NEW YORK — President Obama is on a mission to win back the allegiance of his most vital sources of campaign cash. A few weeks before announcing his re-election campaign, Obama met with two dozen Wall Street executives to get their thoughts on how to speed up the economic recovery. During the meeting, which lasted […]
Republican presidential candidate Gary Johnson appeared on Fox News to debate a pseudo Obama. While the impersonator was intended to be comical, host John Stossel, who posed as the moderator, said “what [the impersonator] says tonight will be almost entirely the president’s own words.” The seven-minute debate focused on the American economy. According to MediaMatters.org, […]
WASHINGTONÂ — Bedeviled by a bleak employment picture, President Barack Obama is pushing for more private sector hiring while seeking to protect his own job during a two-day domestic trip that aims to raise his political profile in two key states and with an important Hispanic constituency.
TALLAHASSEE — President Barack Obama has problems in Florida that he didn’t have when he won the prized state in 2008. The state’s economy is worse than elsewhere. Foreclosures are high. Property values are low. As president, Obama could be blamed. Voters’ shifting attitudes show the degree to which the atmosphere has changed since his […]
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is blaming the three largest U.S. mortgage lenders for the failures of its foreclosure-prevention program. It says they’ve done little to help people at risk of losing their homes. The Treasury Department said Thursday that Wells Fargo, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase & Co. have failed to help enough […]
As absurd as it may seem, there is much complexity in being both Black and a critic of President Obama. As our nation’s first African American president, Obama carries a historical eminence in the Black community. For most, he appears to be an untouched, can-do-no-wrong figure that represents the progression of a race. Many Blacks […]
President Obama will be meeting with Ali Bongo Ondimba, the controversial president of Gabon who has been accused of human rights violations.
The Obama administration, leading non-profits and business experts gathered at Rutgers University’s Newark campus on Monday for the Urban Entrepreneur Summit to help minority entrepreneurs find ways to foster wealth within their communities. The event was a rare forum that allowed minority entrepreneurs to witness personal narratives of other successful minority entrepreneurs and obtain fundamental […]
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — President Barack Obama says the growth of the U.S. economy will depend in part on training new workers for jobs in the manufacturing industry. During a speech at a Northern Virginia Community College campus on Wednesday, Obama highlighted the expansion of an industry-led initiative to boost training programs. The effort, Skills for […]
A top White House economic adviser for President Obama has left his position amid rumors of frustration of the president’s decision to focus on the budget and bypass another stimulus. Austin Goolsbee, who is one of the president’s longest serving advisers, has left his position as Chairman of The Council of Economic Advisers. “There’s no […]
WASHINGTON — A White House official says President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner will play a round of golf together later this month. Obama and Boehner – both avid golfers – will hit the links June 18. No word on where the round will take place, or whether they’ll be joined by any […]
STRATHAM, N.H. — Republican Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama has failed the United States and is pitching himself as an alternative who can fix the nation’s ailing economy. The former Massachusetts governor on Thursday made official his White House run and offered a blistering critique of President Barack Obama. Romney says he would rein […]
