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Obama to speak on legality of drone program
President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration's secret drone program and other counterterrorism practices during a speech Thursday, a White House official said. Obama's speech will be an attempt to fulfill his State of the Union pledge to be more "transparent" with the public about the controversial ...
White House insists Obama was not involved in IRS
A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for more answers. Trying to move past a challenging week that put the White ...
Obama agenda marches on despite controversies
Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office. "Absolutely not," Steven Miller, the recently resigned ...
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC's "This Week" — White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer; Sen. Robert Menendez, D- N.J.; Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio; Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga.; Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. ___ NBC's "Meet the Press" — Pfeiffer, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; Rep. David Camp, R-Mich.; ...
3-D printers an emerging industry
3-D technology isn't just for movie theatres and comic books anymore. In fact, it may very well reshape the landscape for American manufacturing. It's all thanks to advances in 3-D printing, also called additive manufacturing, which has seen tremendous growth in the last few years. "It's a quiet revolution," said ...
Review chairman: Clinton didn't make Benghazi call
The seasoned diplomat who penned a highly critical report on security at a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, defended his scathing assessment but absolved then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. "We knew where the responsibility rested," Thomas Pickering said Sunday. "They've tried to point a finger at people more senior ...
Senator: IRS targeting of tea party is 'chilling'
Republicans said Sunday that the Internal Revenue Service's heightened scrutiny of conservative political groups was "chilling" and further eroded public trust in government. Lawmakers said President Barack Obama personally should apologize for targeting tea party organizations and they challenged the tax agency's blaming of low-level workers. "I just don't buy ...
Obama, in Texas, presses middle-class jobs agenda
Offering a more upbeat view of the economy, President Barack Obama resurrected his jobs proposals Thursday, advancing modest initiatives as he pushed for action on more ambitious efforts that face resistance from congressional Republicans. "We're poised for progress," he declared. The president chose the bustling Texas capital as a backdrop ...
Obama to launch series of trips on economic plans
Immigration, guns and national security are dominating the discussion on Capitol Hill, but Americans by and large are still focused on their bottom line. So President Barack Obama is launching a series of quick jaunts around the country to remind Americans he's still got jobs and the economy on his ...
Issues back home trail Obama on Latin America trip
President Barack Obama's trip to Latin America had a decidedly domestic feel, with issues such as immigration, energy and education that are in the forefront of U.S. political debate also dominating his talks with regional leaders. The shared priorities show how closely entwined the U.S. is with its southern neighbors. ...
Per-student pre-K spending lowest in decade
State funding for pre-kindergarten programs had its largest drop ever last year and states are now spending less per child than they did a decade ago, according to a report released Monday. The researchers also found that more than a half million of those preschool students are in programs that ...
Lawmaker: FBI checking training angle in bombing
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Sunday that the FBI is investigating in the United States and overseas to determine whether the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing received training that helped them carry out the attack. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, is charged with joining with his older ...
Immigration senators: Boston no excuse to nix bill
Two senators who helped write bipartisan immigration legislation say the Boston Marathon bombings should expedite an overhaul of the current system. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Sunday that the bombings that left three dead "should urge us to act quicker, not slower when it comes to getting ...
Obama speech on gun control legislation
President Obama used a speech in Colorado at the Denver Police Academy on Wednesday to press Congress for action on legislation that would rein in gun violence, as the White House tries to use the bully pulpit to regain some momentum on the issue. A quick review of the speech ...
Obama highlights Georgia pre-K program
President Barack Obama visited a Decatur school Thursday, saying early education leads to greater success. After singling out Georgia’s pre-K program during the State of the Union, Obama further praised the program Thursday, saying the rest of the country should follow suit. “Education has to start at the earliest possible ...
Washington stumbling toward automatic budget cuts
With just over two weeks until $85 billion in across the board budget cuts are set to hit all corners of the federal budget, the blame game is in full bloom in Washington, D.C., as this week's State of the Union Address seemingly did nothing to push lawmakers any closer ...
Congress is urged to raise gas taxes
A day after President Obama proposed $50 billion in new spending on roads and bridges as part of his State of the Union Address, a leading business group called on the Congress to do something that hasn't been done in twenty years, raise federal gasoline taxes to pay for infrastructure ...
Georgia schools shut out of Race to the Top funds
Georgia school districts are failing a test in Washington, D.C. The federal government has handed out $400 million to U.S. school districts but an investigation by Channel 2's Scott MacFarlane found the 25 Georgia school districts that applied failed to get even a penny. MacFarlane found their applications were among ...
Gun range owner, patrons discuss SOTU
The issue of gun control is being debated once again after President Barack Obama pushed for stricter laws in his State of the Union address Tuesday night. Channel 2 Action News stopped by a North Fulton County indoor shooting range to gauge the reaction. Most of those practicing, not surprisingly, ...
President Obama's State of the Union
Here is the prepared text of President Barack Obama's 2013 State of the Union Address. This text was sent by reporters by the White House Press Office just before the speech began. = February 12, 2013 Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery State of the ...
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