WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is ramping up its response to West Africa’s Ebola crisis, preparing to assign 3,000 U.S. military personnel to the afflicted region to supply medical and logistical support to overwhelmed local health care systems and to boost the number of beds needed to isolate and treat victims of the epidemic. […]
Ask Tavis Smiley about President Barack Obama and he won’t be shy about giving his opinion. And once again, the political commentator did just that while mentioning that black Americans haven’t made as many strides under the current administration. “We’ve been at the back of the bus. Every other constituency have spoken their truth and […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will outline in an address to the nation Wednesday night an expanded military and political effort to combat Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, possibly including airstrikes in Syria, officials said. The president will also urge Congress to quickly give him authority to arm moderate Syrian opposition forces […]
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the United States will not be intimidated by Islamic State militants after the beheading of a second American journalist and will build a coalition to “degrade and destroy” the group. Obama still did not give a timeline for deciding on a strategy to go after […]
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama is being briefed on the situation in a St. Louis suburb where police used tear gas and smoke bombs to repel protesters. The protests in Ferguson, Missouri, have been sparked by the death of an unarmed teenager who was shot by a police officer. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is doing something unusual with his summer vacation on Martha’s Vineyard: He’ll come back to Washington midway through the getaway to attend White House meetings. It’s an odd move, especially since Obama and his aides for years have fended off questions about the timing of his vacations by arguing […]
The TJMS celebrates the life of President Barack Obama with a special musical birthday tribute! What is your favorite moment or memory of POTUS’s term so far? Click the link above to hear! For iPhone: (Photo Source: white House Twitter)
For President Barack Obama, the humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border is increasingly becoming a political liability, giving Republicans a fresh opportunity to question his administration’s competence and complicating the debate over the nation’s fractured immigration laws. Still, Obama is resisting calls to visit the border during his two-day fundraising trip to Texas, where he […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama defiantly dared congressional Republicans on Tuesday to try to block his efforts to act on his own and bypass a divided Congress that has thwarted his policy initiatives. “So sue me,” he taunted on a sweltering day, as he pushed lawmakers to pay for road and bridge repairs. “I’m […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixteen years ago, Worcester Technical High School was so outdated it nearly shut down. In a salute to a remarkable turnaround, President Barack Obama will deliver the school’s commencement address Wednesday, the latest in a string of honors for a school whose demographic and educational profiles make it a model of achievement. […]
A dummy wearing a mask of President Obama was seen hanging from a busy highway in Missouri. Fox4KC reports: “The item that we had, we thought possibly could have been explosive, so we went ahead and shut down I-70 is both directions to ensure that if it was explosive there was nothing that was going to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House moved Wednesday to address the growing furor over allegations of misconduct at the Department of Veterans Affairs, summoning VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to an Oval Office meeting, hours before the House was scheduled to vote on a bill that would grant the secretary more authority to fire or demote […]
