A possible source of the so-called quot;birtherquot; issue--or at least a potential cause of the rumors that have dogged President Barack Obama--has been identified.

WASHINGTON -- During the 2008 campaign, then-Sen. Barack Obama railed against the intelligence programs implemented under President George W. Bush and vowed to end practices like extraordinary rendition and the quot;enhanced interrogation techniquesquot; that many considered torture.

President Barack Obama has received $17,869 in donations for his re-election efforts from 18 members of Brown University’s faculty, including Ruth Simmons, who is stepping down as president of the Ivy League school in Providence, Rhode Island.

The Nebraska billionaire who considered a plan to resurrect incendiary comments by President Barack Obama#39;s former pastor shelved the idea Thursday after Obama and Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney denounced the tactic.

The Obama campaign called “BS” Thursday on an independent group’s $25 million attack ad that accuses the president of breaking his promises.