Barack Obama

Barack Obama News

  • Obama Commerce, Transportation Picks Advance in Senate

    Updated 2 hours, 5 minutes ago

    The nominations of Penny Pritzker for Commerce secretary and Anthony Foxx as Transportation secretary advanced to the full U.S. Senate, bypassing the political fights that have stymied other high-level appointments.

  • House Republican Leaders to Speed Immigration Work

    Updated 1 hour, 9 minutes ago

    House Republican leaders are seeking to speed up efforts to craft U.S. immigration-law proposals as the Senate nears the first test votes on its own plan.

  • U.S. Surveillance Leak in Criminal, Congresssional Probes

    Updated 20 minutes ago

    An ex-CIA worker’s exposure of a once-secret U.S. electronic surveillance program has spawned a criminal investigation and congressional questions about the ability of a low-level employee to breach national security.

  • Fannie Mae Shareholders Challenge U.S. Takeover in Suit

    Updated 20 minutes ago

    Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders sued the U.S., alleging that the 2008 takeover of the housing lending giants was illegal and cost investors billions of dollars.

  • State Department Handling of Sex-Assault Claims Reviewed

    Updated 1 hour, 7 minutes ago

    The U.S. State Department’s ability to investigate wrongdoing by employees is being reviewed after a report of cover-ups of alleged criminal activity, including sexual assaults, the use of prostitutes by security staff and an ambassador suspected of trolling a park for sex.

  • U.S. Seen Edging Closer to Move on Arming Syrian Rebels

    Updated 9 minutes ago

    The Obama administration is weighing more seriously whether to provide Syrian rebels with arms and ammunition as momentum in the conflict shifts toward the Assad regime, according to a former U.S. official.

  • Edward Snowden: Criminal or Model Citizen?

    If everything Edward Snowden says is true, he is a criminal whose actions may have endangered American lives. He is also a conscientious citizen, risking career and liberty to expose what he believes to be grave wrongdoing. This is the paradox underlying government surveillance programs in general, and in particular the shaky foundations of the U.S. national security apparatus.

  • When Bailouts Make Moral and Economic Sense

    Updated 29 minutes ago

    Effective or not, bailouts somehow seem unjust. Why use taxpayer money to save the companies that actually caused the meltdown, the banks that made the reckless loans, and insurance companies that wrote too many credit- default swaps? More broadly, why save the state and local governments that offered overly generous pensions? Or auto companies too fat and lazy to match foreign competitors? They deserve to suffer the consequences of their behavior.

  • The Real Reason Young People Don’t Like Republicans

    Updated 38 minutes ago

    Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential candidate, won among voters over the age of 30, but lost younger voters by 23 points. That statistic has gotten a lot of attention from Republicans, especially since they have now lost young voters in three presidential elections in a row. They worry that voting Democratic could be habit-forming for this generation.

  • A Strong Yuan Hurts China in More Ways Than One

    Updated 41 minutes ago

    Little noticed during last weekend’s milestone summit between Barack Obama and Xi Jinping was another landmark event: China’s currency hit a record high, reaching almost 6 yuan to the dollar.

Advertisement
Sponsored Links
Advertisement
Curation software by Lingospot