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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
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Obama to meet Chinese President Xi in June
Posted by admin on May 20th, 2013
President Barack Obama will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time on June 7-8 in California, the White House announced on Monday. The talks come amid rising U.S. anger at alleged cyberattacks originating in China and concerns about Beijing’s expanding global influence. “The two leaders will review progress & challenges in U.S.-China [...]
USCIS union president fights immigration reform bill
Posted by admin on May 20th, 2013
The president of a union that represents 12,000 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) employees announced his opposition to the immigration reform bill in the Senate on Monday morning. “The legislation will provide legal status to millions of visa overstays while failing to provide for necessary in-person interviews,” union president Kenneth Palinkas said in [...]
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No Comments »Obama Supporter Has Perfectly Improbable Explanation Absolving President From Blame For Scandals
Posted by admin on May 16th, 2013
CORTLAND, NY—Amid mounting scrutiny over scandals involving last September’s attack on the U.S. The Onion Tweet This Post
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Absolving, Blame, Explanation, From, Improbable, Obama, perfectly, President, Scandals, Supporter No Comments »Obama aims to halt perception of passive president
Posted by admin on May 16th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Faced with a trio of controversies, President Barack Obama is trying to halt a perception spreading among both White House opponents and allies that he has been passive and disengaged as unexpected developments consume his second term. Tweet This Post
You Want Angry? I’ll Show You Angry. Says President Obama on IRS Scandal
Posted by admin on May 16th, 2013
Under pressure to show who’s boss, President Obama called a press conference late Wednesday to say he was “angry” that the IRS singled out conservative groups for extra vetting and to announce that the agency’s acting commissioner had been forced out. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Posted in Breaking News Tags: angry, I'll, Obama, President, says, Scandal, Show, Want No Comments »Myanmar’s president to visit White House on Monday
Posted by admin on May 15th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is set to welcome Myanmar President Thein Sein (tayn sayn) to the White House Monday. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
President Obama Urges Congress to Boost Homeowners in ‘Healing’ Housing Market
Posted by admin on May 11th, 2013
President Obama today declared that the housing market has reached a point where it is “healing” and reaffirmed the administration’s commitment to promoting initiatives that benefit responsible homeowners, including measures encourage refinancing at low rates. “Today, seven years after the real estate bubble burst, triggering… Tweet This Post
Posted in Breaking News Tags: boost, Congress, healing, homeowners, housing, market, Obama, President, Urges No Comments »President Obama Urges Congress to Boost Homeowners in ‘Healing’ Housing Market
Posted by admin on May 11th, 2013
President Obama today declared that the housing market has reached a point where it is “healing” and reaffirmed the administration’s commitment to promoting initiatives that benefit responsible homeowners, including measures encourage refinancing at low rates. “Today, seven years after the real estate bubble burst, triggering… Tweet This Post
Posted in Breaking News Tags: boost, Congress, healing, homeowners, housing, market, Obama, President, Urges No Comments »Kenya asks U.N. Security Council to end Hague case against president
Posted by admin on May 10th, 2013
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Kenya has asked the U.N. Security Council to end International Criminal Court proceedings against President Uhuru Kenyatta and others, but council diplomats who discussed the request on Thursday said the 15-member body could not stop the case. The Security Council is only able to defer International Criminal Court proceedings for one [...]
