An emotional Eric Holder (r) standing with U.S. President Barack Obama (l) during the announcement of his (Holder’s) resignation. PHOTO/Associated Press The departure of U.S. Attorney...
Beating expectations, U.S. President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul was on track to sign up more than 7 million Americans for health insurance on deadline day...
A military aide holds up the Medal of Honor as the citation is read before U.S. President Barack Obama awarded US Marine Corps SGT Dakota Meyer...
US President Barack Obama has hinted that he may accept a deal offering undocumented Caribbean and other immigrants legal status rather than full citizenship. In a...
U.S. President Barack Obama is making stops in Wisconsin and Tennessee to promote the policy plans he laid out earlier this week in his State of...
Caribbean American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has commended United States President Barack Obama for addressing comprehensive immigration reform in his State of the Union Address Tuesday...
In his annual State of the Union Address to Congress, President Barack Obama promised to use executive powers in order to help the middle class and...
WHITE HOUSE — President Barack Obama’s fifth State of the Union Address on Tuesday will be closely watched in the U.S. and around the world. He...
Pro-Obamacare demostrators lobbying outside the U.S. Supreme Court. PHOTO/Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press The Obama administration announced on Tuesday that more than 6 million Americans have obtained health...
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. PHOTO/File By Stephen Lande & Dennis Matanda | Just like Kenya deftly managed a post-inferno crisis that shut down its international airport...
In the week of September 16, various African governments and their business executives made presentations to various Washington, DC audiences. These 5 days were presentation galore!...
A younger Barack Obama with his grandmother during his first trip to Africa to visit the family of his father, Barack Obama, Sr. PHOTO/Maya Soetoro-Ng President...
U.S. President Barack Obama The latest nationwide poll of likely voters by Zogby Analytics shows a majority – 51 percent, approving of President Barack Obama‘s job...
By Emmanuel Musaazi U.S. President Barack Obama making a point during one in a series of meetings in the Situation Room of the White House discussing...
A White House official said President Obama will deliver the commencement address at all-male Morehouse College in Atlanta this spring. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr....
U.S. President Barack Obama delivering the State of The Union Address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington., Feb 12, 2013. PHOTO/Charles...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai listens as U.S. President Obama speaks during a news conference at the White House on Jan. 11, 2013. PHOTO/Whitehouse.org President Barack Obama...
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Pope Benedict XVI, Friday, July 10, 2009, at the Vatican. PHOTO/Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP President Barack Obama is sending his thanks...
U.S. President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden (L) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), delivers his State of the Union address before a...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama says 2013 can be a year of solid economic growth, but only if Washington gets out of the...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File Just as President Barack Obama is pushing new initiatives on gun control and immigration, the gloomy old problem of a sluggish...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File Seeking swift action on immigration, President Barack Obama on Tuesday will try to rally public support behind his proposals for giving...
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with law enforcement officials, Jan.28. PHOTO/Carolyn Kaster, AP President Barack Obama kept up pressure on Congress Monday to pass tough new...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File Most Americans respond positively to the stricter gun control measures President Barack Obama proposed last week in the wake of the...
By Dennis Matanda Image/Sonido – Silencio By Dennis Matanda In their infinite wisdom, the Yoruba say that one who lives on the riverbank should not use...
U.S. President Barack Obama recites the oath of office, as first lady Michelle Obama looks on. PHOTO/Alex Wong/Getty Images President Barack Obama devoted one word –...
Cartoon by Peter Schrank for The Economist By the time Obama was ceremonially sworn in at the U.S. Capitol Building, he had officially been President for...
President Barack Obama speaks at his ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol, Monday, January 21, 2013. PHOTO/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Declaring “our journey is not complete,” President...
African American voters. PHOTO/John Gress/Getty Images After back-to-back presidential losses, Republicans in key U.S. states want to change the rules to make it easier for them...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File Braced for a fight, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades,...
A younger Barack Obama with his grandmother during his first trip to Africa to visit the family of his father, Barack Obama, Sr. PHOTO/Maya Soetoro-Ng The...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai listens as U.S. President Obama speaks during a news conference at the White House on Friday. PHOTO/Whitehouse.org Uneasy allies, President Barack Obama...
