Posts Tagged ‘ahead’

Obama loses German hearts and minds ahead of Berlin visit

Editor’s Note: Marc Young, an American journalist based in Berlin, is covering President Barack Obama’s visit for Yahoo News. BERLIN—When Barack Obama last visited Berlin back in 2008, Constanze Fröhlich felt like she was part of history. “He was about to become the first black president – I wanted to support that,” the 35-year-old university [...]

Ahead of G8 summit, A-list actors urge Obama to push for ‘a world without nuclear weapons’

Alec Baldwin, Matt Damon and John Cusack are among an array of A-List actors starring in a new video urging President Barack Obama to “set the world’s course” for an end to nuclear weapons at next week’s G8 Summit in Northern Ireland. “Some argue that the spread of these weapons cannot be stopped, cannot be [...]

Gov’t presses ahead on another leak case

WASHINGTON (AP) — In another case of the Obama administration investigating classified information improperly disclosed to reporters, the government is prosecuting a State Department expert on North Korea in a probe that appears to step into uncharted territory — by declaring that a journalist is committing a crime in disclosing leaked information. Politics News Headlines [...]

More Scrutiny Ahead for the IRS

Think the Internal Revenue Service scandal will fade away in time for summer? That may be wishful thinking on the part of the White House and congressional Democrats, who are poised to endure another week of congressional hearings in both the House and Senate. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Poll Shows Cuccinelli Ahead in Virginia

A new Wenzel Strategies (R) poll in Virginia finds Ken Cuccinelli (R) leading Terry McAuliffe (D) by eight points, 44% to 36%. Tweet This Post

McAuliffe Inches Ahead in Virginia

A new Qunnipiac poll in Virginia finds Terry McAuliffe (D) leading Ken Cuccinelli (R) in the race for governor by five points, 43% to 38%. Tweet This Post

Obama rallies women around Obamacare ahead of Mother’s Day

President Barack Obama on Friday planned to deliver remarks touting his health care law’s benefits for women, whose response to the program the White House believes will be key to its success. Obama’s remarks, to be delivered in the White House East Room, are being tied to Mother’s Day. But the event represents the beginning [...]

Obama rallies women around Obamacare ahead of Mother’s Day

President Barack Obama on Friday planned to deliver remarks touting his health care law’s benefits for women, whose response to the program the White House believes will be key to its success. Obama’s remarks, to be delivered in the White House East Room, are being tied to Mother’s Day. But the event represents the beginning [...]

Go Ahead, Admit It: George W. Bush is a Good Man

White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer walked into the media cabin of Air Force One on May 24, 2002, and dropped identical envelopes in the laps of two reporters, myself and Steve Holland of Reuters. Inside each was a manila card – marked by a small presidential seal and, in a simple font, “THE PRESIDENT.” [...]