When President Barack Obama stepped into the White House Rose Garden in June to announce he would single-handedly reform U.S. immigration policy, he startled advocates by announcing a firm, end-of-summer deadline for executive action.
Two weeks after a white policeman shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, smaller, quieter street protests prevailed at the weekend, while supporters of the officer rallied separately and called the shooting justified.
The Associated Press said the White House had accidentally leaked the name of the Kabul chief of station of the Central Intelligence Agency during President Barack Obama's surprise visit on Saturday.
Press Secretary Jay Carney said at the White House that although he has yet to discuss Clayton Lockett's botched execution on Tuesday with President Barack Obama, it was clear for everyone that the execution was not done humanely.
The White House said in a statement on Tuesday that President Barack Obama has reached out to faith leaders to aid him in pushing the immigration bill through the House of Representatives.
Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul is the latest politician who is gunning for re-election as US Senator and eyeing the most coveted seat in the White House at the same time.
The U.S. economy added 148,000 jobs in September as the unemployment rate dropped to 7.2 percent.
A new jobs report for September released on Tuesday "showed the economic recovery continues to be sluggish and many economists warn that the constant fiscal fights in Washington only threaten to make the situation worse," Politico reported.
