Obama Administration

May 12May 12
Here’s how the 14th Amendment factors into the debt ceiling debate
- National
- News
As the stalemate over addressing the debt ceiling continues and the threat of default looms larger, President Joe Biden has resurfaced the controversial idea of using the 14th Amendment as a way to lift the borrowing cap without Congress.

Pristine Villarreal
May 12May 12
Biden nominates the first Latino to the Federal Reserve
- National
- News
President Joe Biden on Friday nominated economist and World Bank official Adriana Kugler to join the Federal Reserve’s powerful Board of Governors and Philip Jefferson to be the central bank’s vice chair.

Pristine Villarreal
April 06April 06
Eggs-clusive: White House debuting new Easter Bunny mascot at annual Egg Roll
- National
- News
A new, oversized set of floppy ears will take their place on the White House’s Truman Balcony on Monday.

Pristine Villarreal
May 28May 28
Biden campaign says Trump’s comments are ‘beneath the dignity of the office’
- National
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign hit back at President Donald Trump on Tuesday after the commander in chief quoted North Korea’s criticisms of Biden while in Japan over the weekend. “The President’s comments are beneath the dignity of the office,” Biden’s deputy campaign manager, Kate Bedingfield, said in a statement released shortly after […]
April 08April 08
Trump administration moves to undercut MLB’s deal with Cuba
- Entertainment
- Sports
The Trump administration scuttled a landmark deal enabling Cuban baseball players to play on Major League Baseball teams and declared it illegal, the latest move to roll back the warming of relations between the United States and Cuba that began in the Obama administration. Senior Trump administration officials said they were rescinding an Obama-era decision […]
February 13February 13
National Debt Hits New Milestone, Topping $22 Trillion
- National
The national debt has passed a new milestone, topping $22 trillion for the first time. The Treasury Department’s daily statement showed Tuesday that total outstanding public debt stands at $22.01 trillion. It stood at $19.95 trillion when President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, 2017. The debt figure has been accelerating since the passage […]
July 02January 16
Citizenship application backlog ‘skyrocketed’ under Trump, report finds
- Entertainment
The backlog of pending applications for immigrants legally in the country trying to become U.S. citizens has “skyrocketed” under President Donald Trump, according to a new report from an immigrant rights organization. There were nearly 730,000 pending naturalization applications as of the end of last year, a more than 87 percent increase since 2015 under […]
June 19June 19
Fact check: Did Obama administration separate families?
- National
Amid outcry over the “zero tolerance” immigration policy implemented by President Donald Trump’s administration in April, conservative commentators and his head of Homeland Security have sought to downplay the practice of separating families who cross the border illegally as nothing new. “The Obama administration, the Bush administration all separated families,” Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen […]

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