President Barack Obama is enlisting several major U.S. and multinational companies to draw attention to an initiative aimed at helping small businesses expand and hire workers.
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President Barack Obama will seek to highlight gains in advanced manufacturing in the United States as he tries to show how his administration is boosting economic growth without help from Republicans in Congress.
President Barack Obama has directed his Department of Homeland Security to enforce immigration laws "more humanely," the White House said on Thursday.
President Barack Obama will take his campaign of increasing minimum wage on the road this coming week in an effort to build pressure on Republicans who oppose the raise.
Friday, President Barack Obama is set to announce private companies have donated more than $400 million worth of software and software licenses towards bringing more technology into classrooms.
Seeking to recover from the bungled rollout of his healthcare reforms, President Barack Obama went back to basics on Wednesday with a renewed focus on government policies that benefit the struggling poor and middle classes.
The president is likely to discuss looming tax increases and government spending cuts - the so-called fiscal cliff - that would go into effect early next year unless Congress acts to prevent them. He is due to make the statement from the East Room of the White House at 1:05 p.m. (1805 GMT).
President Barack Obama on Friday hailed a drop in the U.S. jobless rate to the lowest level since he took office, saying the country had "come too far to turn back now," as he sought to recover from a lackluster debate performance against Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
President Barack Obama came out swinging against Republican rival Mitt Romney on Thursday after a lackluster performance in their first debate forced the Democrat's aides to talk of "adjustments" to his campaign.
