President Barack Obama addresses a joint session of Congress — and a nation of TV viewers — at 7 p.m. tonight, hoping to muster support for overhauling the country’s health care system.
The Associated Press reports that Obama will urge “lawmakers…
Ousted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich may be headed to prison — he’s charged with trying to sell the Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama — but for now he’s enjoying the life of a celebrity author.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., had to admonish some who disrupted her town hall meeting on health care Tuesday. “I don’t understand this rudeness. I honestly don’t get it.”
One man was arrested after a fracas over a sign. McCaskill implored the…
President Barack Obama took to the airwaves again, this time trying to create momentum for his health care plan. Experts say some of his points were debatable.
If you missed it, here’s the text from Obama’s news conference, and just…
President Barack Obama hopes to sell Americans tonight on the need to remake the health care system. As polls show Obama’s popularity sagging, more members of Congress have expressed a desire to move slower on overhauling health care. On Friday,…
President Barack Obama is coming to town to mark his 100th day in office with a Wednesday morning visit to Fox High School in Arnold. Ever since FDR, political pundits have used the 100-day measure as a time to check…
The trip between St. Louis and Chicago would be much quicker if President Barack Obama’s vision for a national high-speed rail network is ever realized. On Thursday, he outlined his plans that he said would change the way Americans travel. …
President Obama today lifted restrictions on stem cell research that had been put in place by the Bush administration. The research is controversial because human embryos are destroyed to harvest the cells. Our Talk of the Day forum is buzzing about the…
As I mentioned yesterday, there are two Weatherbirds in today’s paper. It has to be a Weatherbird-first. Both are related to the inauguration of a new president.
On the inauguration wrap, the Weatherbird is walking with President Barack Obama. You can still…
This is a historic day: There will be two Weatherbirds in tomorrow’s paper! (There was already an extra edition Weatherbird this afternoon. Weatherbird artist Dan Martin has been busy today.)
The first Weatherbird will be on an 8-page inauguration wrap. As I’m sure…
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