WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House threatened more vetoes Wednesday against top-priority legislation of the two-day-old Republican-controlled Congress, and GOP leaders said they intend to keep challenging President Barack Obama to sign early measures that demonstrate bipartisan support. “We’re calling on the president to ignore the voices of reaction and join us,” Senate Majority Leader […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Spurning furious Republicans, President Barack Obama unveiled expansive executive actions on immigration Thursday night to spare nearly 5 million people in the U.S. illegally from deportation and refocus enforcement efforts on “felons, not families.” The moves, affecting mostly parents and young people, marked the most sweeping changes to the nation’s fractured immigration […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday noted that previous U.S. presidents have issued some type of executive order on immigration, suggesting his Democratic successor was on “pretty firm legal footing.” The former president spoke on the eve of President Barack Obama’s scheduled announcement of executive actions that could spare as many as […]
President Obama will use a Thursday speech to roll out new executive orders that could grant legal status to millions of immigrants now in the country illegally, officials said Wednesday. (Let’s hope he completes his speech before Scandal comes on!) In a video announcement posted on Facebook and at the White House website, Obama said […]
RNC Chair, Reince Priebus joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to discuss what we should expect from a Republican controlled House and Senate. Priebus…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Riding a powerful wave of voter discontent, resurgent Republicans captured control of the Senate and tightened their grip on the House Tuesday night in elections certain to complicate President Barack Obama’s final two years in office. The Republican Senate leader, Mitch McConnell, dispatched Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes in Kentucky after a […]
Dear Black People: This is a critical time in our history. Vote Tuesday or be prepared to face serious consequences. Many polls show that Democrats are in trouble. President Barack Obama’s 40 percent job approval rating in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll is the lowest of his career – and more than half of […]
ORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama urged Colorado Democrats Thursday to recapture the energy of six years ago, choking up in a college town and reminiscing on her husband’s first nomination in Denver. Obama was in Colorado to rally Democrats for Sen. Mark Udall, who faces a tight contest against Republican Rep. […]
President Barack Obama needs your help. This year’s midterm elections, taking place nationwide on November 4, are crucial to the President’s legislative agenda in his last two years in office. “We know what we’ve got to do,” he says. “We’ve got to increase the minimum wage. We’ve got to make sure that women are getting paid […]
Ken Smukler, the President of Infovoter is back on the Tom Joyner Morning Show with his ‘Trickery Report’. He touches on what to expect at the polls and gives exclusive details on how to fight back against fraud voter registration laws. Click the link above to hear the details! Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
The sense of urgency over the Black vote in the upcoming mid-term elections is mounting. Black congressional leaders are feverishly urging black voters to turn out strong on November 4th, saying that Democrats could lose multiple elections across the country and Republicans could take control of the U.S. Senate, if African Americans don’t pack the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Under pressure to select an Ebola “czar” to lead the U.S. response against the disease, President Barack Obama conceded Thursday it “may be appropriate” to designate a single individual to head the administration effort. Obama also said he is “not philosophically opposed” to a travel ban from the Ebola-afflicted region of West […]
