President Obama denies knowledge of IRS targeting
(Photo: Charles Dharapak / AP)
Obama says he knew nothing about IRS targeting conservative groups until press reports emerged, but resisted calling for a special counsel to investigate the controversy.
Source: nbcnews.to
Obama: IRS controversy ‘inexcusable,’ Americans have ‘right to be angry’
(Photo: NBC News)
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he was “angry” at IRS officials who inappropriately targeted conservative groups for scrutiny, announcing that his administration had sought and accepted Steven Miller resignation as interim commissioner of the IRS.
Source: nbcnews.to
White House releases Benghazi documents
(Photo: Olivier Douliery / Pool via EPA)
After mounting pressure from conservatives in Congress, the White House released copies of emails and other documents related to last fall’s attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi.
Source: nbcnews.to
Can Obama bounce back from his terrible week?
(Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)
The recent controversies over Benghazi and the IRS’s targeting of conservative groups have energized the president’s adversaries. But not all of the administration’s allies are panicking – yet.
Source: nbcnews.to
Obama: IRS targeting of conservative groups ‘outrageous’
(Photo: Alex Wong / Getty Images)
Amid an outcry over revelations that Internal Revenue Service officials specifically targeted conservative groups for scrutiny before the 2012 elections, president calls the move “contrary to our traditions.”
Source: nbcnews.to
Obama calls for ‘citizenship’ in Ohio State commencement speech focused on civic duty
(Photo: Matt Sullivan / Getty Images)
Tens of thousands of spectators swarmed Ohio State University on Sunday afternoon to see President Barack Obama deliver his first commencement address of 2013 — exactly one year to the day he kicked off his re-election campaign with a rally on the same campus.
Source: nbcnews.to
Obama: Guantanamo ‘needs to be closed’
(Photo: AFP - Getty Images)
President Barack Obama – again – vowed Tuesday to follow through with a 2008 campaign pledge to close the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Source: nbcnews.to
Love, hate and jokes: Obama ribs media at correspondents’ dinner
(Photos: Brendan Smialowski / AFP - Getty Images)
Official Washington waits all year for this moment – the White House correspondents’ dinner – where journalists, politicians and celebrities rub elbows and party.
Source: nbcnews.to
Best of Obama at 2013 correspondents’ dinner
President Barack Obama shows off his sense of humor at the 2013 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday.
Source: nbcnews.to
‘You will run again’: Obama says marathon attack will not shake Boston’s resolve
(Photo: NBC News)
Three days after bombs shattered its most joyous day, Boston came together Thursday to seek comfort, honor the victims and, in the words of one minister, heal a city and a violence-weary world.
Source: nbcnews.to
Obama on Senate background-check failure: ‘A pretty shameful day for Washington’
(Photo: Mandel Ngan / AFP - Getty Images)
Despite an impassioned push by President Barack Obama and an emotional lobbying effort by the families of mass shooting victims, proponents of a compromise measure to expand gun background checks on Wednesday fell six votes short of passage in the Senate.
Source: nbcnews.to
‘I am KC’: Same message on ricin-positive letters sent to Obama, senator
(Photo: Susan Walsh / AP)
A letter addressed to President Barack Obama and another sent to a senator — both of which tested positive for the poison ricin — carried an identical closing statement, according to an FBI bulliten obtained by NBC News on Wednesday.
Source: nbcnews.to
Obama calls for end to North Korea’s ‘belligerent approach’
(Photo: NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams)
President Barack Obama called for an end to North Korea’s “belligerent approach” Thursday, but said the United States will take all necessary steps to protect its people and meet its obligations to allies in the region — meanwhile it was also officially revealed that the Pentagon believes the rogue nation likely has nuclear-capable missiles.
Source: nbcnews.to
As Obama presses Congress on gun controls, McConnell says he’d join GOP filibuster
(Photo: NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams)
With the families of children killed in last year’s Newtown school shooting looking on, President Barack Obama on Monday made an emotional plea for Americans to urge Congress to pass new gun control measures.
Source: nbcnews.to
