WASHINGTON (AP) — His daughters mock his big ears, he leaves his socks on the floor and sitting behind Stephen Colbert’s desk, he said, gives him a greater sense of power. When President Barack Obama was not seriously defending his economic record, his executive actions on immigration and his delayed decision on the Keystone XL […]
President Barack Obama says voters want a “new car smell” in the 2016 White House race and that Hillary Rodham Clinton would be “a great president.” But would Clinton pass that particular smell test? In a nationally televised interview broadcast Sunday, Obama seemed to suggest that any Democrat other than him would provide the turn […]
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 […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Stevie Wonder is lending a hand to endangered Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu. The legendary musician is performing at a $1,000-per-person fundraiser Dec. 1 in New Orleans to drum up campaign cash for the Big Easy Committee, a joint committee that supports Landrieu and the Democratic State Central Committee of […]
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — After a productive trip abroad, President Barack Obama returned home Sunday on a collision course with Republicans on immigration and an oil pipeline project, showdowns that threaten prospects for cooperation over his remaining two years in office. The contentious immigration debate could mean a year-end fight over keeping the government running, […]
DETROIT (AP) — The largest U.S. city to endure bankruptcy has exited insolvency $7 billion lighter in debt, but the effects of civic neglect linger for many in Detroit who still fall asleep to echoes of gunfire and awake surrounded by blocks and blocks of abandoned houses. A federal judge on Friday approved outgoing emergency […]
After Minneapolis news station KSTP ran story Thursday about the city’s Mayor Betsy Hodges it went viral in the worst kind of way. When Hodges posed with volunteer Navell Gordon of Neighborhoods Organizing For Change during a voter registration event, she was accused of throwing gang signs. Although Gordon readily admits he is a convicted felon, he is now […]
What President Barack Obama needs now is a very thick olive branch. For the next two years, Obama will likely resort to a little-used strategy to manage the Republican take-over of Congress: the art of compromise. Now that Republicans control the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, Obama is already planning to meet […]
For iPhone: Ken Smukler, the President of Infovoter is back on the Tom Joyner Morning Show with the results of the mid term elections.. He touches on what happened at the polls and who’s to blame for the Republicans winning the House. Click the link above to hear the details! Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us […]
