Barack Obama

GOP senators send letter to Iran in attempt to undermine nuclear deal; Biden calls it 'false' and 'dangerous'

By Bradley Klapper, Deb Riechmann, Associated Press

Monday's open letter from 47 GOP senators marked an unusually public and aggressive attempt to undermine Obama and five world powers as negotiators try to strike an initial deal by the end of March to limit Iran's nuclear programs.

Obama levies sanctions on seven Venezuelan officials

By Julie Pace, Associated Press

President Barack Obama slapped sanctions on seven Venezuelan officials Monday, accusing them of perpetrating human rights violations and public corruption in the socialist-governed South American nation.

Obama speaks out against voter ID laws as barrier to voting

By Associated Press

President Barack Obama says voter ID laws can be a barrier to voting, and the government needs a revitalized Voting Rights Act to police ballot box discrimination.

Obama says he learned of Clinton's private email account through news reports

By Associated Press

President Barack Obama says it was through news reports that he first learned that Hillary Rodham Clinton used a private, nongovernment email account while serving as his secretary of state.

Video: Obama speaks in Selma on 50th anniversary of civil rights marches

By News Desk

President Barack Obama and his family were in Selma, Alabama on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of civil rights marches that led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Obama: Ferguson police discrimination 'oppressive and abusive'

By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press

Racial discrimination from police in Ferguson, Missouri, was "oppressive and abusive," President Barack Obama said Friday as he called for criminal justice reform as part of the modern struggle for civil rights.

Anniversary of Selma march rekindles Ferguson comparisons

By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — In only a few minutes on national television, the beatings of civil rights marchers by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, dragged the inhumanity of Southern segregation into America’s living rooms as never before.

Obama signs Homeland Security funding bill into law

By News Desk

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed a law funding the Homeland Security Department through the end of the budget year.

Congress sends White House a plan to fund Homeland Security

By Erica Werner and David Espo, Associated Press

Congress is sending President Barack Obama a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security through the end of the budget year, without overturning the president's immigration policies.

President Obama says Netanyahu speech offered no 'viable alternatives' with Iran

By Associated Press

President Barack Obama says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu didn't offer any "viable alternatives" to the nuclear negotiations with Iran during his speech to Congress.