‘Nothing grassroots’ about Ukraine uprisings, U.S. official says
Washington (CNN) – Attacks on police stations and government buildings in eastern Ukraine bear “telltale signs of Moscow’s involvement,” a top U.S. administration official said on Sunday, adding it was...
View ArticleBiden to Boston memorial: ‘Twisted’ terrorists won’t prevail
(CNN) - Honoring victims of last year’s bombing near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday the terrorists who carried out the act could never claim victory over...
View Article'Guys' trip' raises questions about Obama's 2016 choice...again
(CNN) - The selfie. The “guys’ trip.” An endorsement? Not quite. Follow @politicalticker Follow @KevinLiptakCNN President Barack Obama, who has never been less than glowing in public praise of his vice...
View ArticleObama calls for review of death penalty after botched killing
Washington (CNN) – Calling a botched state killing in Oklahoma "deeply troubling," President Barack Obama said Friday the federal government would review death penalty procedures around the country....
View ArticleWhite House set to lay out imminent climate risks
Updated 7:49 p.m. ET, 5/5/2014 Washington (CNN) - Flooded rail lines. Plagues of pests and herbicide-resistant weeds. A rash of wildfires. Those are some of the alarming predictions in an early draft...
View ArticleWhite House wants to take on sports concussions in kids
Washington (CNN) – President Barack Obama is taking on an issue causing alarm at schools and kitchen tables across the country: the increasing rate of concussions in young athletes. The White House...
View ArticleObama revamps his foreign policy baseball metaphor
Washington (CNN) – President Barack Obama is retooling the foreign policy metaphor that caused his critics to claim he was taking a passive stance abroad. Instead of hitting singles and doubles, Obama...
View ArticleObama’s gym routine revealed – though security wasn’t at risk
Washington (CNN) - A grimacing President Barack Obama, photographed at his hotel gym in Poland lifting free weights and working out on an elliptical, wasn’t in any danger from the sneaky photographer,...
View ArticleObama makes a Starbucks run
Washington (CNN) - The afternoon coffee run – it's a must for office workers worldwide, including, apparently, President Barack Obama. At around 2:30 p.m. ET on Monday, the commander-in-chief – with...
View ArticleClimate change deniers ‘serious threat’ to future, Obama says
Anaheim, California (CNN) — Describing lawmakers and pundits who deny manmade climate change as a “fairly serious threat to everybody’s future,” President Obama on Saturday called for less debate and...
View ArticleBiden heading to Central America to address flood of immigrant kids
Palm Springs, Calif. (CNN) — Vice President Joe Biden will visit Guatemala this week to discuss a recent rash of unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S. Southern border from three Central American...
View ArticleBiden touts modest finances as Clinton wealth controversy swirls
Washington (CNN) - He's long joked about his modest financial standing, but on Monday Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged he's come a long way since being listed among the poorest members of...
View ArticleObama’s ‘day in life’ offers opening to tout message and slam Republicans
Minneapolis (CNN) - Presidents don’t usually get to grab cheeseburgers at the corner dive. But the normal restrictions placed on a commanders-in-chief don’t seem to hinder President Barack Obama...
View ArticleObama offers rules for success as he expands program for young minority men
Washington (CNN) - Setting daily goals. Keeping an open mind. Separating honest criticism from blind "hating." Those were a few pieces of advice President Barack Obama offered young men of color on...
View ArticleObama set to rake in millions, despite criticism of fundraising during tumult
Seattle (CNN) – Republicans and some political pundits have taken sharp aim at President Barack Obama for maintaining his fundraising schedule amid a period of global unrest. Not among those...
View ArticleWhite House: Major costs to delaying climate change policy
Washington (CNN) – If lawmakers delay taking action now on climate change it could cost taxpayers exponentially more in the future to deal with the effects of a warming planet, the White House is...
View ArticleWhite House preparing for ‘state dinner times 50’
Washington (CNN) — Planning and executing a White House dinner for one foreign leader is hard enough — for every perfectly arranged place setting is a sari-wearing party crasher or a recently separated...
View ArticleWhite House wants to improve government websites
Edgartown, Mass. (CNN) - The White House is putting the team of technology experts that helped revive the balky HealthCare.gov website to work, improving other government webpages, officials announced...
View ArticleObama announces new efforts for vets in politically tinged North Carolina visit
Updated 2:05 p.m. ET, 8/26/2014 Charlotte (CNN) – President Barack Obama detailed Tuesday how his administration is attempting to rectify shortfalls in caring for war veterans, just as new threats...
View ArticleWhite House: Prospect of government shutdown won’t stop immigration action
Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama won’t forestall upcoming executive actions on immigration amid Republican threats of another government shutdown, the White House said Wednesday. Obama is...
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