Declaring 2014 a "year of action" as he unveiled a series of relatively meager executive actions, President Barack Obama vowed in his State of the Union address Tuesday night to sidestep Congress "whenever and wherever" he can in order to push through his agenda.
President Barack Obama plans to issue an executive order earlier this morning to raise the minimum wage for federal contract workers to $10.10 per hour.
The White House says President Barack Obama will sign an executive order setting the minimum wage for workers under new federal contracts at $10.10 an hour. The president will announce the increase in his State of the Union address.
Political antics have already begun to flare up ahead of the 2016 presidential race which is widely anticipated to be between Democratic former First Lady and Senator Hillary Clinton and Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
Tired of a lack of Congressional progress, President Barack Obama this morning said he has no problem using executive actions to get what needs to get passed into action.
It was not long after President Barack Obama was reelected president that names for the 2016 race began to fly out as potential front runner. However, Shreveport political consultant Elliott Stonecipher says none of those names will do the job.
There's been enough hoopla over the errant sign language interpreter at the Nelson Mandela memorial service. But, was there a hidden message slipped in?
While attending Nelson Mandela's memorial service, President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron, and Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt commemorated the moment by taking a photo together.