Obama proposing $478B public works program in budget
The $4 trillion budget that President Barack Obama sends Congress today proposes higher taxes on wealthier Americans and corporations, and an ambitious $478 billion public works program for highway, bridge and transit upgrades.
Obama pays respects to Saudis, defends ties to kingdom
In a show of solidarity with Saudi Arabia, President Barack Obama led a parade of American dignitaries to the ultraconservative desert kingdom Tuesday to pay respects after King Abdullah’s death and take measure of the new monarch.
Obama challenges GOP in State of Union
President Barack Obama says it’s time to turn the page after years of economic hardship at home and wars overseas.
Fact check: President claims credit for an incomplete recovery
The U.S. may not have “risen from recession” quite as rousingly as President Barack Obama suggested in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night.
Obama’s tax proposals get cool reception from GOP
Republican lawmakers are already signaling they will do what they can to block President Barack Obama’s pitch for tax increases on the wealthiest Americans.
House votes to undo Obama immigration actions
Shunning a White House veto threat and opposition within their own party, House Republicans approved legislation Wednesday to overturn President Barack Obama’s key immigration policies.
Huckabee slams Obama for letting daughters listen to Beyonce
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has accused President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, of double standards in parenting, saying in an interview published Tuesday that the first family shelters its daughters from some things but allows them to listen to the music of Beyonce.
Obama proposes publicly funded community college for all
President Barack Obama wants publicly funded community college available to all Americans, a sweeping proposal he argues would strengthen the U.S. workforce.
Ready, set, showdown: New GOP leader, Obama lining up fights
Not wasting any time, new Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Barack Obama are setting course for showdowns over health care, a big oil pipeline, immigration policy and financing of the agency that tries to protect the U.S. from terrorists.
Obama: ‘America’s resurgence is real’
Declaring an American economic resurgence, President Barack Obama opened a three-state swing Wednesday aimed at claiming credit for recent growth and blunting the momentum of the new Republican congressional leadership.
Obama tests his sway against a Republican-run Congress
President Barack Obama this week will test whether he still has the sway to keep Washington focused on his own priorities, even as a new Republican-run Congress descends on the Capitol eager to take him on.
Obama warns GOP he plans to use veto pen in 2015
Bracing to do business with a Congress run solely by Republicans, President Barack Obama is serving notice he has no qualms about vetoing legislation he dislikes.
Obama golf game forces couple to move wedding
A couple getting married near President Barack Obama’s vacation spot in Hawaii learned the hard way that the big day rarely goes exactly as planned.
N. Korea calls Obama ‘monkey’ in hacking row
North Korea blamed its recent Internet outage on the United States on Saturday and hurled racially charged insults at President Barack Obama over the hacking row involving the movie “The Interview.”
Yes-We-Can president faces twilight of maybes
It was supposed to be a joke. “Are you still president?” comedian Stephen Colbert asked Barack Obama earlier this month.
Can GOP shatter ‘Obama coalition’ in 2016?
Republicans crowed in 2004 that freshly re-elected President George W. Bush had established a “permanent governing majority” for the GOP.
Obama says North Korea hacked Sony, vows response
President Barack Obama declared Friday that Sony “made a mistake” in shelving a satirical film about a plot to assassinate North Korea’s leader.
Nearly 9 in 10 doubt Obama, GOP can break gridlock
Americans may not agree on much lately, but one opinion is nearly universal: There’s almost no chance that President Barack Obama, a Democrat, and the Republican Congress can work together to solve the country’s problems.
House rebukes Obama on immigration
Emboldened House Republicans issued a stern but symbolic rebuke to President Barack Obama over immigration Thursday.
Multi-state coalition sues over immigration order
Texas is leading a 17-state coalition suing over President Barack Obama’s recently announced executive actions on immigration.