Barack Obama

What’s more American than ‘American Idol?’ How about the president, the leader of the free world? ‘Idol’ producer Nigel Lythgoe is actually asking our commander-in-chief if he wants to come on the show during the live episodes to perform Al Green’s ‘Let’s Stay Together.’ Obama performed an impromptu version of the song at a fundraiser at the Apollo Theater, causing Green’s music to spike in sales. Perhaps Lythgoe thinks that a cameo by the President will boost the show’s relatively sagging ratings?

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Our president has been through a lot it since he came into office. What a nice way to show he's still sane by showing he has a sense of happiness.

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It's true! Happened to come across this video and HAD to share it with you! Obama's swag just flew through the ROOF!

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 2011 has come and gone. In this video, we take a look at all the crucial happenings in the last 100 years from 1911-2011.

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When Barack Obama arrives in Australia’s Northern Territory Thursday, the region’s chief minister Paul Henderson will greet and hand the American president a policy that insures him against a crocodile attack.

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“During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to "create a Community College Partnership Program to strengthen community colleges by providing grants to a) conduct more thorough analysis of the types of skills and technical education that are in high demand from students and local industry; b) implement new associate of arts degree programs that cater to emerging industry and technical career demands; and c) reward those institutions that graduate more students and also increase their numbers of transfer students to four-year institutions."

Obama said the cost of the higher-education initiatives w

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 Just about everyone has an opinion when it comes to politics and then there are those who choose not to engage in any type of discussion (or debate) of any of the matter at all. I am one of those individuals that choose not to dive into the muddy experiment of the political science illusion—but must vent about the politics that are affecting my community today.

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President Barack Obama offered a reassuring assessment of the U.S. economic situation today, calling the country's problems "imminently solvable" despite Standard & Poor's downgrade of its credit rating.

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President Obama celebrates his 50th birthday today, and it's already off to a pretty good start. During a fundraiser in Chicago last night, Jennifer Hudson lead the crowd in singing Happy Birthday to the president. Not exactly John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, but no one's complaining!

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President Barack Obama said Sunday night that he and Congressional leaders had reached a debt deal that cuts trillions in federal spending. The debt ceiling plan was set to face a vote on Monday in hopes of enacting it before a Tuesday deadline, thus averting default, The New York Times reported.

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President Barack Obama is set to hold his first Twitter town hall on Wednesday.

The president will answer questions submitted by using the #AskObama hashtag via a live webcast at 2 p.m. ET at askobama.twitter.com.

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First he found Bin Laden and now he’s quieting the cries of our nation’s babies. In an official White House video that’s circulating today, Barack and Michelle Obama are greeting a crowd of visitors when the first lady picks up a fan’s baby. The infant is wailing, but when she’s handed over to the president, her cries instantly stop. Watch the clip below:

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