President Obama has asked that the Republicans and Democrats work to find a common solution for the budget dilemma, with the top priority being to find a way to create new jobs. During the weekly Presidential address, Obama asked the Democrats and Republicans to join in finding a way to come up with a budget that gets rid of extravagant spending and yet doesn’t get rid of things like investments... 

U.S. Representatives plan to pass a temporary budget bill that will prevent a government shutdown and buy them time to debate on spending levels for the rest of the fiscal year. This bill is the compromise that the House Republicans came up with the Senate Democrats. The proposed budget bill will cut $4 billion from the budget and will target a few programs and keep most of the federal agencies at... 

The Republican leadership in Congress is pushing for more budget cuts, which Democrats are saying can lead to a government shutdown. The Republicans say that they want to keep the promise made during last fall’s elections to cut federal government spending. President Obama has already stated that he’ll veto any attempts by the Republicans to make cuts that the administration deems too much. Even... 

The Republicans, those very “few” who’re armed against President Obama, have blocked a move to let Bush era tax cuts to be extended for the wealthiest people of America. As always Obama was very disappointed in the vote. He also commented, “It makes no sense to hold tax cuts for the middle class hostage to permanent tax cuts for the wealthiest two percent of Americans.” The hundred member... 

It might be the first time in history that a lot of the Arabs feel that if Iran was nuclear-armed it might be a very good thing for the Middle East. The Zogby International polls show that at least seven out of ten with the Arabs feels that the US actually poses as a very big threat to Iran. One expert from the University of Maryland Middle East, Shibley Telhami, said that this poll is revealing a... 

Obama relived Gen. McChrystal from command earlier today. McChrystal served as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan and now will be replaced by David Petraeus. McChrystal met with Obama for about 30 minutes and after the meeting shortly went to his home in Ft. McNair, Washington, D.C.  Prior to McChrystal’s arrival, the White House had asked the Pentagon to provide a list of qualified candidates. McChrystal... 

In related news, we mentioned that President Barack Obama requested the National Archives to release all supportive documents on Elena Kagan’s work and it seems like the judiciary board will have a lot of reading to do, because these “documents” are spread over 160,000 pages. Kagan’s work as associate counsel to Clinton and deputy director of the Domestic Policy Council is of crucial importance... 

You do know that President Barack Obama handed in that list of candidates for the Supreme Court Justice Thing right? Well if things work out, then Obama’s second nominee to sit on the highest U.S. court is going to be someone who never served time as a judge! Jeff Sessions – Senior Republican on Senate Judiciary Committee said that Kagan doesn’t have a lot on her resume’ so it is going to be... 

Unlike the U.K. politics and electoral runs, things at the U.S. side are more flexible and politicians do get their airtime on TV Ads. That is why; President Barack Obama is going to appear in an ad to bolster the re-election prospects of Senator Arlen Specter. Arlen is already involved in a closely contested primary race in Pennsylvania, despite of the support from the Labor Unions and some Democratic... 

The U.S. President Barack Obama, showed his funny bone to a huge audience on Saturday – from old times comedians like Jay Leno, to teen sensation – Jonas Brothers. On a lighter note, Jay Leno got tagged a lot of times, by Obama’s punch lines and we can’t really forget the response of the audience when Obama said that Jay is the only person who has worse ratings than his – it was a true...