December 20, 2015 Obama set to announce 'practical' agenda focusing on immigration, income equality President Obama is expected in his annual address Tuesday to detail what he calls “practical” proposals to advance the country in 2014, including ones to address "income inequality" and the nation’s immigration system.
December 20, 2015 Democrats, Republicans signal standoff over debt ceiling almost certain A top Democrat and Republican on Sunday signaled that the upcoming debt-ceiling negotiations, as widely anticipated, will be another Washington showdown.
December 20, 2015 'If Congress doesn’t act, the president will,' says top WH adviser, signaling Obama may bypass Congress White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said Sunday that President Obama will offer “practical” proposals to move the country forward this year and suggested the president will take executive action to advance his agenda when Congress doesn’t cooperate.
December 20, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: Voters say addressing income inequality is not government's job A new Fox New poll shows a possible disconnect between President Barack Obama and voters on what the president says will be the top priority for the rest of his term: reducing income inequality.
December 20, 2015 Ex-EPA official told lawmakers of project to 'modify the DNA' of capitalism A former high-ranking EPA official who recently was sentenced to prison for fraud told lawmakers last month that, before he left the agency, he was working on a "project" examining ways to "modify the DNA of the capitalist system."
December 20, 2015 As Obama hammers ‘income inequality,’ gap grows under his presidency A look back shows that income inequality has grown, not shrunk, under the current president.
December 20, 2015 Obama to nominate Calif. businesswoman to lead Small Business Administration President Barack Obama intends to nominate Maria Contreras-Sweet, the founder of a Latino-owned community bank in Los Angeles and a former California cabinet secretary, to be head of the Small Business Administration, according to a White House official.
December 20, 2015 Former Bank of Israel head gets Fed vice chair nod President Barack Obama intends to nominate Stanley Fischer, a former head of the Bank of Israel, to be vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, replacing Janet Yellen, who is ascending to the central bank's chairmanship.
December 20, 2015 Strange bedfellows: White House reaches out to Sen. Paul for economy meeting Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., a frequent thorn in President Obama's side, is among a bipartisan group of senators expected to attend a White House announcement Thursday on 'Promise Zones' to help communities tackle poverty.
December 20, 2015 Inside the fuzzy math of the job market There are 10.9 million Americans are out of work, according to the most recent statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but there are also four million unfilled private and government jobs.