A few days after peace talks aimed at restoring peace in the Middle East began in Washington, there is already a major crisis hanging in the balance: Israel showed signs on Sunday it will relax restrictions on building in West Bank settlements, on the other hand Palestinian president warned the peace talks will cease if [...]
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The Obama Administration Strives To Boost Economy
President Obama declared on Monday that his economic team is crafting additional methods and policies to boost the recovering economy. Some of these policies would include extending tax cuts to encourage small business to hire workers as well as increasing government investment in clean energy and rebuilding more infrastructure. The President discussed no new proposals [...]
Obama Being Pressured By Boehner To Dismiss Economic Team
In an attempt to restore Republicans to the majority when Congress elections take place this November, John A. Boehner a Representative of Ohio and the House Republican leader has urged President Obama to fire his top economic advisers. During a speech in the City Club of Cleveland, he unveiled what he called a five point [...]
Judge Cuts Federal Funding of Stem Research
Today the Obama administration received another stunning blow. A Federal Judge issued a court ruling that prevents the Obama administration from spending any funds on research that deals with embryonic stem research, because the research involves the death of embryonic cells. The Obama administration had previously signed an executive that permitted for the funding of stem research by the [...]
Unemployment Claims Could Affect Obama Negatively
President Obama had to deal with more bad economic news before he left Washington for a vacation in Martha’s Vineyard. According to the Labor Department over 500,000 people filed unemployment claims this month alone. That number supersedes any of the previous claims for the last 9 months. These unemployment claims seem to suggest that nervous employers are [...]
Obama Signs $600 Million Security Bill
Today President Obama signed a $600 million security bill, aimed at tightening security at the U.S border with Mexico. Congressional elections are set to begin in November and Illegal Immigration poses itself as a key issue. As many politicians and Americans push for immigration reforms, the Obama Administration decided that it was high time to [...]