spotted in New York; attends Broadway show

NEW YORK — The Obamas just can't quit Broadway.Former President Barack Obama and his daughter Malia Obama have caught a new revival of Arthur Miller's "The Price." They attended the play starring Danny DeVito, Mark Ruffalo, Tony Shalhoub and Jessica Hecht at the American Airlines Theatre on Friday.In "The Price," a police officer feels that life has passed him by while he took care of his now-dead father.

Man pardoned by Obama ‘executed’ by masked men at halfway house

SAGINAW, Mich. — A man recently pardoned by former President Barack Obama was shot and killed by two men with assault-style rifles Monday night.It happened at 9:40 p.m. at Bannum Place Federal Corrections Halfway House in Saginaw, Michigan. 

Full list of President Obama's 64 pardons, 209 sentence commutations; 4 from Wisconsin

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 209 people and pardoned 64 others Tuesday as one of his final acts in the White House."These 273 individuals learned that our nation is a forgiving nation, where hard work and a commitment to rehabilitation can lead to a second chance, and where wrongs from the past will not deprive an individual of the opportunity to move forward," read a statement on the White House website.

US agrees to pay billions to Marines affected by toxic water

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has agreed to provide disability benefits totaling more than $2 billion to veterans who had been exposed to contaminated drinking water while assigned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.Military personnel must have served at Lejeune for at least 30 days between August 1953 and December 1987.Beginning in March, the cash payouts from the Department of Veterans Affairs may supplement VA health care already being provided to eligible veterans.The estimated taxpayer cost is $2.2 billion over five years.

President Obama surprises a teary-eyed VP Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama surprised an emotional Vice President Joe Biden Thursday by presenting him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, during a White House ceremony."I just wanted to get some folks together to pay tribute," President Obama said at the ceremony. "It also gives the internet one last chance to talk about our bromance," he joked."If you can't admire Joe Biden as a person you've got a problem," Obama said. "He's as good a man as God ever created."Before surprising his vice president with the medal, Obama gave lengthy and colorful remarks praising Biden, along with his wife Dr.

TMZ: President Obama's dog 'Sunny' bites White House guest in the face

FOX6 News has learned President Obama's four-year-old dog, Sunny, bit a family friend visiting the White House on Monday, January 9th -- according to TMZ.TMZ says sources of the girl who was bitten tell them she went to pet and kiss Sunny, and the dog "bit her on the face." Leaving a pretty large and bloody gash.According to TMZ, Obamas' family physician checked the girl out and decided she needed stitches.