Tag Archives: President Obama

  • News / Politics Edward Snowden, shown in a screengrab, from  Guardian newspaper. (Screengrab from the Guardian)

    Snowden claims online Obama expanded ‘abusive’ security programs

    Edward Snowden said he leaked classified details about U.S. surveillance programs because President Barack Obama worsened “abusive” practices instead of curtailing them as he promised.

  • Politics immigration

    House Republicans vote to end Obama deportation rule

    A Republican-led effort to discard the president’s rule allowing some young undocumented immigrants to defer deportation passed the U.S. House.

  • News / Politics gay-marriage

    Obama backs same-sex provision to immigration bill

    President Obama supports a proposal to allow Americans to seek legal immigration status for same-sex partners.

  • News Ricin (AP/NDN)

    Report: Ricin letter suspect arrested in Mississippi

    An arrest has been made in connection with letters sent to President Barack Obama and Sen. Roger Wicker.

  • News gas tax

    President’s effort to cut gasoline emissions

    The Obama Administration is unveiling new rules to cut gasoline emissions.

  • News guns

    Obama: ‘Shame on us’ if Newtown doesn’t bring new gun laws

    President Obama urges people to pressure their elected leaders to pass new gun lawns

  • News / Politics

    White House budget coming April 10, two months late

    The White House will release its budget for the 2014 fiscal year on April 10th, more than two months after the February deadline.

  • News Limo awaits at RIC for President Obama's arrival (Jerrita Patterson)

    Presidential limo breaks down ahead of Obama’s Israel arrival

    The official limousine awaiting President Barack Obama’s arrival in Israel malfunctioned after its driver refueled it using gasoline rather than diesel fuel.

  • News Pres. Obama News Conference

    Pres. Obama fills out NCAA Tourney Bracket

    President Barack Obama spent Wednesday morning touring Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, but back home his NCAA bracket was also making big news.

  • News / Politics

    President Obama lands in Israel during first leg of Middle East trip

    Barack Obama arrived in Israel on Wednesday as concerns about Iran’s nuclear progress percolate.

  • News / Politics NEWS >> GENERIC >> POLITICS>> Whitehouse Background

    Political divide over taxes and spending

    Nothing, it seems, can bridge the bottomless political divide in Washington over taxes and spending.

  • News

    Criticism erupts over leaked Immigration Reform plan

    A leaked version of President Barack Obama’s draft immigration plan raised Republican hackles while bringing some additional focus to the debate.