President Barack Obama held the first day of talks with a Chinese delegation in Washington D.C. to address economic issues including energy related topics. During remarks on Monday, Obama said China and the United States have an interest in creating clean and secure energy sources, according to the Associated Press. He added that neither country profits from a dependence on foreign oil. He also said neither any will be able to fight climate change unless they work together.
Health care reform in U.S. is a hot topic discussed everywhere from President Obama to any adult who tried to access affordable healthcare in the past decade.
Republican Sarah Palin stepped down as governor of Alaska on Sunday, vowing in a farewell address to continue fighting for Alaskans but giving no hint on whether she will seek an elective office again.
President Barack Obama called for deeper U.S.-Chinese economic cooperation on Monday and outlined a broad agenda for a positive relationship between two countries that do not always see eye to eye.
Disheartened supporters of Manuel Zelaya trickled home from the Nicaraguan border on Sunday and the ousted Honduran president complained that U.S. condemnation of his removal from power was waning.
President Barack Obama said Saturday that Democratic plans to revamp the U.S. healthcare system would benefit small businesses, an argument that quickly drew criticism from his Republican opponents.
The following text are remarks by Presidet Barack Obama at Shaker Heights High School
Shaker Heights, Ohio on July 23, deliverd from White House website:
President Barack Obama's remark on Wednesday that police acted stupidly in arresting Harvard professor angered police force nationwide.
The leader of a group of Democratic fiscal conservatives in the House of Representatives said talks on a U.S. healthcare overhaul bill fell apart on Friday and that he saw no possibility of a deal now.
President Barack Obama called the white police sergeant James Crowley on Friday afternoon and made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room as he tried to defuse the mounting controversy over his comment that the white police acted stupidly by arresting a Harvard professor at his home.
Honduran forces tightened the border with Nicaragua against an attempt by deposed President Manuel Zelaya to enter the country after he was removed in a coup.
The tussle between a black Harvard scholar and the white police officer who arrested him is turning into a quesion on presidential judgment.
President Barack Obama backed down on Friday from a statement that police had acted stupidly in arresting a black scholar in a racially charged case that was rapidly becoming a distraction for Obama.
President Barack Obama made an unexpected appearance at a White House news conference on Friday to say the media frenzy sparked after his comments on the arrest of African American Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. is a testimony that these are issues that still very sensitive in America.
Police union officials on Friday rallied around the white officer whose arrest of a prominent black scholar sparked a heated debate on race relations in the United States.
The White House said Friday President Barack Obama regrets the controversy his comments about the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. have caused in the media.
Senior U.S. financial regulators defended their turf in remarks to be delivered on Friday at a congressional hearing on the Obama administration's sweeping regulatory reform agenda.
The United States plans to transfer $200 million to the struggling Palestinian Authority to help cover its budget crisis, an Obama administration official said on Friday.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, setting out his election manifesto, vowed on Friday to make foreign troops sign a framework governing how they operate in a bid to limit civilians casualties.
President Barack Obama is set to announce on Friday a competition for $4 billion in federal grants to improve academic achievement in U.S. schools, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.
The U.S. Senate's failure to hold to its early August deadline to pass a major healthcare bill could complicate another of President Barack Obama's top policy priorities: the fight against climate change.
President Barack Obama, normally a surefooted salesman, is struggling to convince Americans that the $1 trillion U.S. healthcare system overhaul he is pushing would be good for them.
