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Obama and Putin Talk about Iran in Private Meeting

US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin showed optimism that the election of a moderate cleric in the presidential race in Iran can led to new dialogue with Tehran with regards to its disputed nuclear program. Iranians elected Hassan Rohani to be their next president Friday. The two met in private after the [...]

Obama’s Rating takes Nosedive

A new poll released on Monday showed the approval rating for President Barack Obama has dropped to just 45% in the past month. The rating dropped 8 points from the previous poll, marking the lowest popularity rating in this poll for Obama since November of 2011. The findings of the survey come following a tough [...]

Obama Names Lawyer as Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure

President Barack Obama picked a Washington lawyer who has experience in all three branches of the government to be the State Department’s special envoy for the closure of the prison at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Clifford Sloan will reopen the State Department’s Office of Guantanamo Closure, which has been inactive since January when [...]

Graham: GOP in Demographic Death Spiral

Senator Lindsey Graham said his Republican Party must pass more policies that are pro-immigrant and quickly because the Party was amidst a demographic death spiral. Graham made his comments during an appearance on a talk show on Sunday, when he also commented that he was in favor of former Governor of Florida, Jeb Bush running [...]

A World with Higher Interest Rates

Investors fail to realize that developed markets, such as that of the US, can’t afford normalization in interest rates. Higher rates on government debt could be disastrous to their economies. This is why reducing the stimulus program of the Federal Reserve is highly unlikely and would only end if investors lose faith in government bonds. [...]

Immigration Reform Receives Huge Support

A recent survey shows that the new immigration reform legislation has received widespread support over nearly every segment of the electorate across the nation. Data was collected for the survey in states that ranged from the solidly Democratic Maine and Illinois to the strongly Republican Utah and Idaho. In every state, those taking the survey [...]

Obama to Tackle NSA Surveillance at G-8 Summit

President Barack Obama plans to tackle the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs during the G-8 summit next week. This will put the other nations in the loop. The disclosures about the program resulted to criticisms coming from officials of other countries. Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser for President Obama, said the president will point [...]

Obama Chooses Ambassadors

President Barack Obama nominated three people for ambassadorships on Friday. Two of the three were leading fundraisers, while the other was his former campaign finance director. The President also chose the former chief of a major U.S. Catholic charity as the nation’s representative at the Vatican. Officials at the White House said the President had [...]

Obama Asks Massachusetts Democratic Voters to Prevent Another Surprise

The State of Massachusetts will hold their Senate special election in less than two weeks. President Barack Obama went to the state Wednesday to urge Democratic voters to go out and vote on June 25 to prevent the repeat of the results of the last special election that brought Republican Scott Brown to Washington last [...]

Obama authorizes Military Aid for Rebels in Syria

President Barack Obama authorized military aid for the rebels fighting in Syria against the current regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The authorization means the involvement by the U.S. in the civil war of two years has deepened. However, U.S. officials have not decided what form of weaponry or how much it will send to the [...]