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4 May 2008, 7:03 am
Similarly, while Barack Obama does not reject Hillary Clinton's "umbrella of deterrence" proposal, he does not think it is smart to debate the proposal in a campaign for the Presidency. [read post]
23 Aug 2008, 7:02 am
The best line in the coverage of Barack Obama's choice of Sen. [read post]
20 May 2008, 5:50 am
Times: John McCain and Barack Obama: Two visions of the Supreme Court, by David Savage: WASHINGTON â€â [read post]
12 Mar 2012, 1:22 pm
During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to "create a centralized Internet database of lobbying reports, ethics records and campaign finance filings in a searchable, sortable and downloadable format. [read post]
29 Jan 2008, 6:06 am
There is a great irony in Barack Obama's claim to be the anti-Washington candidate. [read post]
10 Nov 2008, 4:30 pm
Huffington Post reports that Barack Obama has added Mike Lux, a blogger at Open Left and advisor to the Clinton transition team (among other accomplishments) to his transition team. [read post]
30 Jul 2009, 2:34 pm
President Barack Obama will nominate David Michaels for Assistant Secretary for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor. [read post]
1 Feb 2010, 6:51 am
President Obama wants to repeal a 1989 law that treats employer-provided cell phones as taxable fringe benefits: President Barack Obama will urge Congress to repeal a law requiring workers to pay taxes when they use employer-provided cell phones and similar equipment for personal reasons, a Treasury Department official said. [read post]
18 Feb 2009, 10:08 am
Barack Obama laid out his plan of attack to help solve or lessen the impact of the mortgage/real estate crisis that has haunted millions of homeowners. [read post]
8 Mar 2009, 8:53 am
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] has distanced himself from remarks by Attorney General Eric Holder [official profile] in which he characterized the US as a "nation of cowards" on race matters, according to an interview [NYT report] with the New York Times published Saturday. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 12:20 am
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama signed an executive order [text] Tuesday creating a Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force [press release] to be headed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] as lead agency. [read post]
27 Jun 2009, 11:11 am
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] is considering issuing an executive order for the indefinite detention [AP report] of some Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees in order to facilitate the closure of the facility, two administration officials told the Associated Press Friday. [read post]
28 Dec 2009, 10:58 am
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama on Monday announced steps [transcript] the federal government is taking to address air travel security following the Friday attempt by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to detonate an explosive device on Northwest Airlines Flight 253. [read post]
22 Feb 2010, 7:42 am
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama on Monday released the administration's health care reform proposal [text, PDF], four days in advance of a bipartisan summit on the issue. [read post]
1 Nov 2008, 2:43 pm
Here’s a sample: “John McCain, struggling to catch up with Barack Obama in the last days of the campaign, has finally found a theme for a campaign that until now has lacked one. [read post]
14 Jul 2015, 6:35 am
WASHINGTON — Hoping to seize on a moment of opportunity, President Barack Obama is pushing for bipartisan action to change the criminal justice system in ways that go far beyond the limited executive powers he’s used to reduce harsh prison sentences for dozens of non-violent offenders. [read post]
8 Sep 2009, 2:50 am
[JURIST] The administration of US President Barack Obama [official website] has improved government transparency over the Bush administration, but there is more that should be done, according a report [text, PDF; press release, PDF] released Tuesday OpenTheGovernment.org [advocacy website], a coalition of public interest groups. [read post]
8 Jan 2010, 8:42 am
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama on Thursday called for stricter airline security measures as he announced [press release] the conclusion of two security reviews he ordered [JURIST report] after the failed attempt by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to detonate an explosive device on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 last moth. [read post]
4 Feb 2009, 7:59 am
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official profile] announced Wednesday that his administration will place a $500,000 cap on executive compensation [WH press release] for companies receiving "exceptional assistance" from the federal government. [read post]
2 Apr 2015, 1:13 pm
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official profile] on Wednesday signed an executive order [text] to increase penalties against foreign cybersecurity threats. [read post]
