Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts. More
GOP boycotts health care advisory board House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. More
Original ricin suspect was held despite evidence pointing to another man After keeping Elvis impersonator James Kevin Curtis in jail for a week, interrogating him while he was chained to a chair and turning his house upside down, federal authorities had no confession or physical evidence tying him to the ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama and other public officials. More
Biden taps Obama, Clinton for star-studded, $25M NYC fundraiser President Biden’s campaign is looking to raise big money in the Big Apple on Thursday, pulling out all the stops for a major fundraiser that will reunite him with former Presidents Obama and ... 03/28/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
Biden taps Obama, Clinton for star-studded, $25M NYC fundraiser Thursday’s fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall will mark the rare instance where Biden, Obama and Clinton are together in the same room. It will also underscore the difference between the ... 03/27/2024 - 11:18 pm | View Link
Biden campaign taps entertainment-industry stars and Clinton, Obama for New York City fundraiser President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign plans to hold a big fundraising event Thursday featuring major figures from the entertainment industry, along with former presidents Bill Clinton and B ... 03/25/2024 - 11:12 am | View Link
President Joe Biden called China “xenophobic” while highlighting the Asian nation’s economic woes, as he sought to make the case for U. S. economic strength during a campaign stop in the swing state of Pennsylvania.
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“They’ve got a population that is more people in retirement than working. They’re not importing anything.
Colorado lawmakers are abandoning plans to overhaul the Regional Transportation District’s governing board and change how its members are selected after transit officials blasted the plan.
Reps. William Lindstedt and Meg Froelich said Wednesday that they are still set to pursue other RTD reforms through House Bill 1447. But they said they plan to drop the bill’s most contentious provision: a plan to eventually cut the board’s size down from 15 elected, voting members to seven voting members — with five elected and two appointed by the governor.
Froelich and Lindstedt told fellow legislators they wanted to further discuss board reform over the coming months.
“We ultimately feel that those sections of the bill should come out, and we will want a longer process,” said Froelich, an Englewood Democrat.