Archive for January, 2009

In the weekly address, President Barack Obama addressed the latest economic news and urged the passing of an America Recovery and Reinvestment Plan.He also announced that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is preparing a new strategy for reviving our financial system — which will not only ensure that CEOs aren’t abusing taxpayer dollars, but also get credit flowing and lower mortgage costs.Watch the address and read the full text below.ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENTTO THE NATIONJanuary 31, 2009This morning I’d like to talk about some good news and some bad news as we confront our economic crisis.The bad news is well known to Americans across our country as we …

Barack Obama’s Kenyan halfbrother George has been arrested in Nairobi on suspicion of possessing marijuana.

In her first full week as the nation’s homeland security secretary, Janet Napolitano got a full dose of the job’s diverse responsibilities — responding to ice storms in the Midwest, dealing with Congress on budget matters and scrutinizing security plans for the Super Bowl.

In the weekly address, President Barack Obama urged the swift passage of an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan and announced that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is preparing a new strategy for reviving our financial system.

In the weekly address, President Barack Obama urged the swift passage of an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan and announced that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is preparing a new strategy for reviving our financial system.

In the weekly address, President Barack Obama urged the swift passage of an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan and announced that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is preparing a new strategy for reviving our financial system.

by Peter Nicholas Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) is under consideration for the Commerce secretary post in President Obama’s cabinet, raising the prospect that Democrats could gain a filibuster-proof majority of 60 seats in the Senate, according to two…

by Mark Silva President Barack Obama, creating a “Task Force on the Middle Class” today, also signed executive orders aimed at strengthening labor unions – this on a day when the nation’s Gross Domestic Product suffered its worst slide in……