HAVANA (AP) – President Obama says he believes the Cuban trade embargo is going to end, and while he can’t predict when that will be, he believes it will happen at some point because the embargo has not served the interest of the U.S. or the Cuban people. Obama says the U.S. has exercised as much…
DALLAS (AP) — President Barack Obama says politicians who aspire to lead the country should try to bring Americans together, not divide them. Obama says candidates who won’t do that don’t deserve the public’s support and votes. He says the best leaders remind Americans that what they have common is more important than their differences.…
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama says he’s holding out hope that “cooler heads will prevail” and Republicans will back down from plan to block a Supreme Court nominee. Obama says he’s looking for a candidate whose credentials would earn easy confirmation in a less-heated political environment. He says he’s also looking for a candidate…
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama says he’s looking for a Supreme Court nominee with a sterling record, a deep respect for the judiciary’s role and an understanding of how the law affects real people. Obama is offering his most expansive description of the qualities he’s seeking in a replacement for the late Justice Antonin…
The White House released Obama’s plan to close the facility on Tuesday, but the plan faces stiff opposition from the GOP-led Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama says his upcoming visit to Cuba will advance U.S. efforts to restore ties with the communist nation and improve the lives of Cubans. Obama will be making the first trip to Cuba by a sitting president in more than half a century. He says on Twitter there’s already been…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – President Barack Obama returns to his political birthplace Wednesday with a plea to the Illinois Capitol for “better politics.” But his message will fall among the acidic word-war that has stifled Springfield for nearly a year. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, Democrats who control the Legislature, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel have…
CATONSVILLE, Md. (AP) – President Barack Obama is meeting with Muslim-American leaders from around the country as he pays his first visit to a mosque in the United States. The White House says Obama plans to argue during the visit that the U.S. will more successfully confront extremism if it works with the Muslim community…
The White House says under the Constitution, the president can’t pardon Avery and Dassey because they were convicted of state crimes, not federal crimes
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration’s best-case scenario for political transition in Syria does not foresee Bashar Assad stepping down as the country’s leader before March 2017, outlasting Barack Obama’s presidency by at least two months, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press. An internal timeline prepared for U.S. officials dealing with the…