News Source: CNN
| about 1 month ago
When his stint in the White House is over, President Obama might just learn that Thomas Wolfe was right...Back in Obama's adopted hometown of Chicago, Illinois, some members of the black community are incensed at the president for not personally...
News Source: The Herald
| about 1 month ago
Senate won't force testimony The Senate has rejected an effort by Sen. John McCain to force the field commander in Afghanistan to testify before Congress by mid-November...Stanley McChrystal, who's advocating sending as many as 40,000 additional U.S.
News Source: Washington Post
| about 1 month ago
Holder Jr. and Education Secretary Arne Duncan will travel to Chicago on Wednesday to meet with students, community members and officials from the high school attended by a 16-year-old honor student who was beaten to death last week, officials said...
News Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| about 1 month ago
Video of a Chicago honor student's fatal beating has captured national attention, and President Barack Obama responded yesterday by announcing that two Cabinet secretaries would travel to his hometown next week. The White House would not say what...
News Source: Reuters
| about 1 month ago
President Barack Obama is trying to woo International Olympic Committee (IOC) members and is poised to make phone calls on his flight to Denmark to urge them to pick Chicago as host of the 2016 Summer Games. After leaving Washington later on Friday,...
News Source: The Hill
| about 1 month ago
The decision to send Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan to Chicago next week comes after a video showing the beating death of an honor student, 16-year-old Derrion Albert, has made the rounds on the Internet. Obama, who...