Barack Obama

Finally, no joke, it’s Infrastructure Week. At least, that was last week’s scuttlebutt—senators from both parties dismissed last Wednesday’s failed procedural vote as nothing to worry about and talked as if a deal was imminent, perhaps by midweek. The Sunday papers were oddly quiet on the matter, which was really…

With much of Washington focused on griping over an infrastructure bill and the makeup of a House committee that will investigate the January assault on the U.S. Capitol, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell opted for a throwback: holding the debt ceiling hostage for the sake of obstructionism. “I can’t imagine…

President Barack Obama’s “DACA” work-permit program is illegal because it violates the immigration laws that protect working Americans from losing jobs and wages to illegal migrants, a Texas judge wrote Friday. “Even Defendants-Intervenors’ own experts could not escape the reality that DACA congests the workforce,” wrote Judge Andrew Hanen of…

Sign at a protest demanding passage of a Clean Dream Act in El Paso, Texas, March 5, 2018. (Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters) The Biden administration will appeal an injunction ordered by a federal judge on Friday pertaining to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, first established under Barack Obama.…

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A federal judge ruled on Friday that President Obama did not have the legal authority to create the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which offers protection from deportation for immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children. The latest: Calling the ruling "disappointing," President Biden on Saturday urged…

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Former President Barack Obama has shared his annual summer playlist. The 2021 edition includes tracks by Jazmine Sullivan, Arooj Aftab, Wye Oak, Migos, Joni Mitchell, Chicago, Rihanna, JAY-Z, Erykah Badu, George Harrison, and more. “With so many folks getting together with family and friends, there’s a lot to celebrate this…

In keeping with past tradition, Barack Obama is sharing some of his favorite summer tunes as we head into the blistering season. On Saturday (July 10), the former U.S. president shared his annual "Summer "Playlist," featuring music by Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak's Silk Sonic, Bob Dylan, Migos, H.E.R., The…