Politics

President Barack Obama was heckled during a speech at the National Defense University in Washington by Medea Benjamin, an anti-war activist.

The two videos below show the news feed of Obama being heckled repeatedly, and the perspective of the heckler being restrained by security:

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Obama was defending the use of drones ("These strikes have saved lives") and again discussing his desire to shut down Cuba's Guantanamo Bay.

"Can you tell the Muslim people their lives are as precious as our lives?" Medea, co-founder of the group Code Pink, can be heard yelling.

Obama seemed agitated, and repeatedly asked her to allow him to finish his sentence and address her concerns, but did allow Benjamin to speak:

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Forbes' Most Powerful Couples List has been released, and Barack and Michelle Obama came out on top as the most dynamic of dynamic duos.

Meanwhile, the two final pairs in 2013's Tournament of THG: Couples Edition (Robsten and Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev) have since split.

Forbes 1, THG 0.

Forbes' eclectic list of formidable duos who span the worlds of entertainment, politics, media and even royalty has POTUS and FLOTUS at #1.

It's Michelle who carries this particular ticket, too.

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A man believed to be a British soldier was hacked to death in broad daylight by two men with a cleaver in what officials are calling a terrorist attack.

As the victim, dressed in what looked to be a T-shirt for Help for Heroes, a charity for military veterans, lay dying, one of the attackers found a camera.

"We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you until you leave us alone," said a meat-cleaver-wielding man with bloody hands.

London Attack

"The only reasons we killed this man ... is because Muslims are dying daily," he added. "This British soldier is an eye for an eye, a tooth for tooth."

One witness, Michael Atlee, described the gruesome, frenzied and ultimately fatal sequence of events Wednesday afternoon as "a bloody mess."

British Prime David Cameron called it a terrorist attack.

"We will never buckle to terror," he wrote on Twitter.

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The Westboro Baptist Church is drawing a link between Monday's devastating Oklahoma tornado and NBA star Kevin Durant's support for Jason Collins.

After Collins came out as gay in SI this spring, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Durant was one of many players to praise his courage and offer support.

According to the WBC, OKC is now paying the price.

Fred Phelps Jr., the son of Westboro Baptist Church minister Fred Phelps and the brother of Shirley Phelps-Roper, tweeted the following messages:

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Lizz Winstead, the co-creator of The Daily Show, is facing serious criticism after joking that Monday's Oklahoma tornado was sent to target conservatives.

At least 24 people were killed by the massive storm.

Around 4:30 p.m. yesterday, with the twister moving in, Winstead tweeted: "This tornado is in Oklahoma so clearly it has been ordered to only target conservatives."

The tweet has since been deleted, but not before it sparked major controversy, along with her two other quips about the deadly weather event.

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President Barack Obama's historic embrace of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights has been widely praised ... and widely criticized.

It didn't hurt him with the public enough to sway the 2012 election results, but his support for gay causes lit a fire under many vocal opponents.

Which brings us to conservative pundit "Coach" Dave Daubenmire ... who is calling on Obama to come out of the closet and admit he's gay already.

Dave Daubenmire: Obama is Gay!

In a bizarre online rant, Dave emphasizes, "How about he come out and admit he's the first openly gay president or, better yet, openly bisexual president?"

He cites Obama's praise for Jason Collins and notes that the President's "face seems to really light up when he begins to talk about the gay agenda."

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Justifiably or not, President Barack Obama's approval rating has apparently not been hurt by a trio of scandals making headlines in the past week.

A new poll from CNN and ORC International found that 53 percent of Americans approve of the job Obama is doing, while 45 percent disapprove.

This number remains virtually unchanged from polls taken before the AP and IRS scandals hit and the Benghazi scandal reemerged due to hearings.

A CNN poll taken in early April showed Obama's approval rating at 51 percent. A Gallup poll taken in early May showed him hovering at 50 percent.

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Tommy Chong wants to legalize marijuana. Knock us over with a feather.

The comedian feels that pot hasn't been legalized is no laughing matter.

With the government standing to earn money off it, what's the holdup?

Chong tells The Philadelphia Daily News in an interview:

"Look at the situation we're in now. Sequesters. Cuts. Everything across the board. Now, the government is tapped into the biggest cash crop in the world."

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The Boston University College Republicans' news whites-only scholarship has sparked national attention, debate, and in some cases outrage.

The group's president admits his goal in establishing a $250 Caucasian Achievement and Recognition Scholarship was to kick the proverbial hornets' nest.

Mission accomplished, and then some.

"To tell you the truth, we didn't see this coming," Joe Mroszczyk said. "The Drudge Report picked it up yesterday, and today I just finished a round of national interviews."

"It's kind of overwhelming."

Applicants for the group's award must have a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher; must write two essays; and must be at least one-quarter Caucasian.

The application offers an explanation: "We believe that racial preferences in all their forms are perhaps the worst form of bigotry confronting America today."

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President Barack Obama finds himself dealing with three separate scandals in a confluence of events that could threaten his second-term agenda.

He was already in damage control mode and trying to dismiss GOP criticism of his administration's handling of September's deadly Benghazi attacks.

Now, the Internal Revenue Service has been under scrutiny for targeting conservative groups - a surprising admission that Obama vocally criticized.

And meanwhile, a third scandal erupted after the Associated Press revealed that the Justice Department had secretly obtained its phone records.

Even the most ardent liberals can't ignore the impact of three potential scandals at once, as Obama's plans for his second term might be in real trouble.

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