Jan 23 Boehner Gets Conservative Support for Debt Ceiling Plan House Speaker John Boehner is joined by other Republican Party members at a news conference on Tuesday. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. A debt ceiling vote with little tension. A sign off from the White House. Welcome to… Continue reading
Jan 22 Obama Outlines Incomplete ‘Journey’ in Sweeping Start to Second Term President Obama gives his inaugural address Monday. Photo by Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images. President Obama took a place in history Monday as the second commander in chief to take the oath of office four times, and paused… Continue reading
Jan 21 Obama Looks to Bridge Political Divide With Second Inaugural By Christina Bellantoni President Obama takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts on Sunday. Pool Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Reuters. Nearly one day into the official start of his second term, President Obama Monday will stand again before the nation to… Continue reading
Jan 18 Obama’s Approval Ratings Rise, Campaign to Reform as Advocacy Group President Obama arrives for a news conference at the White House last week. Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters. President Obama will begin the final weekend of his first term with support among Americans at its highest levels since he… Continue reading
Jan 17 Obama’s Strategy on Guns: Less Compromise, More Confrontation After unveiling gun control proposals at the White House on Wednesday, President Obama high-fives 8-year-old Hinna Zejah, who was among many children who wrote to the president after the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters. Continue reading
Jan 16 Obama Set to Announce ‘Comprehensive’ Gun Control Agenda Brett Nielsen fires an AR-15 rifle Tuesday at the Get Some Guns & Ammo shooting range in Salt Lake City. Photo by George Frey/Getty Images. President Obama on Wednesday will lay down his blueprint for a mix of… Continue reading
Jan 15 White House Gun Proposals Expected This Week Demonstrators protest in front of the White House last week demanding for more gun control. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama is set to receive Tuesday a list of recommendations from Vice President Biden detailing possible ways… Continue reading
Jan 14 Deep Divisions Persist in Fight Over Debt Ceiling The U.S. Army Honor Guard rehearses Sunday for the presidential inauguration. Photo by Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images. President Obama's next clash with Congress over spending and the debt may be one month away, but the administration is… Continue reading
Jan 11 Biden Moves Ahead With Gun Plan Despite NRA Objections Karen Murry of Parker, Colo., holds signs outside the state capitol building in Denver during an anti-gun control legislation rally organized by Guns for Everyone. Photo by Mark Leffingwell/Reuters. Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that there was… Continue reading
Jan 10 Obama Continues Cabinet Reshuffle, Taps Lew for Treasury President Obama speaks with Chief of Staff Jack Lew during a visit to Mexico in June 2012. Photo by Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images. As budget director, Jack Lew served as one of the Obama administration's… Continue reading