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Obama Directive: Hospitals Must Grant Same-Sex Visitations
President Obama issued a memorandum Thursday to the Department of Health and Human Services, ordering hospitals to give same-sex couples the right to...
Obama Orders Lenders To Cut Mortgage Payments For Unemployed
The Obama administration launches another program to attack the foreclosure crisis, by spending TARP funds from the emergency bailout program for the financial system,...
170,000 Foreclosures Averted by Obama Administration Fixes
More than 170,000 troubled homeowners are breathing a lasting sigh of relief now that they've received permanent modifications under the Obama administration's foreclosure prevention...
Women of Courage Honored as Human Rights Champions by Mrs. Obama, Sec. Clinton
First lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton honored human rights activists from around the world with this year’s Women of...
Obama Names Charities to Share His $1.4 Million Nobel Award
President Obama named ten charities this week that will share the $1.4 million award that comes with his 2009 Nobel peace prize.
“These organizations do...
Obama Attacks High School Drop-out Rate; Gen. Powell to Help, So Can You
Do you remember the commencement speaker at your high school graduation? Well, this year the event will be absolutely memorable for one lucky high...
Obama, Dylan, Sing for Civil Rights at White House (Video)
The White House held a special concert last night, In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement, to honor Black History month.
Obama Signs Tax Break Bill For Haiti Donations
Taxpayers will be able to write off charitable donations to Haiti earthquake relief efforts when they file their 2009 taxes this spring under...
Obama Pledges $100M to Haiti: You Will Not be Forsaken
This morning, President Obama updated the world on the first phase of US rescue and relief efforts: "At this very moment one of the...
Obama Girls Talk About Christmas – with First Lady and Bo (Video)
First Lady Michelle Obama, along with daughters Malia and Sasha, delivered some Christmas cheer along with Bo, the family dog, to children in a...
Obama’s ‘Olive-branch’ Cairo Speech Named Top US Religion Story
President Barack Obama's speech in Cairo in which he pledged a new U.S. relationship with Muslim countries, has been named the top religion...
Obamas Hand Out Halloween Treats to Military Families
Marking their first Halloween at the White House, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama honored military families at a Halloween party...
New Obama Family Portrait Unveiled; Michelle Hula Hoops
I liked these photos that came out of the White House last week. First, the official Obama family portrait; second, from...
Nobel Peace Prize Goes to President Obama
In Oslo this morning it was announced that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 will be awarded to President Barack Obama for his...
Obama Gives Medal of Freedom to Outstanding Leaders
President Barack Obama recognized the accomplishments of actors, activists, scientists and humanitarians by awarding each one a Presidential Medal of Freedom in a White...
Obama Names Medal of Freedom Winners: Kennedy, Poitier, Hawking, 13 Others
President Obama on Thursday named the 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. America’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom is...
Obama Unveils Education Initiative: 2-year Colleges to Get $12 Billion Boost
The White House proposed a massive effort to retrain workers on Tuesday by strengthening our nation’s community colleges and creating five million additional college...
Obama Chooses Doctor who Makes House Calls for Next Surgeon General
President Barack Obama nominated for U.S. Surgeon General a rural Alabama family physician, Dr. Regina Benjamin, who is known along the impoverished Gulf...
Obama and Medvedev Cut Nuclear Arsenals
President Obama and President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia reached a preliminary agreement yesterday to cut the American and Russian nuclear arsenals by as...
Muslims in America: A New Day Under Obama
Because the notion of Muslims as scary "others" was so pervasive in some areas of America, I had hoped the election of Barack Obama...