BuzzFeed News has landed an interview with President Obama as he seeks to continue to raise awareness about HealthCare.Gov and making sure people, especially millennials, sign up for coverage. BuzzFeed News Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith is conducting the interview and he is crowd-sourcing questions which can be sent to ObamaIRL@BuzzFeed.Com. Smith […]
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the United States economy added 257,000 jobs in January. However, the unemployment rate went up slightly to 5.7%. The increased unemployment rate could be due to more people entering the job market due to the recent job market strength. January added more jobs […]
The communications advisor for Rep. Aaron Schock, Benjamin Cole, has resigned following the revealing of Facebook posts where he expressed racist views. Both BuzzFeed and the left-leaning ThinkProgress found his posts and put them online. In one, Cole wrote that President Obama should build a mosque on White House grounds. […]
Today, President Obama and Vice President Biden spoke at an event honoring outgoing Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. They were also joined by several members of the Cabinet at the Pentagon, where the event was held. Hagel, a former Republican Senator, announced in November that he was stepping down as […]
Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has been announced as the designated survivor. For every State of the Union and joint presidential address to Congress, a group of lawmakers and a member of the Cabinet stay in a remote location and watch the proceedings in the event of a terrific […]
