Obama To GOP: Supreme Court Appointment Should Be “Above Politics”
President Barack Obama called on Republicans to be “above politics” and give his US Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland a hearing and an “up or down vote.”During his weekly address, Obama says...
View Article“I Have Come Here To Bury The Last Remnant Of The Cold War”– Obama Addresses...
Cuba is one of the United State’s closest neighbors. 90 miles separate it from the U.S. mainland. But 50 years of cold war policies have kept the island nation a world away. President Barack Obama told...
View ArticleObama Calls Trump Mexico Plan “Half-Baked”
President Obama responds to a reporter question about Donald Trump’s plan to stop remittances from Mexican immigrants in the United States and use them to pay for a wall on the U.S. Mexico border....
View ArticleStudent Asks Obama About Cynicism And Gets A 10 Minute Rant That Nails It
College students studying to be journalists got an unexpected treat this week when during a session with White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest, President Obama entered the room and took questions. A...
View ArticleVideo: Obama’s One Liners At His Final White House Correspondents Dinner
President Obama takes shots at Republicans, the media and himself at the final White House Correspondents Dinner of his presidency. Or as he put it “It is an honor to be here at my last—and perhaps the...
View ArticlePrince-Themed Hotdish Fails To Win MN “Hotdish Off” In Congress
Minnesota loves Prince. The world loves Prince. But a Prince-themed hot dish was not loved as much as “Turkey Taco Tot Hotdish” by judges of the U.S. Sen. Al Franken’s sixth annual hotdish...
View ArticleVideo: Macklemore Tells His Addiction Story, Obama Asks Congress To Help
Grammy Award-winning artist Macklemore joined President Obama during his weekly address to discuss a disease that affects far too many Americans: addiction.Macklemore opened up about his own...
View ArticleObama Urges LGBT Activists To Fight All Discrimination
“Don’t ask, don’t tell don’t exist no more,” said President Obama to huge cheers from those gathered for a Pride month reception at the White House. It was one of the accomplishments Obama listed as he...
View ArticleObama Says Nation’s Deadliest Mass Shooting Leaves US With Decision Over What...
President Obama says nation’s most deadliest mass shooting is a reminder of how easy it to obtain a weapon and that “we have to decide if that’s the kind of country we want to be. And to actively do...
View ArticleObama: Orlando Shooter A “Homegrown Extremist”, Acted on Propaganda –
President Obama says there is no evidence that the man who killed 50 people in an Orlando nightclub was directed by ISIL or was part of a larger plot. Obama called Omar Mateen a “homegrown extremist”...
View ArticleSCOTUS Deadlock Deals Blow to Undocumented Communities Hoping for Immigration...
In a 4-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court voted in favor of blocking Obama’s immigration plan, much to the frustration and dismay of undocumented immigrant communities as well as supporters of...
View ArticleVideo Replay & Transcript: Obama On Minnesota & Louisiana Police Shootings
Arriving in Poland, President Obama makes a statement on the police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota.Watch the video and read the transcript. Good evening everybody. I know we’ve been...
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Live Video:Hillary Clinton in Minneapolis Addresses American Federation of...
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to the American Federation of Teachers national convention in Minneapolis. US Senators from Minnesota Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar are also...
View ArticleVideo: Obama Says Republicans Should Withdraw Support for Trump
President Barack Obama on Tuesday issued one of his sharpest denouements of Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump calling him “unfit to serve as president.”Here is entire five minute statement...
View ArticleObama’s Candid Answers To Intern Questions – Video And Transcript
The best questions in Washington don’t always come from the press. Sometimes they come from young voices who have not been jaded by years of politics. Every year he has been in office, President Barack...
View ArticleImmigrant’s Touching Story Earns A Hug From Obama
President Barack Obama hugs Roxane Giron after she introduces him to speak during a reception for Hispanic Heritage Month in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in...
View ArticleObama Now “Rooting” For Trump – Full Speech
President BarackObama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden promised a smooth transition to President-Elect Donald Trump.“We are now all rooting for his success,” said Obama. He said that he understands...
View ArticleObama’s First Post-Trump Election News Conference
President Barack Obama talks about how governing is different than campaigning, and he thinks President-Elect Donald Trump understands that.Transcript and full videoTHE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody....
View ArticleVideo Replay: President Obama’s Final Time At Kennedy Honors Reception
President Barack Obama honors The Eagles (Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmidt and Don Henley) Actor Al Pacino, Singer James Taylor, Singer Mavis Staples and Pianist Martha Argerich at a reception before the...
View ArticleLive Video At 3:10pm CT-Obama On Counterterrorism
President Obama travels to Tampa, Florida to give a speech about the United States’ approach to counterterrorism. He is expected to speak at 4:10pm ET/ 3:10pm CT
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