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Obama urges graduates to blunt special interests by getting involved

August 24, 2021 at 9:11 a.m.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday urged college graduates to participate in politics and said that without broad public involvement special interest groups can defeat legislation supported...

Transport chief LaHood exits politics, Obama picks Foxx

November 3, 2021 at 5:59 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the past four years, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has rarely passed up the chance to chide American drivers for using mobile phones and other devices while...

Transport chief LaHood exits politics, Obama picks Foxx

December 24, 2018 at 1:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the past four years, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has rarely passed up the chance to chide American drivers for using mobile phones and other devices while...

Obama nominates antitrust expert Shelanski as new regulatory czar

May 23, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he would pick Howard Shelanski, an antitrust expert, as his new regulatory czar, a powerful White House position charged with reviewing...

Obama celebrates young inventors at White House science fair

August 24, 2021 at 8:23 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hopped on a mountain bike that was mounted on blocks and pedaled away, taking part in a science experiment on how to filter unsafe...

After hosting Republicans twice, Obama to dine with Democratic senators

May 23, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will continue a charm offensive with lawmakers this week, planning dinner on Wednesday with a dozen Democratic senators at a hotel near the White...

Newtown mom makes heart-wrenching plea on gun laws

August 24, 2021 at 2:33 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Francine Wheeler blinked past her tears, looked straight into the camera and asked Americans to push for tougher gun laws, drawing on courage she said comes from...

Obama pushes for gun control in Connecticut

August 24, 2021 at 2:16 a.m.

HARTFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, his voice rising with emotion, urged Americans to pile pressure on a reluctant Congress on Monday to approve new gun control legislation that...

Obama to nominate Tom Perez as next Secretary of Labor

May 23, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Tom Perez, head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, as his next labor secretary, a White House official said....

Obama pushes research fund, seeks common ground on energy policy

May 23, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

LEMONT, Ill./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama tried to move past partisan fights over energy policy on Friday with a modest proposal to fund research into cars that run on...

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