WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is noting the one-year anniversary of the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, payin...
Last week, it was an ad. This time, it's a statement from the GOP chairman. Over the weekend, Republicans advanced the meme that President Obama has...
The most depressing thing about President Obama's profoundly underwhelming speech Tuesday night was that the White House thought it would change every...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senior administration officials tell The Associated Press that BP has agreed to finance a $20 billion fund to pay the claims of pe...
If President Obama can send our children and our treasure to war for Iraq and Afghanistan certainly we can expect him to fight for us right here on our own beachhead.
President Obama will hit at least five major points during his prime time address from the Oval Office on Tuesday evening, a senior administration off...
Instead of complaining on TV about TV, Obama should try changing the channel. He could hold more press conferences, and invite not only White House reporters, but also environmental experts for a deeper exchange on the crisis.
Hoping to make progress on the issue of retroactive liability for the oil spill, The White House is set to demand that executives at BP set up an acco...
Congressional officials are worried that despite the White House's endorsement of unlimited liability for oil companies involved in damaging spills, a...
GRAND ISLE, La. (Associated Press) - Dogged for being too calm in crisis, President Barack Obama unleashed frustration for all to see Friday, warning ...
On the BP crisis, Obama needs to get away from the posturing politicians and get together with scientists. Making the solution the Administration's responsibility is risky, but no more dangerous than ongoing inaction -- just ask Jimmy Carter.
The instant the BP ooze hit the Gulf's surface the sniff of political blood was steady and strong. Virtually every reputable scientist, engineer, and...
Since Ronald Reagan first opined that government was the problem rather than the solution, right-wing Republicans have blasted all forms of regulation. Now we see the consequences of years of regulatory neglect.
When the nation is threatened, it turns to its president. And with the crisis in the Gulf of Mexico now in its 38th day, President Obama needs to lea...
With frustration mounting over the inability to stop the oil spilling into the Gulf, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fl.) on Wednesday became the first senator to...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Oil spill frustration is rampant.
The White House is being pounded for not acting more aggressively in the month-old oil spill dis...
It's been more than three weeks since Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) unveiled a proposal to raise the liability cap to $10 billion for oil companies in...
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will hold a meeting with top advisers to assess what more can be done to control the massive oil spill in the Gulf...