Tag Archives: President Barack Obama

• News

  Obama pays $112K in 2012 taxes

  President Obama and the first family paid $112,000 in taxes for 2012.
• News

  Obama sorry for Kamala Harris ‘best-looking’ remark

  California’s attorney general received an apology call from President Barack Obama Thursday after he told a crowd of Democratic donors she was “by far the best looking attorney general.”
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  Obama to resume gun control push in Colorado, Connecticut

  Obama will continue calling for gun violence legislation on Wednesday when he speaks at the Denver Police Academy, the White House said.
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  Obama expects debate on immigration reform bill next month

  (CNN) — Seeking to ignite congressional movement on immigration reform, President Obama said Monday he expects the Senate to take significant action on the issue next month.
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  Israeli leaders warn Obama about Syrian chemical weapons

  Obama’s first foreign trip of his second term also was his first visit to Israel as president.
• News

  Rocky start to second term raises questions about Obama approach

  Less than seven weeks into his second term, President Barack Obama seems mired in the same uncertainty.
• Politics

  Official: Walmart Foundation head to be tapped as next budget director

  Sylvia Mathews Burwell will be nominated Monday by President Barack Obama to be the director of the Office of Management and Budget.
• Politics

  Obama signs order activating deep spending cuts

  Obama, congressional leaders fail to bridge gaps on cuts, letting them take effect
• Politics

  Obama blames Congress for ‘dumb, arbitrary cuts’

  The president met with with congressional leaders at the White House prior to briefing reporters, but no agreement emerged to avert the automatic austerity that both sides oppose.
• News

  Obama to visit Newport News Shipbuilding next week

  President Obama will take his case to avert the looming budget sequester to Newport News Shipbuilding on Tuesday.
• News

  Spending cut squabbling turns to blame game

  Congress, which isn’t even in session this week, doesn’t appear close to taking action on the $85 billion in forced cuts, which take effect March 1.
• Politics

  White House: Immigration plan is a sidebar to congressional action

  The draft included an eight-year path to permanent residency, and eventually citizenship, for illegal immigrants.