Under the President’s leadership, we have turned our economy around and created 14 million jobs. Our unemployment rate is below five percent for the first time in almost eight years. Nearly 18 million people have gained health coverage as the Affordable Care Act has taken effect. And we have dramatically cut our deficits by almost […]readmore
El presidente Barack Obama presentó este martes su última propuesta de presupuesto de la nación para ejecutarse a partir del próximo año, cuando ya no esté en la Casa Blanca, y el Congreso parece estar dispuesto a ignorarla. El presupuesto, el octavo y último que propone Obama, contempla gastos superiores a los $4 billones de […]readmore
Hasib Danish Alikozai DES MOINES, IOWA—While polls show that most Iowans had the U.S. economy on their minds when they participated in Monday’s caucuses to choose a candidate for president, one group of caucus watchers was picking candidates with a different issue in mind.Five thousand of Iowa’s National Guard troops have served in Afghanistan […]readmore
VOA News The senior U.S. military commander in Afghanistan told Congress on Thursday that training for Afghan forces would be severely constrained if the number of American troops there was cut to 5,500, as President Barack Obama has proposed. Obama is planning to cut the number of American forces in Afghanistan from the current 9,800 […]readmore
VOA News Spokesmen for the National Football League and law enforcement agencies say there is “no credible threat” centered around Sunday’s Super Bowl. “At this time we know of no credible threat directed at Super Bowl 50,» said Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. Jeffrey Miller, who is the NFL’s senior vice president of security said […]readmore
Michael Bowman CAPITOL HILL—A battle over emergency aid to an American town with contaminated drinking water delayed Senate action on a major overhaul of the U.S. energy sector that could reduce Europe’s dependence on natural gas from Russia and U.S. dependence on strategic minerals from China.On Thursday, Senate Democrats, joined by a handful of Republicans, […]readmore
Jim Randle Many U.S. voters are worried about the economy and job preservation, but a researcher who examined the performance of stocks and bonds in Democratic and Republican presidential administrations asserts that neither side has a monopoly on economic wisdom. Republican Donald Trump is a leading contender in the race to become his party’s nominee […]readmore
WASHINGTON—Fans of American football are busily gearing up for one of the most anticipated events on this year’s sports calendar: the 50th annual Super Bowl, this year pitting Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers against Peyton Manning’s Denver Broncos. As the capstone event of the National Football League season, this Sunday’s Super Bowl has already […]readmore
Ken Bredemeier U.S. and Michigan state environmental officials blamed each other Wednesday for not moving quickly enough to avert the toxic water crisis in the city of Flint that has left at least 200 children with elevated levels of lead in their bloodstream. Kenneth Creagh, the director of the Michigan environmental agency, told a congressional […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo today met with students at Smithfield High School to preview one of her Jobs Plan priorities – making the SAT and PSAT free for public high school students. She was joined by Education Commissioner Ken Wagner, Representative Joseph McNamara, and Senator Stephen Archambault. «This is about leveling the […]readmore