President Barack Obama

Obama's new bill protects privacy of foreign allies

President Barack Obama signs a bill extending protection of privacy, especially online, to citizens ...

Feb 25, 2016 07:19 AM EST

Obama Makes Final Request To Republican-Led Congress To Shut Guantanamo

President Obama has urged the congress to have a fair hearing to approve the closure of Guantanamo a...

Feb 24, 2016 06:49 AM EST

Law expert says appointing more Scalias on Supreme Court could put U.S. democracy at risk

Ted Cruz said he would appoint a justice like Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court, if given the oppo...

Feb 24, 2016 06:46 AM EST

Senate republicans rule out action on Obama high court nominees

Senate Republicans ruled out taking action on any nominee put forth by President Barack Obama to the...

Feb 24, 2016 06:20 AM EST

How Joe Biden's speech in 1992 strengthens Republican senators position on the political row over Supreme Court nomination

Despite defection from two Republican senators, the party has found a friend in Vice President Joe B...

Feb 23, 2016 03:36 AM EST

U.S. President Barack Obama starts reviewing potential Supreme Court candidates; Biden thinks nominee should be non-ideological

President Barack Obama has begun vetting potential Supreme Court nominees over the weekend, the Whit...

Feb 22, 2016 01:08 AM EST

White House declines House GOP proposal to repurpose Ebola funds for anti-Zika virus programs, vaccine research

The White House has declined a proposal from House Republicans to utilize unobligated Ebola money to...

Feb 20, 2016 11:15 PM EST

President Obama to sign a law banning US imports of fish caught by slave labor

President Barack Obamawill sign a law to ban all US imports of fish caught by slave labor in Southea...

Feb 17, 2016 05:59 AM EST

Supreme Court justices look back at the life of Antonin Scalia

Current and retired Supreme Court justices are reflecting the life and legacy of Antonin Scalia. Sup...

Feb 17, 2016 01:03 AM EST

US immigration deprives immigrants from right to legal counsel

US immigration officials violated their own rules by telling some of the 121 Central American women ...

Feb 15, 2016 11:48 PM EST

Obama plan to loosen new U.S. visa limits faces skeptics in Congress

President Barack Obama plans to ease some requirements of a visa law after the Paris attacks. But t...

Feb 11, 2016 09:59 AM EST

Supreme Court ruling on EPA could undermine America's leadership in climate change iniatives

The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday to temporarily block the operation of the EPA's Clean Power Plan ...

Feb 11, 2016 02:47 AM EST

Obama’s seeks to double the budget for CFTC, SEC enforcement

President Barack Obama's fiscal 2017 budget proposal will emerge on Tuesday. The president will alle...

Feb 09, 2016 07:28 AM EST

Republicans reacted to Obama's $10 oil tax; Promise to terminate 'absurd' idea

On Thursday, Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Thursday reacted swiftly to President Barack Obama'...

Feb 05, 2016 06:05 AM EST

Obama administration aims to reduce water use in the US

The Obama administration has started to take in issues to make the United States more water-efficien...

Feb 03, 2016 05:19 AM EST

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6