It’s over. But just for now. President Barack Obama signed a bill that ends the 16-day partial government shutdown and raises the debt ceiling, the White House said early Thursday morning. Weeks of bitter political fighting gave way to a frenzied night in Washington as Congress passed the bill that would prevent the country […]
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama met in the Oval Office Friday with Malala Yousafzai, the Pakastani girl who was shot in the head on her school bus by Taliban gunmen for criticizing their rule, including banning education for girls. The White House says the first couple invited Malala — the youngest ever […]
Two steps forward, one step back. A surge of optimism for a possible compromise to end the partial government shutdown and avoid a U.S. default as soon as this week got jolted with the sudden announcement on Monday that a White House meeting between President Barack Obama and congressional leaders had been postponed. In […]
President Barack Obama is telling members of the military he’ll work to get Congress to re-open the government as soon as possible. Obama is addressing troops in a video message after Congress missed a midnight deadline to avert a partial government shutdown. Obama says troops in uniform will remain on duty as usual. He […]
More than three years after Congress passed the Affordable Care Act and President Obama signed it into law, the most controversial piece of the law begins Tuesday – the requirement that uninsured Americans buy health insurance – and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the government is ready. “We’re very excited about […]
President Barack Obama has led the nation in marking the 12th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, addressing families of survivors at a private Pentagon ceremony in Washington, D.C. Obama laid a wreath in remembrance of the Americans who lost their lives that day, as thousands of Americans across the nation also gathered at […]
President Barack Obama tried Tuesday to sell a military intervention he never wanted to an American public that opposes it, telling the nation that he needed authorization to attack Syria as leverage in a newly emerged diplomatic opening from Russia. Calling the United States “the anchor of global security,” Obama offered moral, political and strategic […]
President Obama loved Lee Daniels’ latest film, “The Butler.“ More importantly, he loved his “girl” Oprah Winfrey in “The Butler.” During an interview with radio hosts Tom Joyner and Sybill Wilkes at the Oval Office, the president said of the media mogul, “My girl, she can act.” Another favorite for the president was Cuba Gooding Jr. According to the New York Daily News: “His favorite parts of the movie were the […]
In his much-anticipated speech marking the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, President Obama largely avoided the subject of race, instead arguing the civil rights issues of today unite Americans of all colors and are almost entirely about making sure the economy creates more middle-class jobs. “What is largely unmet in achieving Martin […]
Faith leaders from major African-American churches around the nation met with President Obama Monday morning to discuss the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Obama sat down with eleven senior church leaders and held a conversation on civil rights and equality as they apply to voting rights and various […]
President Barack Obama will speak later this month at a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. The White House says the speech will be delivered during the “Let Freedom Ring” ceremony on the Lincoln Memorial steps on Aug. 28. No other details were released. Obama’s speech will come 50 years […]
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he was “disappointed” that Russia had granted temporary asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, defying Obama administration demands that the former government contractor be sent back to the U.S. to face espionage charges. Obama, in his first comments about Snowden since Russia’s decision last week, said […]
