All posts tagged "obama"

  • A voter heads to a voting booth with his ballot in hand at Speedway High School, Speedway, Ind., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. Record-low voter turnout could be the most notable development of the day as California is not faring much better. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler)
    Lowest voter turnout since 1942 key factor in GOP success

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Their rout complete, Republicans are celebrating sweeping victories from North Carolina to Colorado. The GOP’s success, however, may have as much to do with the dynamics of a low-turnout midterm election as widespread dissatisfaction...

    • Posted November 6, 2014
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  • President Barack Obama looks at reporters during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Washington. Obama is telling Americans who voted for change: "I hear you." The president said the Republican victories Tuesday in the midterm elections are a sign they want Washington "to get the job done." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
    Obama to voters: ‘I hear you’

    By DAVID ESPO and JULIE PACE | AP WASHINGTON (AP) — One day after sweeping Republican election gains, President Barack Obama and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pledged to try and turn divided government into a...

    • Posted November 5, 2014
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  • A man looks over the front pages from newspapers around the country that are on display outside the Newseum in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. America awoke Wednesday to sharper dividing lines in an already divided government, forcing a weakened President Barack Obama to recalibrate his approach and giving Republican leaders in Congress new muscle to check him. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
    Obama, GOP in new political dynamic after US elections

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A weakened President Barack Obama and emboldened Republican leaders in Congress began adjusting to a new political dynamic Wednesday after voters coast to coast used the midterm elections to sharpen the dividing lines in...

    • Posted November 5, 2014
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  • President Barack Obama hugs Ebola survivor Nina Pham in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. Pham, the first nurse diagnosed with Ebola after treating an infected man at a Dallas hospital is free of the virus. The 26-year-old Pham arrived last week at the NIH Clinical Center. She had been flown there from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. Pham's mother Diana, center, and sister Cathy Pham watch. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
    Cured of Ebola, Nina Pham gets a hug from Obama

    BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — A nurse who caught Ebola while caring for the patient diagnosed in Dallas was released from a hospital Friday, free of the virus, and met with President Barack Obama at the White House....

    • Posted October 24, 2014
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  • In this photo taken Oct. 20, 2014, President Barack Obama votes next to Aia Cooper at the Dr. Martin Luther King Community Service Center in Chicago. As Cooper was voting next to Obama her boyfriend, Mike Jones, decided to crack wise: "Mr. President, don't touch my girlfriend." Obama, laughing, replied: "There's an example of a brother just embarrassing me for no reason." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
    President Obama, don’t touch my girlfriend

    (AP) — Democrats say stay away from red states. Vladimir Putin says mitts off Ukraine. But “don’t touch my girlfriend?” Not the usual admonition heard by President Barack Obama. Let’s be clear: It was a joke. It...

    • Posted October 22, 2014
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  • President Obama will make Ron Klain, a former chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, his primary adviser in dealing with Ebola-related issues. (AP)
    Obama elects Ebola ‘czar’

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama turned to a trusted adviser to lead the nation’s Ebola response on Friday as efforts to clamp down on any possible route of infection from three Texas cases expanded, reaching a...

    • Posted October 17, 2014
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  • President Barack Obama steps off of Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
    President Obama on 2-day visit to LA

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – President Barack Obama is scheduled today to use the first day of a two-day Los Angeles area visit to promote his plans to create economic opportunity for millennials and conduct a fundraiser at Gwyneth Paltrow’s home....

    • Posted October 9, 2014
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