In a bipartisan vote on Thursday, the Senate confirmed Sylvia Mathews Burwell to fill Kathleen Sebelius' position as the new secretary of Health and Human Services.
One of President Barack Obama's private moments was exposed to the world when a video of him working out at a hotel gym in Poland was leaked to the Polish media.
The Obama administration said Wednesday that it is willing to drop the lawsuit against the 'racial profiling' section of Arizona's immigration bill if Arizona agrees to halt specific practices.
The Environmental Protection Agency will announce Monday its proposed regulations to reduce carbon emissions at power plants, which the president insisted during his weekly radio address Saturday would improve public health.
Since President Barack Obama introduced his healthcare reform law near the beginning of his presidency, GOP lawmakers have staunchly opposed it while many have vowed to repeal it.
Opening up a daylong summit at the White House on Thursday regarding youth concussions in sports, President Barack Obama said more research should be done into the topic to find the long-term impacts it has on the nation's youth.
During President Obama's commencement speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Wednesday, he laid out his vision for foreign policy to combat the "diffuse threat" of terrorism across the globe.
On Monday the president is expected to reveal a new rule through an executive order that would essentially reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
During a speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Wednesday, President Obama unveiled a $5 billion "terrorism partnership fund" to help different countries fight back against radical extremist groups.
GOP Tea Party voters and conservative Republicans have verbalized the need to press forward with immigration reform. In spite of this, President Barack Obama has delayed a review of deportation policies, which won’t be addressed until the end of the summer, in hopes that Congress will approve a complete overhaul of immigration laws.
"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot not be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again," - Maya AngelouToday, the world bids farewell to one of the greatest treasures of our time, the beloved Maya Angelou who passed away at age 86.
President Barack Obama will head to New York this week for the third time in May to deliver the commencement address at West Point, where he is expected to defend his foreign policy approach.
There's already speculation that President Obama's selection of Julian Castro as the new Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is a bid to help the rising star get noticed by the as-yet-unofficial 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. It's hard to argue with the strength of a ticket headed by one of the most powerful and well-recognized women in the world and supported by an up-and-coming member of the second largest ethnic group in the country.
"Why are you blocking immigration reform?" Ramos asked Boehner. Univision and Fusion anchor Jorge Ramos didn't beat around the bush when talking to House Speaker John Boehner at a weekly press conference.
The White House announced Thursday that Obama will nominate Julian Castro to his cabinet on Friday. The White House announced Thursday that President Obama will nominate San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro to the position of secretary of housing and urban development on Friday.
Police commissioner Robert Copeland, 82, resigned from his post as head of the Wolfeboro police commission Monday following his town's demand that he step down for making racial remarks toward the the nation's president.
Ethnicity and ethics are intertwined, particularly in a society where race affects socioeconomic status, education, careers, housing discrimination, health care, technology, class wealth and experiences of racism — both covert and overt.
President Obama pushed for the passage of an immigration reform bill Tuesday, saying there is little time left to pass the bill prior to the midterm elections. Obama told the group that after August, the attention will be on the November elections, and Congress will be less likely to focus on the passage of immigration reform.
Uruguay President Jose Mujica pade a visit to the White House on Monday and sat down with President Barack Obama to discuss the cultural and economic ties between the U.S. and South America.
