TimesCast | Obama and Cameron Meet: March 14, 2012 – David Cameron, the British prime minister, visits the White House, reaffirming a unified strategy on Iran, Syria and Afghanistan. WASHINGTON — Seeking to project a united front on Afghanistan after a spate of bloody setbacks on the battlefield, President Obama ...
The Democrats: The big difference between the two parties is which levers they look to pull when trying to get out of a slump. Obama’s levers are government and consumer spending. You can see this in the $450 billion jobs plan the White House laid out last year. Over half ...
WASHINGTON — Britain will add its voice to President Obama’s in discouraging an Israeli military strike on Iran when Prime Minister David Cameron begins a three-day visit here this week, a senior British diplomat said Monday. “The prime minister is pretty clear that he does not think military action against ...
Washington – With a formal dinner for the few, President Barack Obama paid tribute Wednesday to the many. The president who opposed the Iraq war from its outset thanked those who fought its battles by sitting down to a candlelit meal with a small cross section of the million-plus who ...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will call for cutting the top 35 percent corporate tax rate as early as this month, according to two sources close to the administration. The president is likely to propose a rate closer to an average of that seen in peer nations, the ...
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The Obama administration is taking another swing at improving its main foreclosure prevention program. The administration said it was expanding eligibility for its Home Affordable Modification Program, known as HAMP, to borrowers with higher debt loads and tripling the incentives it pays banks that reduce principal ...
Last week, Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, shocked many in the wonk world by announcing that she was going to allow the individual states to make the call on the minimum benefits required to be included in the health insurance packages offered to customers through the state run ...
Happier moments: Obama backed by HHS head Kathy Sebelius (in violet) and FDA commissioner Peggy Hamburg (in pink) by Getty Images via @daylife Susan Wood quit her job as an assistant commissioner for woman’s health at the Food and Drug Administration in 2005 because she thought political, not scientific, forces ...
Washington – President Barack Obama vowed to delay Congress’ year-end vacation as well as his own Thursday for “as long as it takes” to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts and long-term jobless benefits, his second challenge in as many days to conservative Republicans. Obama stated his position as the ...
WASHINGTON — The White House has undertaken an extraordinary push this week to promote the confirmation of a director for the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, despite signs that Senate Republicans will not budge from their vow to block any nomination to the post unless Democrats agree to overhaul the ...
November’s sharp drop in the unemployment rate shows that jobs are finally moving in the right direction and suggests the economy is on firmer footing as the country heads into a presidential election year. The Labor Department reported the jobless rate fell to 8.6 percent in November from 9 percent ...
HONOLULU — President Barack Obama has announced the broad outlines of an agreement to create a transpacific trade zone. He says details must still be worked out, but expresses confidence the new free trade zone encompassing the United States and eight nations would get done. The president, in Hawaii for ...
BRUSSELS: Europe’s failure to tackle crippling Greek debt is “scaring the world,” US President Barack Obama warned as Germany rejected plans to boost funding for the EU’s debt rescue facility. Asian stocks rallied sharply Tuesday, following a see-sawing recovery on US and European markets as investors absorbed mixed messages over ...
Cain Overstating Ill Effects Of ObamaCare? I’m watching tonight’s Republican debate on Fox, live from Orlando. Herman Cain was just asked about his claim that he would not have survived his battle with cancer under ObamaCare. Cain suggests that cancer care in this country will dramatically change in 2014 when ...
In his weekly radio and video address, the Democrat said his $447 billion jobs plan that features tax breaks for workers and small businesses, plus funds for public works projects and schools, “will not add to the deficit. It will be paid for.” “On Monday, I’ll lay out my plan ...
Even if President Barack Obama can win political support for a sweeping new government program to create jobs, he may have a tougher time providing more than a temporary, quick fix, say economists. The real problem, they say, is that households and governments are still recovering from the ...
Rick Perry’s emergence as the front runner for the Republican Presidential nomination would seem like a coup for the gun industry. The Texas governor’s enthusiasm for firearms rivals Yosemite Sam’s. He has an A+ rating from the Texas State Rifle Association and packs a laser-sighted Ruger pistol when he ...
