Barack Obama : Chinatopix

Home > Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Obama Reveals Opening Gitmo As Biggest Regret In Presidential Term

Mar 22, 2015 09:53 PM EDT

United States President Barack Obama revealed that opening the Guantanamo Bay, or Gitmo, in Cuba when he first took office is one of his biggest regrets in his term.

Envelope Addressed to White House Positive for Cyanide; Did Someone Try To Poison President Obama?

Marcel Woo |

Mar 18, 2015 04:14 AM EDT

The US Secret Service is conducting a third round of testing to determine if the envelope addressed to the White House indeed contain the potentially deadly chemical cyanide.

Obama Wants To Make Student Loans Easier To Understand

Arlene Lim |

Mar 12, 2015 12:42 AM EDT

United States President Barack Obama has directed the Department of Education to create a system that will enable students to easily understand and manage ways to pay back their loans.

U.S. Tags Venezuela As A National Security Threat

Arlene Lim |

Mar 11, 2015 12:29 AM EDT

The United States has declared Venezuela as national security threat and has imposed sanctions against seven officials from the oil-rich country.

A TransCanada Keystone Pipeline station outside Steele City, Nebraska March 10, 2014.

Despite GOP-Domination, Senate Fails To Override Obama’s Keystone Veto

Vittorio Hernandez |

Mar 05, 2015 08:21 AM EST

It's 1-1 in the ongoing rift between U.S. President Barack Obama and the Republican Party. While the GOP appears to have the upper hand in the immigration reform debate, Obama won in the Keystone issue.

Netanyahu: Iran Nuke Deal Threatens Israel's Existence

Kat De Guzman |

Mar 03, 2015 09:15 PM EST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said the United States' nuclear deal with Iran could threaten the existence of his country.

Boehner Did Not Advise White House That Netanyahu Will Address Congress

Vittorio Hernandez |

Mar 02, 2015 08:32 AM EST

House Speaker John Boehner is on another collision course. After incurring the ire of conservative Republicans over the Department of Homeland Security funding, this time he is going again against the White House.

Gun Rights Advocates Angered By Obama’s Proposed Ban On Assault Rifle Bullets

Vittorio Hernandez |

Mar 01, 2015 05:00 AM EST

Gun rights advocates see as a sneaky move a proposal from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) to prohibit the sale of ammunition for assault weapons. The proposal includes the 5.56mm "green tip" bullets for AR-15 rifles.

How Homeland Security Plans To Watch Over The Land Without Funds Had Congress Not Passed One-Week Funding

Vittorio Hernandez |

Feb 28, 2015 05:00 AM EST

One a vote of 357-60, the U.S. Congress approved a one week extension of funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday just hours before the midnight deadline.

Giuliani Receiving Death Threats After Saying ‘Obama Does Not Love America’

Raymond Legaspi |

Feb 23, 2015 01:49 AM EST

Former New York City Mayor and Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani admitted receiving death threats following his sharply criticized comment that President Obama "does not love America" because of the chief executive's "upbringing."

Giuliani Statement Obama Has ‘No Love’ for Americans ‘Sad’: White House

Raymond Legaspi |

Feb 20, 2015 10:07 PM EST

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's insistence that President Obama lacked "love" for Americans drew sharp criticism from the White House, which said the mayor thoroughly "tarnished" his legacy -- referring to his leadership at the height of the September 11 attacks.

White House Forum on Islamic Extremism a ‘Summit without Substance’: McCaul

Vittorio Hernandez |

Feb 20, 2015 09:46 PM EST

Because U.S. President Barack Obama avoided using the term "radical Islam" during the three-day White House Summit on Islamic Extremism, House Homeland Security Committee Chair Rep. Michael McCaul considers the gathering a "summit without substance."

'President Obama Does Not Love America' - Former NYC Mayor Giuliani Says

Marcel Woo |

Feb 19, 2015 10:51 AM EST

President Barack Obama does not love America and was not brought up the way Americans were brought up, said former New York City Mayor Rudolf Giuliani.

Obama Names New Secret Service Chief

Geann Pineda |

Feb 19, 2015 01:08 AM EST

President Barack Obama has appointed Secret Service veteran Joseph Clancy as permanent director, after serving the agency in an acting capacity in the last four months.

Obama Labels ISIS as Terrorists, Not Religious Leaders

Vittorio Hernandez |

Feb 18, 2015 11:24 PM EST

With its admission of decapitations and burning people alive based on videos it posts online, and now, accusations by an ambassador that it kills people to harvest and sell their organs, the inevitable conclusion is that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a terrorist organization.