ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Demaryius Thomas used the Denver Broncos’ celebratory White House visit in June to deliver a handwritten note to President Barack Obama thanking him for commuting Thomas’ mother’s drug sentence last year and then asked him to do the same for his grandmother. The Broncos wide receiver is ready to pen another […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday cut short the sentences of 214 federal inmates, including 67 life sentences, in what the White House called the largest batch of commutations on a single day in more than a century. Almost all the prisoners were serving time for nonviolent crimes related to cocaine, methamphetamine or […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign. (all times EDT): 11:45 a.m. President Barack Obama says that Donald Trump is unfit to be president and “he keeps proving it.” Obama was speaking during a news conference with the prime minister of Singapore, who is visiting the White House. The president is challenging […]
President Obama gave the speech of his life last night. I think it was one of the best speeches as President. Not only did he make the case for Hillary Clinton, but he made the case for himself and his legacy. Joe Biden: Trump doesn’t have a clue about middle class. The Democratic A-list on […]
POTUS delivered a powerful and convincing speech on why Donald Trump cannot be elected and why Hillary Clinton should be the next President of the United States.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — His own legacy on the line, President Barack Obama implored Americans to elect Hillary Clinton to the White House, casting her as a candidate who believes in the optimism that powers the nation’s democracy and warning against the “deeply pessimistic vision” of Republican Donald Trump. “America is already great. America is already […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s Hillary Clinton‘s turn. The Democratic National Convention opening Monday in Philadelphia is Clinton’s chance to hit reset after a vigorous primary against Bernie Sanders and the unlikely movement that formed behind the Vermont senator. Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, has endorsed Clinton, but many of his supporters have not. Some were […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The son of the Louisiana man shot dead by police wants President Barack Obama to help end world racism. The mother of a policeman pleads for ways to keep her son safe. A single mom who has sent her son away from a rough Baltimore neighborhood worries over how to keep him […]
From Erica Garner‘s point of view, things got so messy at the taping of an ABC News town hall event with President Obama that she walked out in protest. She says the network broke its promise to highlight her questions. The daughter of Eric Garner, the man who was put in a chokehold and killed by […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — America is “not even close” to where it needs to be in terms of resolving issues between police and the communities they serve, President Barack Obama said after concluding a more than three-hour meeting Wednesday with community activists, politicians and law enforcement officials. Obama expressed optimism, however, and said the participants — […]
DALLAS (AP) — Former President George W. Bush‘s awkward arm swaying in sync with a choir’s singing during a memorial service for the five police officers slain in Dallas last week is drawing mockery and criticism on social media. Bush smiled, swayed and moved his arms up and down while holding the hands of wife […]
Almost a week after the tragic events that took place in Dallas and claimed the lives of five police officers, a memorial service was held today to formally lay them rest and attended by President Obama. The President gave a moving speech about the fallen officers and also the state of violence and guns in […]
