President Obama urges action to avoid the automatic budget cuts set to be triggered on March 1 if Congress fails to find a path forward on balanced deficit reduction. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Feb. 19. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
On MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry on Sunday, the host and her panel discussed President Obama’s Friday speech, “specifically the moment when he said, ‘We should do more to promote marriage and encourage fatherhood,’” Harris-Perry said. Anthea Butler, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Graduate Chair in the Department of Religious Studies…
President Obama hosts the 2012 awardees of the Presidential Citizens Medal at the White House. The Newtown teachers and administrators who died protecting the children in their care are among the recipients. Watch live, broadcast on Feb. 15. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Following last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama visits the Linamar Corporation in Ashville, N.C., to deliver remarks about strengthening the economy for the middle class Americans. Watch live, broadcast on Feb. 13. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s tea party response to President Obama’s State of the Union primarily focused on criticizing the president and Washington in general on the debt and deficit, arguing at one point that the sequester — which the Congressional Budget Office said would halve economic growth in 2013 —…
Watch the live enhanced broadcast delivered by the White House below, which includes both pre-speech videos, in-speech charts, graphs, and data the White House says will explain the policies President Obama will discuss and a live panel post-speech with White House experts to which viewers may submit questions via Twitter…