A bus carrying activists, history aficionados and visitors from other cities weaved across Chicago’s South Side Sunday. Marking five years since President Barack Obama‘s election, the one-time tour stopped at places that influenced the Commander-in-Chief’s life. Organized by Forgotten Chicago, a group that documents Chicago’s lesser-known infrastructure, the tour first stopped at Chase Tower, where Obama first met Michelle Robinson in 1989. It then headed to Altgeld Gardens, a housing project where a young Obama volunteered his time. However, he was not accepted at first, according to Cheryl Johnson (pictured center), whose mother worked with him on infrastructure issues at the houses, the Chicago Tribune reports. “Altgeld didn’t really accept outsiders, and he was considered an outsider,” Johnson told the riders. “He used to come to our house, he used to sit at our kitchen table,” she added. ”He had such cha ...
(CNN) – Dr. Ben Carson, a renowned neurosurgeon enjoying recent popularity in the conservative movement, compared the federal health care law to "slavery"...
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew (pictured) warned Congress Thursday of “irrevocable damage” that an unprecedented federal default could cause,...
In an agony of stupidity, the government shuts down. Only some of it shuts down, of course. The part that stays open is the part that's at war. "Those of you in uniform will remain on your normal duty status," the president said. "The threats to our national security have not changed, and we need you to be ready for any contingency. Ongoing ...
WASHINGTON — Democrats controlling the Senate plan to move quickly toward a vote to allow the government to borrow more money, challenging Republicans to a filibuster showdown as the time remaining to stop a first-ever default on U.S. obligations ticks by. A spokesman said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid could unveil the measure as early as Tuesday, setting the table for a test vote later in the week. The measure is expected to provide enough borrowing room to last beyond next year’s election, which means it likely will permit $1 trillion or more in new borrowing above the current $16.7 trillion debt ceiling that the Administration says will be hit on Oct. 17th. It’s not expected to include new spending cuts sought by Republicans. The development comes as a partial shutdown of the government enters its second week with no end in sight. The top ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Having failed to persuade their traditional Republican allies in Congress to avert a government shutdown, business leaders fear bigger problems...
