President Barack Obama has formally announced the departure of his
chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, praising him as "extraordinarily
well-qualified" for his new challenge — a run for mayor of Chicago.
Battle-weary members of Congress are coming soon to neighborhoods near
you to press for re-election, more eager to campaign before angry
constituents than compromise in Washington on tax cuts, child nutrition
or a federal budget.
The House ethics committee split along party lines Tuesday as
Republicans demanded pre-election trials for two prominent Democrats,
Charles Rangel and Maxine Waters.
President Barack Obama started the school week Monday with a call for a
longer school year, and said the worst-performing teachers have "got to
go" if they don't improve quickly.
Proclaiming that he believes in the education visions of New Jersey's
Republican governor and Newark's Democratic mayor, Facebook Founder
Mark Zuckerberg on Friday pledged to set up a foundation to donate $100
million to Newark's schools over the next five years.
Exhorting world leaders to push past years of cynicism and pessimism,
President Barack Obama challenged the countries of the United Nations
on Thursday to unite around peace efforts that he said could achieve
agreement within a year to create an independent Palestine and a secure
Israel.
President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to reintroduce his signature
health care bill to skeptical voters who don't like or understand it
six months after it became law.
Michelle Obama is jumping into the midterm political fray in a big way:
She'll headline at least nine fundraisers in six states next month for
endangered Democrats.
The ranks of the working-age poor climbed to the highest level since
the 1960s as the recession threw millions of people out of work last
year, leaving one in seven Americans in poverty.
White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel met privately with Rep. Jesse
Jackson Jr. Wednesday night to discuss the Chicago mayor's race,
sources close to Emanuel and Jackson said on Thursday.
