President Barack Obama arrived in the island nation of Cuba with his family on Sunday. Obama’s visit is the first to the nation in almost ninety years, the last being President Calvin Coolidge’s visit in 1928. The visit is also the first since the Cuban Revolution in the 1950s when the […]
President Obama has nominated Merrick Garland to be the next Supreme Court Justice. Garland would replace Justice Antonin Scalia who passed away recently. Garland is the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. Justices Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Chief Justice John Roberts all have served on […]
President Obama has announced his choice to be Librarian of Congress. If confirmed, Dr. Carla Hayden would be the first African-American and first female to hold the position. The position was established in 1802, but there have only been thirteen Librarians. Previously, Librarians served for life, similarly to Supreme Court […]
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said on Wednesday that President Obama regretted voting in support of a filibuster against Samuel Alito when he was a Senator. This comes as President Obama is looking for Republican support for his eventual Supreme Court nominee. Republicans and Democrats have gone back and […]
Secretary of Homeland Secretary Jeh Johnson has been named the designated survivor for the Cabinet during President Obama’s State of the Union address. However, if something were to happen, Senate President pro tempore Orrin Hatch (R-SC) would instead assume the Presidency because he is higher in the presidential succession list. […]
