Topic: Barack Obama

President Barack Obama, on Wednesday ordered all major federal agencies to make many more of their services available on mobile telephones within the next year.   Read More

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is planning its most aggressive push yet to send business-friendly lawmakers to Washington in the November election.    Read More

House Speaker John Boehner is playing a heroic role right now. In his efforts to prevent the Bush tax cuts from expiring, Boehner is aggressively taking on President Obama’s leadership ineptitude on the economy.    Read More

Investors may have overreacted to J.P. Morgan’s $2.3 billion dollar trading loss, and traders may have an opportunity for quick gains in bank stocks. But longer-term, U.S. banks may never recover to their past glory, writes guest columnist Peter Morici.   Read More

Asked what he would be willing to give up to address the U.S. debt crisis, Rep. Paul Ryan stood his ground Tuesday and insisted it was Democrats who needed to cede ground.    Read More

Recently, Beijing announced it would permit the yuan to rise in value as much as one percent each day. This was greeted by China watchers as an important indication Beijing would finally permit the yuan to rise against the dollar significantly enough to reduce the U.S. trade imbalance with the Middle Kingdom.    Read More

President Obama has visited a “responsible” couple who owe more on their mortgage than their Nevada home is currently worth. But did they act responsibly?    Read More

The U.S. economic recovery is “ahead of schedule,” even as insufficient consumer demand continues to pose a risk, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said Thursday.    Read More

President Obama voicing his support of gay marriage Wednesday was just a smokescreen to distract from his policies, Sen. Jim DeMint said on CNBC’s “The Kudlow Report.”    Read More

America may start a new economic program called “austerity by inaction.” If this occurs, the United States may find itself in a new economic crisis.    Read More