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President Barack Obama said during a YouTube interview Thursday that he believes more states will consider legalizing recreational marijuana, citing his administration’s hands-off approach to prohibition-ending cannabis laws in Colorado…
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) appeared to be have pulled off a masterful political victory against the Obama administration Wednesday when he revealed that he had invited Israeli…
Most reporters don’t have millions of YouTube subscribers or the ability to make a 60-second video go instantly viral, but then again, today’s interview with President Obama wasn’t your typical…
By Mark Hosenball and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) – The United States has pulled more staff out of its embassy in Yemen, U.S. officials said on Thursday as…
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he hoped the Supreme Court would issue a ruling that would prevent states from banning gay marriage when…
In September, during his first visit to the White House, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India discussed clean energy, trade and security issues with President Obama. NEW DELHI — Ever…
The president had an off-the-cuff response during his speech after applause broke out when he said, “I have no more campaigns to run.” WASHINGTON — The morning after major Democratic…
The president discussed the military campaign against the Islamic State, and the larger battle against violent extremism, during his State of the Union address. WASHINGTON — The long-running debate over…
The president discussed the military campaign against the Islamic State, and the larger battle against violent extremism, during his State of the Union address. WASHINGTON — The long-running debate over…
CNN will debut a political game show: a Republican and Democratic contestant will each be asked the same questions, but no actual answer will be given. The bigamy case against…
Mohamedou Slahi was wearing black-out goggles. A guard dragged him onto a boat and someone forced him to drink seawater. “It was so nasty I threw up…They stuffed the air…
WASHINGTON — In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Barack Obama touched on the turmoil in many cities where African-Americans have been protesting unjust treatment by the police….
WASHINGTON — After spending the past six years laying the blame for most of the nation’s ills on President Barack Obama and his policies, Republicans sure weren’t happy that he…
WASHINGTON — With President Barack Obama declaring on Tuesday his intentions to push for legislation giving him authority to move forward unilaterally with trade deals, Democrats made one thing clear:…
During the State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Obama proposed a plan to offer two years of free community college to U.S. students. – H/T The Raw Story
President Barack Obama issued a strong statement Wednesday in opposition to the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizen’s United decision, a ruling he believes “has caused real harm to our democracy.” –…
“I thought the most ironic part of what the President said last night was when he said he ran his last campaign,” the New Jersey Republican told reporters in Washington…
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel planned to introduce an ordinance Wednesday aimed at substantially improving the city’s chances of hosting the Obama presidential library by setting aside space…
WASHINGTON — Nearly 50 environmentalist organizations sent a letter Wednesday to every member of Congress, urging them to oppose granting President Barack Obama “fast-track” authority to pass new free trade…
WASHINGTON — The speech is, after all, called the State of the Union, not the State of the World. So perhaps President Barack Obama can be excused for dwelling on…
In the 70-minute-long address, the President gave only lip service to immigration reform. He made no remarks on protecting Social Security and Medicare — just as Republicans have hinted at…
President Obama giving his State of the Union address to a Republican-controlled Congress.” WASHINGTON — President Obama claimed credit on Tuesday for an improving economy and defiantly told his Republican…
There is no question that the law was meant to cover intentional discrimination. At issue before the Court is whether the law also authorizes claims where practices have a discriminatory…
The wife of an American pastor held prisoner in Iran says President Barack Obama will meet with her during his short visit to Idaho on Wednesday. – The 34-year-old man…
Area: 110,860 sq km (slightly smaller than Pennsylvania) Population: 11,047,251 (July 2014 est.) Median age: 39.9 years Capital: Havana Ethnic Groups: white 64.1%, mulatto and mestizo 26.6%, black 9.3% (2012…
Related: How Obama would close the ‘trust fund loophole’ The White House started pushing what it called State of the Union “spoilers” as soon as the New Year started, leading…
“No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change,” said Obama in his State of the Union speech Tuesday. His statement was met with scattered, muted applause….
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama used his first State of the Union address after once again ramping up U.S. military involvement in the Middle East to describe his foreign policy…
You wouldn’t know it from the Twitter traffic during the State of the Union. The folks at the microblogging site said more than 2.6 million tweets were sent around the…
WASHINGTON — Likely Republican 2016 presidential candidates on Tuesday seemed to agree that President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address was off base. What they disagreed on was why….