Arne Duncan, Education secretary under President Obama, condemned protesters who briefly blocked Betsy DeVos from entering a Washington, D.C., public school on Friday morning. “Agree or disagree w @BetsyDeVos on any issue, but let’s all agree she really needs to be in public schools,” wrote Duncan, who served as Education ... Read More »
President Barack Obama has urged fellow Democrats to fight for his healthcare bill, as the incoming Trump team vowed to make a repeal of the law a priority. In a two-hour private meeting Mr Obama sought to rally members of his party, as Republicans took their first steps to dismantle ... Read More »
President Barack Obama will meet with a group of business and government leaders on Friday morning to discuss the economic and security benefits of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, the White House said. “Tomorrow’s discussion is an opportunity for the president to hear directly from a diverse coalition of ... Read More »
VIENTIANE, Laos — Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday expressed regret over his “son of a bitch” remark while referring to President Obama. In a statement read out by his spokesman, Duterte said his “strong comments” to certain questions by a reporter “elicited concern and distress; we also regret it ... Read More »
US President Barack Obama has cancelled a meeting with controversial Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who had earlier called him a “son of a whore”. Mr Duterte was responding to the US president’s promise to raise the issue of drug-related extra-judicial killings in the Philippines at their meeting. The Philippine leader, ... Read More »
The Obama administration on Tuesday unveiled new fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty vehicles, which it said would both reduce carbon emissions and save drivers billions of dollars at the pump. The standards, unveiled as President Barack Obama enters the last five months of his final term, apply to heavy duty ... Read More »
Last week, President Obama released two playlists of music he’ll be rocking out to in his last summer in office. The lists encompassed a wide variety of music, from rap to jazz to Manu Chao, though one track conspicuously absent was Eminem’s “Lose Yourself,” which Obama used to hype himself ... Read More »
The families of four Americans killed by Islamic State on Wednesday urged U.S. President Barack Obama to do everything possible to bring home the only U.S. journalist known to be held in war-torn Syria. “We are asking the president … to engage boldly and to use all appropriate means to ... Read More »
A federal judge has struck down the Obama administration’s rules for hydraulic fracturing on public lands, a victory for oil and gas producers and state regulators who opposed the rules as an egregious overreach. The ruling, which the White House vowed to appeal, halts the administration’s efforts to address what ... Read More »
President Barack Obama appeared on the bright aspect of a tepid financial jobs file Friday. U.S. hiring slowed to simplest a hundred and sixty,000 jobs created final month because the jobless feeremained unchanged at five.zero percentage with 7.nine million people unemployed. however Obama mentioned 74 immediately months of task creation ... Read More »
At a White residence rite coinciding with country wide instructor Day on may also 3, President Barack Obama honored the 2016 countrywide trainer of the yr Jahana Hayes and public college educatorsanywhere. “each year in this day, we say publicly as a country what we need to be keen to ... Read More »
When President Barack Obama arrives in the Saudi capital on Wednesday, he’ll face an increasingly assertive leadership still heavily dependent on U.S. weapons and military might that nonetheless has little trust in him and essentially believes it’s been thrown a curveball. The president is expected to push Saudi Arabia, the ... Read More »
