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Obama’s budget faces attacks from both liberals and conservatives
President Barack Obama rolled out a $3.78 trillion budget Wednesday, angering Republicans with a call for higher taxes on the rich while worrying liberals by countenancing cuts to retirement benefits. Much was familiar in Obama’s blueprint, rooted in his enduring campaign to shield the American middle class and to cut…
Obama’s budget boosts funding for health and science
President Barack Obama’s budget proposal released on Wednesday would boost funds for major science and health programs while making small cuts at NASA and the Environmental Protection Agency. Top projects at the US space agency would continue, including developing a new spaceship to send astronauts to the International Space Station,…
Republican senator to Newtown families: Gun debate has nothing to do with you
Republican Sen. James Inhofe (OK) told reporters on Monday that the relatives of people slain at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut should know that the debate over gun safety doesn’t have “anything to do with them.” According to Huffington Post, Inhofe believes that President Barack Obama is exploiting…
NAACP president: American drug war’s toll on liberty greater than apartheid
Ben Jealous, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, appeared on Current TV’s “Viewpoint” Tuesday night to explain why he and 174 other celebrities and activists signed an open letter sent to President Barack Obama this week urging him to take decisive action on drug war…
White House confirms NASA plan to ‘lasso’ and bring asteroid near Earth
President Barack Obama’s administration will seek $100 million in funding for a mission to tow an asteroid closer to Earth for the purpose of helping future expeditions to Mars, NBC News reported on Saturday. This corroborates an announcement made by Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) on Friday. As the Associated Press…
Italy pardons U.S. Air Force officer involved in Iran kidnapping
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Friday pardoned a US air force officer who had been convicted for his role in the CIA’s kidnapping of an Egyptian imam in Milan in 2003. “The president… has granted a pardon to Colonel Joseph L. Romano III”, who was sentenced to five years in…
Liberals fuming over Social Security cuts in Obama’s budget proposal
President Barack Obama will make key concessions to Republican foes next week when he unveils his US budget that proposes cuts to cherished entitlement programs, the White House said Friday. Obama’s fiscal blueprint slashes the deficit by $1.8 trillion over 10 years, in what a senior administration official described as…
Campbell Brown: Why is Obama ‘singling out’ the NRA?
Former CNN host Campbell Brown on Thursday suggested that President Barack Obama would be more successful passing gun control if he stopped “singling out” the National Rifle Association (NRA) and focused more on Hollywood and video games. During an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Campbell recalled that she had been…
Obama heads West to keep guns push alive
President Barack Obama Wednesday said many proud gun owners backed sensible measures to stop an epidemic of firearms deaths, as he fought to keep his reform drive alive. Obama flew west to Colorado, a state where gun rights and frontier spirit is strong, but which has also seen lawmakers push…
WATCH LIVE: Obama delivers speech about reducing gun violence in Colorado
Speaking at the Denver Police Academy, President Barack Obama makes remarks on reducing gun violence. Watch live video, courtesy of NBC News, below:…
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