Articles filed under Barack Obama
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How the U.S. job market has evolved over Obama's 8 yearsJan 08, 2017 6:15 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - When President Barack Obama took office in January 2009 in the midst of the Great Recession, the economy was hemorrhaging jobs. Employers were panickin...
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What Obama wants to get done in final weeks of presidencyJan 02, 2017 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - His last vacation behind him, President Barack Obama is entering the closing stretch of his presidency, an eleventh-hour push to tie up loose ends and put f...
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'Excellent' first meeting for Obama, TrumpNov 10, 2016 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - In a cordial beginning to their transfer of power, President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump met at the White House Thursday. Obama called the...
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Obama heads to Chicago to raise money for DemocratsOct 07, 2016 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Aiming to help Democrats in November, President Barack Obama is returning Friday to Chicago to raise money for Hillary Clinton and Senate candidate Tammy Du...
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Obama headlining fundraiser for DuckworthSep 28, 2016 1:00 am - President Barack Obama will return to Chicago on Oct. 9 to headline a fundraiser to benefit U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth, a Hoffman Estates Democarat who is running for U.S...
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Barrington High students earn spot at White House film festivalSep 14, 2016 5:30 am - For the second year in a row, television production students from Barrington High School have won a spot at The White House Student Film Festival in Washington D.C., bea...
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Obama assails Trump in dispute over use of 'radical Islam' labelJun 14, 2016 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama angrily denounced Donald Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric on Tuesday, blasting the views of the presumptive Republican presidential nomin...
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Kirk says Obama should appoint a Scalia successorFeb 22, 2016 12:00 am - Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk says President Barack Obama should appoint someone to the vacancy on the Supreme Court, putting the Highland Park Republican at odds with ...
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President Obama greets old friends during Springfield visitFeb 10, 2016 12:00 am - Former state Sen. Dave Sullivan of Park Ridge happened to be walking through downtown Springfield for lunch when he spotted President Barack Obama. Obama was stopping fo...
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Why Obama is speaking in Springfield WednesdayFeb 09, 2016 12:00 am - President Barack Obama's visit to Springfield Wednesday will return him to the city where he launched his presidential campaign exactly nine years ago and provide a back...