President Barack Obama will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time on June 7-8 in California, the White House announced on Monday. The talks come amid rising U.S. anger at alleged cyberattacks originating in China and concerns about Beijing’s expanding global influence. “The two leaders will review progress & challenges in U.S.-China [...]
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USCIS union president fights immigration reform bill
By admin on Monday, May 20th, 2013 | Comments Off
The president of a union that represents 12,000 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services employees announced his opposition to the immigration reform bill in the Senate on Monday morning. “The legislation will provide legal status to millions of visa overstays while failing to provide for necessary in-person interviews,” union President Kenneth Palinkas said in a statement. [...]
Read More...Obama U: What Graduation Speeches Say About The President
By admin on Saturday, May 18th, 2013 | Comments Off
President Obama’s commencement speeches often seem more about the big-picture state of the union than do his State of the Union addresses, which read like to-do lists. And his assessment of where the country stands and where it’s going has changed over the past four years. Politics
Read More...PSG president wants to keep working with Beckham
By admin on Friday, May 17th, 2013 | Comments Off
PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain hopes to strike a deal with David Beckham in the next two weeks in which the former England captain will work with the French club after retirement, possibly in an ambassadorial role. Sports News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Read More...Nigeria president declares emergency
By admin on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 | Comments Off
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in three north-eastern states after a spate of deadly attacks by Islamist militants. BBC News – Home
Read More...President Asks Moms For Help Promoting Obamacare
By admin on Sunday, May 12th, 2013 | Comments Off
President Obama met with a group of mothers on Friday to talk about selling relevant aspects of Obamacare to a young generation that often takes its healthy condition for granted and avoids the cost of insurance. Politics
Read More...Longtime Cannes President Gilles Jacob to step down in 2015
By admin on Sunday, May 12th, 2013 | Comments Off
By Steve Pond LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Cannes Film Festival president Gilles Jacob, who has presided over the fest for 36 years, will be leaving his position as president when his term expires in 2015, Cannes told TheWrap on Wednesday. Jacob revealed his intention to leave the job in an interview with the French newspaper [...]
Read More...President Obama Urges Congress to Boost Homeowners in ‘Healing’ Housing Market
By admin on Saturday, May 11th, 2013 | Comments Off
President Obama today declared that the housing market has reached a point where it is “healing” and reaffirmed the administration’s commitment to promoting initiatives that benefit responsible homeowners, including measures encourage refinancing at low rates. “Today, seven years after the real estate bubble burst, triggering… Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Read More...Yippee-Kai-Yay, Mr. President: ‘White House Down’ Looks Very Familiar
By admin on Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 | Comments Off
We can’t help thinking that the dirty, tank-top-wearing hero looks like somebody we followed around Nakatomi Plaza once. Movies
Read More...NRA’s next president to lead its court fights against gun control
By admin on Sunday, May 5th, 2013 | Comments Off
By Andrea Lorenz HOUSTON (Reuters) – Alabama lawyer Jim Porter, in line to become the next president of the National Rifle Association, is expected to spearhead the group's court challenges of gun-control laws enacted in several states since the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting massacre. Porter, 64, the son of another Alabama lawyer who served as [...]
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