NEW YORK Â — In a move that could shake the housing market, credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s on Monday downgraded the debt of mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The downgrades to…
White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing.
How do dry economic numbers translate into real human pain? Here’s one way. Almost lost in the wall-to-wall news coverage of the battle in Washington over the debt ceiling and the convulsions of the stock…
On July 19, 2011 Â there was an interfaith mass wedding in Indonesia that was attended by different religious groups in Istora Senayan, Jakarta. This event was made possible by the collaborative efforts of Yayasan Pondok…
A top White House economic adviser slammed Standard & Poor’s on Saturday for having stuck with its decision to downgrade the U.S. credit rating despite having made a $2 trillion mistake in its fiscal projections.…
President Obama outlines a number of steps that can be taken right away to create jobs and help grow the economy.
NEW YORK — Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s on Friday downgraded the credit rating of the United States, stripping the world’s largest economy of its prized AAA status. In July, S&P placed the United…
Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that’s happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. This week, President Obama announced a bi-partisan compromise to reduce the deficit and avoid default, announced a historic fuel…
On August 4, 2011 President Obama turns 50 years old. He’s not the first Commander in Chief to earn his AARP card while in the Oval Office — take a look at some other Presidents who celebrated…
Salah satu anggota keluarga Zuckerberg hengkang dari jajaran petinggi Facebook. Jangan kaget dulu, orang itu bukanlah CEO dan pendiri Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, melainkan Randi Zuckerberg, kakak perempuan Mark. Randi sendiri sebelumnya menjabat sebagai Direktur Marketing…
Las Vegas — The former director of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center raised concerns Wednesday about an impending “code war” in which hackers will tamper not just with the Internet but with technology that runs real-world…
After a long and heated debate, President Barack Obama signed into law a compromise that will reduce the deficit and avert a default on our obligations that would have devastated our economy. Official White House…
Leonardo DiCaprio dan Johnny Depp menjadi aktor dengan bayaran termahal di Hollywood. Demikian dilaporkan Forbes.com baru-baru ini. Film-film yang dibintangi keduanya mampu menjadi blockbuster dan meraih box office. “Karier di Hollywood dibangun dengan kecerdasan,” demikian…
Editor’s Note: The battle over immigration is now being waged at the state level. Since Arizona’s immigration law SB 1070 went into effect one year ago, five states — Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and…
Statement by the President Rose Garden 1:06 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Congress has now approved a compromise to reduce the deficit and avert a default that would have devastated our economy. It…
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