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Gingrich sees future for Ryan and Romney
Newt Gingrich, who during his race for the White House called Paul Ryan’s budget “right wing social engineering,” and called Mitt Romney a liar, said both men have a bright future in the Republican...
View ArticleJohn Boehner to address fiscal cliff Wednesday
With his leadership post secured by Tuesday night’s victories, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who was reelected unopposed, is set to address that next big thing Wednesday: the fiscal cliff. His...
View ArticleNo public events for Obama on Monday
With Congress still seeking a way to avoid the fiscal cliff, the White House released a schedule for Monday that includes no public events. “On Monday, the President has no public events scheduled,”...
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In four short years, how the world changed
In four years, presidents age a decade, sometimes two. They turn gray, their faces sag, their voices grow huskier. Whatever mandate they’ve been elected to fulfill, whatever sense of control they felt...
View ArticleNRA’s Wayne LaPierre says Obama trying to take away basic rights
President Obama is trying to take away Americans’ fundamental freedoms guaranteed under the Constitution, National Rifle Association Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre said Tuesday night. “They are...
View ArticlePresident Obama taking gun violence plan on the road
President Obama took his first trip outside Washington on Monday to promote his far-reaching plan to curb the nation’s gun violence, meeting with law enforcement leaders in Minneapolis, which has...
View ArticleObama to governors: Keep pressing Congress
President Obama on Monday urged governors to meet with their states’ congressional delegations while they are in Washington this week for the National Governor’s Association winter meeting and press...
View ArticleObama trying to ‘scare’ Americans, Jindal says
A trio of Republican governors argued Monday that President Obama is trying to frighten the American people about the impact of the deep federal spending cuts set to begin this week, and continued...
View ArticlePaul Ryan gets a call from Obama
Add Paul Ryan to the list of targets for President Obama’s charm offensive. The House Budget Committee chairman and former GOP vice presidential nominee told reporters Wednesday that he had received a...
View ArticleObama hosts climate and energy planning session at White House
President Obama held a meeting Thursday that included a dozen outside experts and business executives about what energy and climate policies he should pursue in his second term, according to a...
View ArticleObama nominates Ron Binz to head Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
President Obama nominated Ron Binz, a strong proponent of renewable energy and former Colorado utility regulator, to head Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Thursday night. Binz will be appointed as...
View ArticleObama pushes House GOP on immigration reform
PRETORIA, South Africa — President Obama on Saturday urged House leaders to produce immigration reform legislation by August, emphasizing that it is critical to move forward on a sweeping overhaul of...
View ArticleObama: ‘Trayvon Martin could have been me’
President Obama made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room Friday to share his thoughts on the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, saying it is...
View ArticleOFA’s effectiveness contingent on ‘Action August’
As Organizing For Action (OFA) meets in Washington, D.C. Monday night, the non-profit tied to President Obama is gearing up for a major advocacy push in August aimed at marshaling support for both the...
View ArticleIn Knox College speech, Obama lays out policy agenda for 2nd term
Returning to the site of his first major economic address as a senator in 2005, President Obama outlined his top economic policy priorities for the remainder of his second term. The president used his...
View ArticleObama to appear on ‘The Tonight Show’ Tuesday
President Obama will appear on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Tuesday, White House spokesman Jay Carney announced Wednesday. Obama will hit three states on Tuesday, Carney said, talking about the...
View ArticleHalf of Americans oppose broad military action in Syria, poll finds
By 50 to 42 percent, more Americans say the United States should not take broad military action against the Syrian government for its alleged use of chemical weapons, according to an NBC News poll...
View ArticleObama travels to the heartland to make economic case
As Washington faces a potential government shutdown, President Obama will take his case to the heartland Friday during a tour of a Ford plant in Missouri designed to highlight the rebounding U.S. auto...
View ArticleSenior senators signal concern with current Iran talks
President Obama sought Tuesday to stop senators from considering a new round of sanctions against Iran as high-stakes diplomatic talks are expected to get underway again later this week. Obama met for...
View ArticleObama: ‘Dangerous and growing inequality’ has jeopardized middle class
The president said the country needs to do more to shrink the wage gap and ensure that children born to poverty have a chance to climb the economic ladder.
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