• As Clinton considers presidential bid, progressives keep a close watch

    As Clinton considers presidential bid, progressives keep a close watch

    Feb 09, 2014 05:03 PM EDT

    ... Clinton in 2007. Liberals have backed efforts by Warren to expand Social Security benefits instead of trimming them to keep the program solvent. In a speech at Colgate University last year, Clinton suggested she shared Obama's approach for a "grand bargain" style deficit reduction that would include increases to ...

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    Rick Perry's Second Act

    Oct 14, 2011 12:21 PM EDT

    ... to the president and his jobs bill than it is a potential avenue for broad compromise. ON THE TRAIL All events listed in Eastern Time. President Obama travels to Detroit with President Lee of South Korea. The leaders will tour a General Motors facility in Orion at 1:30 p ...

  • 6 of the best books to curl up with from 2015

    6 of the best books to curl up with from 2015

    Dec 24, 2015 01:02 AM EDT

    ... is a poet. She is about as famous as a poet can be in the United States. She actually wrote and read a poem at President Obama's 2009 inauguration. And this book is really a memoir of loss. You know, she had this incredible thing happen to her, where ...

  • Remembering the life and legacy of John Lewis

    Remembering the life and legacy of John Lewis

    Jul 18, 2020 09:27 PM EDT

    ... the Pulse nightclub mass killing in Orlando, Florida. He chose not to attend the inaugurations of presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump.In 2011, President Barack Obama awarded Lewis the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Today Mr. Obama paid tribute to Lewis writing, He ...