Mar 09 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. Continue reading
Mar 08 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. Continue reading
Mar 08 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. Continue reading
Mar 07 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. Continue reading
Mar 07 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. Continue reading
Mar 06 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. Continue reading
Mar 04 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. Continue reading
Mar 03 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. Continue reading
Mar 03 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. Continue reading
Mar 02 White House task force urges police to build trust in minority communities By Nedra Pickler, Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Monday the deaths of unarmed black men in Missouri and New York show that law enforcement needs to change practices to build trust in minority communities, as a White House task force called for… Continue reading