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21 Jul 2014, 5:14 am by Immigration Prof
News reports that the leaders of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala plan to ask US President Barack Obama for help funding projects to stem immigration during White House talks next week. [read post]
9 Jul 2014, 10:25 am by David Kravets
In response, 44 groups ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union to the United Church of Christ sent a blistering letter (PDF) to President Barack Obama urging the White House to respond to the 1960s- and 1970s-style monitoring that once targeted African American civil rights groups. [read post]
9 Jul 2014, 5:56 am by Jon Gelman
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)These state leaders are answering the call of low-wage workers who want nothing more than the dignity of being able to support their families, men and women who have to make heartbreaking decisions every day about which bill to pay or which meal to skip. [read post]
3 Jul 2014, 6:00 am
” – President Barack Obama (Part of Speech given during military naturalization ceremony for active duty service members in the East Room of the White House, July 4, 2012) No matter what your plans are for this Fourth of July, make it a memorable day by spending time with your family and friends. [read post]
25 Jun 2014, 8:40 am by WIMS
PROGRESS REPORT: President Obama's Climate Action Plan - Today – one year after the President laid out his comprehensive Climate Action Plan – the White House released a new report detailing progress towards cutting carbon pollution and protecting our communities and public. . . [read post]
20 Jun 2014, 5:02 am by Jim Sedor
Obama is not expected to sign the order for weeks, as the White House finalizes details, including possible exemptions for religious nonprofit organizations. [read post]
17 Jun 2014, 2:42 pm
President Barack Obama hosted the Healthy Kids and Safe Sports Concussion Summit at the White House in May 2014 to raise awareness about brain injuries in sports. [read post]
17 Jun 2014, 6:02 am by Taylor Gillan
[JURIST] A White House official said Monday that US President Barack Obama [JURIST news archive] will sign an executive order that would bar federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. [read post]
17 Jun 2014, 5:53 am by Tammy Binford
On June 16, news reports quoted a White House official as saying that Obama plans to sign the Executive Order, but the official didn’t say when the president will take the action. [read post]
12 Jun 2014, 12:00 am
Some thought the debt was paid when Barack Obama, the first African-American president, was elected. [read post]
But in late May, President Obama delayed the review in the belief he could get House Republicans to come to the table and agree on immigration reform before Congress recesses for August. [read post]
2 Jun 2014, 6:05 pm by Bill Otis
 His Administration cited the White House's signing statement to justify his point-blank violation of a statute enacted just last year. [read post]
30 May 2014, 4:41 pm
Yesterday at the White House President Barack Obama hosted a special event designed to spotlight the dangers of concussions and traumatic brain injuries in youth sports. [read post]
28 May 2014, 8:48 am by WIMS
  <> Girls Rule at 2014 White House Science Fair - Senior Administration officials and young female participants in the 2014 White House Science Fair gather in the Roosevelt Room for a discussion about girls in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). [read post]
21 May 2014, 9:30 pm by Rena Steinzor
” Evidently, the recent push by industry and its allies in Congress to make regulation a dirty word has been so successful that the generally moderate Barack Obama felt compelled to adopt the right wing’s antiregulatory frame and add to the existing morass of regulatory lookback programs. [read post]
18 May 2014, 9:01 pm by Ronald D. Rotunda
William White, gave prayers for Ash Wednesday and prayed seeking “the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. [read post]
8 May 2014, 5:36 am by Benjamin Wittes
” The drone policy—or policies, more precisely—came from the White House, from the CIA, and from the Pentagon in a complex interagency stew ultimately overseen, and pretty directly, by a man named Barack Obama. [read post]
7 May 2014, 10:11 am by David Kravets
Truthout.org A President Barack Obama nominee to a federal appeals court is mired in controversy amid revelations that the former Justice Department lawyer had written government memos legally justifying the killing of an American overseas with a drone. [read post]
1 May 2014, 3:03 pm by David Kravets
Jeff DeMaria/Flickr On Thursday, a panel commissioned by President Barack Obama to examine the implications of "big data" concluded that cloud and e-mail content should be constitutionally protected—a recommendation that Congress is seemingly unwilling to adopt. [read post]
26 Apr 2014, 9:56 pm by Sam Machkovech
Tom Lohdan Next week, White House counselor John Podesta is set to present the results of a 90-day "big data" study, commissioned by President Barack Obama in January as part of a wave of NSA reform announcements. [read post]