After more than five years away from home, your correspondent returned to East Africa. Making a pitstop in Dubai, I was reminded of how global the...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/Charles Dharapak Obama: “Fiscal cliff” deal follows principle that deficit needs to be cut in a balanced way. President Barack Obama said...
Robert Johnson Business man and entrepreneur, Robert Johnson, renewed his call for President Obama to address the gaping employment gap that has long separated black and...
U.S. President Barack Obama (r) shakes hands with Speaker of the House John Boehner (l) during a meeting with bipartisan group of congressional leaders in the...
President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Obama’s coalition came through for him big time on Election Day, and now members of the coalition want him to return...
Job applicants fill out applications for positions at a new bar and restaurant in Detroit. PHOTO/Paul Sancya/AP U.S. employers added 171,000 jobs in October and hiring...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File The Obama administration saw its first monthly budget surplus in April, with the federal government recording US$58 billion, according to figures...
President Obama steps off Air Force One at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan for a meeting with President Hamid Karzai. PHOTO/Doug Mills/The New York Times...
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on the economy at Florida Atlantic University, April 10, 2012. PHOTO/Marc Serota/Getty Images Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney collected US$12.6 million...
U.S. President Barack Obama – and rising gasoline prices Under pressure to take action on rising gasoline prices, President Barack Obama wants Congress to strengthen federal...
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on the economy at Florida Atlantic University, April 10, 2012. PHOTO/Marc Serota/Getty Images (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama has called on Republican Mitt Romney to release his past tax returns, saying that candidates for office need...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File The construction industry and state and local governments are among the biggest drags on the nation’s economic recovery, President Obama said...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama and his family paid more than US$160,000 in federal taxes last year on earnings of US$789,674, the White...
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on the economy at Florida Atlantic University, April 10, 2012. PHOTO/Marc Serota/Getty Images For all the turmoil of the long primary...
U.S. President Barack Obama (l) faces Mitt Romney (r) in November elections. PHOTO/AP A Washington Post-ABC poll out Tuesday finds that President Obama leads Mitt Romney...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File Picking an election-year fight with Republicans, President Barack Obama is urging Congress to boost taxes on millionaires, traveling to Florida to...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File Independents like President Barack Obama better but feel ideologically closer to Mitt Romney, according to a new poll of a dozen...
U.S. President Barack Obama President Barack Obama is warning that the U.S. job market will still face “ups and downs” despite news Friday that the economy...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama will sign the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act on Thursday. The JOBS legislation includes key initiatives that Obama...
U.S.President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama is ready to sign legislation prohibiting members of Congress, the president and thousands of other federal workers from engaging...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Obama leads GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney by 10 percent, according to a Suffolk University poll released on Monday. Obama...
There are two relevant issues. First, does Obama’s health law provide better medical care for Americans? And is it reducing the cost of healthcare? While the...
U.S. President Barack Obama facing rising gas prices. PHOTO/AP U.S. President Barack Obama is reportedly set to announce in Oklahoma this week that he’s expediting the...
President Barack Obama raised US$45 million for his re-election campaign, the Democratic Party and other campaign funds in February, bringing his total to about US$300 million...
U.S. President Barack Obama listens as British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a joint press conference. PHOTO/Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images The leaders of the United States...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images Most Americans don’t actually blame the President for the high gas prices, at least so far. Sixty-six percent of...
President Barack Obama has a public relations problem when it comes to Afghanistan, to say the least. Once the must-fight war for America, the decade-long mission...
U.S. President Barack Obama (r) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (l) at the White House. PHOTO/AFP The United States and Israel agree that diplomacy is...
Mitt Romney is burning through cash more than twice as fast as he’s raising it, new reports filed Monday show — a clear sign that a...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, bolstered by a stronger economic outlook and recent job growth, would win in a match-up against...
NEW YORK (AP) - "I thought he was a d**k yesterday," Halperin said Thursday during a discussion about Obama's news conference on Wednesday.
