Tag: Barack Obama

Harry Reid announced the meeting with President Obama, adding that he still hopes to sit down with congressional Republicans to work out a spending proposal. (AP Photo)Â

Democrats to huddle with Obama over spending fight

Susan Ferrechio · September 16, 2015 7:51 pm

President Obama was not at the White House when the building was shut down. (AP Photo)Â

Secret Service: All clear at White House

Susan Crabtree · September 16, 2015 7:25 pm

Irving MacArthur High School student Ahmed Mohamed, 14, was arrested and interrogated by Irving Police officers on Monday after bringing a homemade clock to school. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Obama tweets White House invite to Ahmed Mohamed

Susan Crabtree · September 16, 2015 6:57 pm

National Security

Obama, Netanyahu to meet at White House Nov. 9

Susan Crabtree · September 16, 2015 5:40 pm

President Obama speaks to business leaders at the quarterly meeting of the Business Roundtable in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, to renew his calls for increased spending in infrastructure, education and scientific research. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama calls on executives to lobby GOP against shutdown

Joseph Lawler · September 16, 2015 5:26 pm

Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., proposed the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act.Â (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Dem bill helps federal workers put ‘dinner on the table’

Pete Kasperowicz · September 16, 2015 4:58 pm

Obama to Trump: America is great right now

Joseph Lawler · September 16, 2015 4:49 pm

Syrian refugees take food from volunteers in Hegyeshalom, Hungary, near the border with Austria on Tuesday Sept. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Senate Dem leader: Obama’s refugee plan ‘too modest’

Kelly Cohen · September 16, 2015 4:46 pm

President Barack Obama tours a solar array with Col. Ronald E. Jolly at Hill Air Force Base, Friday, April 3, 2015, in Hill Air Force Base, Utah, before speaking about clean energy and jobs numbers. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Energy and Environment

White House rolls out $120 million solar initiative

John Siciliano · September 16, 2015 4:32 pm

There's still a long way to go before goals set by President Obama's healthcare law are fully realized, as 33 million Americans still lack health insurance. (AP Photo)Â

9 million fewer people uninsured since Obamacare

Paige Winfield Cunningham · September 16, 2015 3:51 pm

Obama: Republicans Hijacking Economy

Daniel Halper · September 16, 2015 2:09 pm

John Kavulich, president of the U.S. Cuba Trade and Economic Council, said Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker's travel to the island nation is likely to take place in early November in conjunction with the Havana International Trade Fair.Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trade group says top Obama officials may visit Cuba this fall

Susan Crabtree · September 16, 2015 1:28 pm