The White House threw its weight behind a DOL proposal to make it harder for brokers to push higher-fee mutual funds or other expensive products on people saving for life after work.
After a televised address last night outlining his actions, Obama planned to travel today to Nevada, a state with a fast-growing Hispanic population emblematic of Latinos rising political power in presidential battleground states.
President Barack Obama will pledge improved mental-health care for military veterans and that fewer former service members will be homeless as he seeks to restore confidence in the scandal-scarred Veterans Affairs Department.
Unusual as it may sound, possible savings from revamping the agencys operations are on the table as one way to patch highway funding, according to two Republican legislative aides with knowledge of the talks.
With employees protesting Wal-Marts anti-union stance, Obama is scheduled to announce today a suite of plans to promote energy efficiency and solar power use.
President Barack Obama traveled to the University of Michigan today to call for raising the U.S. minimum wage and appeal to younger voters who might help avert an electoral disaster for Democrats in November.
President Barack Obama said the enrollment of more than 7 million people for coverage under his signature health-care law serves as a rebuke to its critics, including Republicans who repeatedly have tried to repeal it.
Just over 7 million people enrolled for insurance coverage under Obamacare after a last-minute surge at the deadline to sign up, White House press secretary Jay Carney said.
The president met with a group of female community college students and faculty, hearing their personal stories of working and raising families.
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