Today, President Obama is providing an update on the U.S. mission to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group, ISIL. Watch his remarks at the Pentagon live:
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Today, President Obama is providing an update on the U.S. mission to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group, ISIL. Watch his remarks at the Pentagon live:
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“The progress that we mark today is yet another demonstration that we don’t have to be imprisoned by the past. When something isn’t working, we can and will change.”
— President Obama
Under President Obama, America is charting a new course in our relationship with Cuba. Today, he announced the next step on this path: Re-opening a U.S. Embassy in Havana.
The last time we had an embassy in Cuba was in January of 1961, when we severed diplomatic relations at the height of the Cold War. Reopening the doors is more than a symbolic step. “With this change, we will be able to substantially increase our contacts with the Cuban people,” the President said.
Watch his remarks:
Today at 2:30 pm ET in Nashville, TN, President Obama is participating in a discussion on how we can build on the progress we’ve made under the Affordable Care Act. Watch live:
A letter from Natoma Canfield, a woman from Ohio that President Barack Obama met who didn’t have health insurance, hangs on the wall in the hall between the Oval Office and the President’s Private Office in the West Wing.
June 28, 2012.
(Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)
More than five years ago, as Congress engaged in heated debates over the Affordable Care Act, President Obama carried a single piece of paper with him every single day: this letter from Natoma Canfield.
Tonight at midnight, America’s Export-Import Bank will shut its doors because, after 81 years, Congress has failed to reauthorize it for the first time in history.
So what is the Export-Import Bank?
It’s an independent federal agency…
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court took a huge step forward in our progress toward a more perfect union.
Today, gay and lesbian couples won their right to marry. Today, love wins.
You can read the decision here.
President Obama reacted to…
Today, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court upheld a critical part of the Affordable Care Act, historic health care reform that the President signed into law five years ago. Now, millions of Americans who got covered in health insurance marketplaces can stay covered, no matter where they live.
The President made the following statement from the Rose Garden following the decision:
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“Today is a victory for hardworking Americans all across this country whose lives will continue to become more secure in a changing economy because of this law.” —President Obama on today’s Supreme Court ruling upholding a critical part of the Affordable Care Act: http://go.wh.gov/vV1uUX #ACAWorks
Posted by The White House on Thursday, June 25, 2015
Since 2013, President Obama has been calling on Congress to raise the federal minimum wage. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the minimum hourly wage an employer must pay an employee for work is currently $7.25. While Congress has not moved to increase the federal minimum wage, many states, cities, and business owners have heeded the President’s call to action by raising their minimum wages to well above the federal standard.
“To every mayor, governor, and state legislator in America, I say, you don’t have to wait for Congress to act; Americans will support you if you take this on.”
— President Obama
Since the President first asked Congress to #RaiseTheWage, 17 states have answered his call. Will your state be next?
“This year, more than half of our states guarantee their workers a wage higher than the federal minimum, but despite this progress we still have work to do. I continue to encourage states, cities, counties and companies to lift their workers’ wages, and I urge Congress to finally do the right thing and give America a raise.”
— President Obama
When it comes to raising the minimum wage, the numbers speak for themselves:
Ed. note: This is cross-posted from the Department of Commerce blog. See the original post here.
Today, Secretary Pritzker and the Commerce Department released a report showcasing that in 2014, nearly 3.2 million jobs—44 percent of all job…
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Last night, a gunman opened fire at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine people including pastor and state senator Clementa Pinckney. The Department of Justice is opening a hate crime investigation into this tragedy.
The President delivered the following statement from the White House Briefing Room:
Full video: Watch President Obama’s statement on the tragic #CharlestonShooting. http://t.co/LkxrbDmWQQ
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 18, 2015
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