NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — President Obama unveiled a stimulus plan Thursday night that he says will boost hiring and provide a jolt to the stalled economy if it becomes law. A mix of $253 billion in tax cuts and $194 billion in new spending, the total bill for the plan is $447 billion. Given staunch […]
Last week, President Barack Obama’s Uncle Onyango Obama was arrested for drunk driving in Framingham, Massachusetts. Police said Obama made a rolling stop through a stop sign and nearly caused a cruiser to hit his sport utility vehicle. Onyango who is originally from Kenya is President Obama’s father half brother. Onyango Obama who is 67, […]
President Obama wrapped up the debt-ceiling debate just in time to celebrate another important milestone, his 50th birthday.Take a look at Jennifer Hudson leading the crowd in singing Happy Birthday to President Barack Obama on the eve of his 50th birthday and check out our photo gallery below: http://specials.washingtonpost.com/mv/embed/?title=Crowd%20sings%20Happy%20Birthday%20to%20Obama&stillURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Frf%2Fimage_606w%2F2010-2019%2FWashingtonPost%2F2011%2F08%2F04%2FNational-Politics%2FVideos%2F08042011-16v%2F08042011-16v.jpg&flvURL=%2Fmedia%2F2011%2F08%2F04%2F08042011-16v.m4v&width=480&height=270&autoStart=0&clickThru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fcrowd-sings-happy-birthday-to-obama%2F2011%2F08%2F04%2FgIQAyb0qtI_video.html President Obama Releases Birth Certificate, Tells […]
Via Newsone.com: While the full details of the recent debt ceiling deal signed by President Obama have yet to be released to the public, many pundits and political experts are claiming that the hardest hit groups will be the poor and minorities. Since the deal was signed, President Obama has been criticized by the Congressional […]
The President went on to say, “The entire world is watching. So let’s seize this moment to show why the United States of America is still the greatest nation on Earth.” “Not just because we can still keep our word and meet our obligations, but because we can still come together as one nation.” We’ll see […]
With millions of Americans unemployed, many economists believe a job growth program powered by another stimulus will help get Americans back into the workplace. While many Washington insiders heard Obama mention the word “slashing” throughout his news conference yesterday, many failed to miss the most important part which had to do with spurring growth. “One […]
Mark Halperin is at the top of the news circuit this morning, not for his work as Time magazine’s editor-at-large. Instead, Halperin is at the center of controversy today for using a common term for a man’s penis and directing such a derogatory statement towards President Barack Obama. On MSNBC’s Morning Joe segment, Halperin exclaimed […]
President Obama, speaking at the ‘White House Conference on Bullying Prevention’ this week, said that as a child he was bullied for his ‘big ears’ and his unusual name. He states that he ‘didn’t emerge unscathed’ from the torment, and stressed that ‘bullying is not a rite of passage for youth, but a practice that […]
Prince William of Wales’ April 29th wedding to Kate Middleton is being touted as the wedding of the decade, and Kanye West is rumored to have received an invitation to the exclusive event.
Update: WASHINGTON — President Obama called on Tuesday night for Americans to unleash their creative spirits, set aside their partisan differences and come together around a common goal of out-competing other nations in a rapidly shifting global economy. In a State of the Union address to a newly divided Congress, Mr. Obama outlined what his […]
Mogul Kevin Liles was honored to join forces with the music industry’s top entertainers to campaign for the first African American President in US history, Barack Obama.
Yesterday was all about echoes. Echoes from voices past continuing into beyond. A sea of tens of thousands cheer and chanting as they looked up at video monitors showing the first family walking down a pathway of Martin Luther King’s most inspiring quotes en route to a ceremony to dedicate a memorial to honor his […]
