DENVER– As anticipated, President Barack Obama detailed his plan Wednesday to use an executive order to ease the burden of student loan debt for millions of Americans during a Wednesday address at the Auraria Higher Education Center.
Ten months after the release of the Rolling Stone story that cost Gen. Stanley McChrystal his job as commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, the four-star general has been restored to a post in the Obama administration.
His new position as head of Joining Forces was More…
Rep. Michele Bachmann lashed out at First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday over her promotion of breastfeeding, particularly among black women, to curb obesity. On Laura Ingraham’s radio show, Bachmann said that Obama’s campaign — and an IRS change that makes breast pumps tax deductible — constituted a “nanny state” More…
First lady Michelle Obama announced in a posting on BarackObama.com that Charlotte will host the 46th Democratic National Convention in 2012. St. Louis, Minneapolis and Cleveland were the three other cities in the running.
In an email sent out to supporters, Michelle Obama wrote:
Charlotte is a More…
This week, progressive House Democrats successfully managed to forestall a vote on sweeping child-nutrition legislation that used food stamps, now known as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, as a pay-for. Senate Democrats made an approximately $2.2 billion cut to an additional benefit provided by the stimulus, and More…
Soon, the House plans to vote on a sweeping child-nutrition bill. The Senate passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, a deficit-neutral bill providing $4.5 billion to school lunch and other federal child-nutrition programs, in early August. If passed by the House and signed by President Obama, it will be the More…
This afternoon, the Senate passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, providing $4.5 billion to school lunch and other federal child-nutrition programs. If passed by the House and signed by President Obama, as expected, it will be the first time in three decades that Congress has increased funding for More…
Obama defends “coked-up stimulus monkeys.”
Henry Waxman won’t mind if the “difficult” Dems lose reelection.
Next Michelle Obama will be telling us to eat cake.
Conservatives argue Prop 8 ruling shouldn’t count because the judge is gay.
The White House wants to see your Facebook friend requests.
Michele Bachmann can’t stop talking about impeaching Obama.
Crack sentencing will soon be more fair.
Rand Paul says mountaintop removal just needs a better name.
Shirley Sherrod plans to sue More…
A roundup of the top immigration stories of the week:
- The Arizona House of Representatives passed a bill yesterday that would make the state’s immigration laws some of the toughest in the country. Senate More…
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