95% working families to get tax cut: Obama
Business Standard India Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:14 PM PST
The US President Barack Obama on Saturday said that as many as 95 per cent of the working families would get tax cuts and beginning April an average American family would start receiving an additional $65 each month. |
Obama widens Pak strikes - Attacks target Mehsud camps
The Telegraph Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:14 PM PST
Washington, Feb. 21: With two missile strikes over the past week, the Obama administration has expanded the covert war run by the CIA inside Pakistan, attacking a militant network seeking to topple the Pakistani government. |
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-02-21 21:03 Obama wants to cut U.S. deficit in half by 2013
Interactive Investor Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:13 PM PST
WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will use his first budget, due to be unveiled next week, to put the United States on track toward cutting its ballooning deficit in half by 2013, an administration official said on Saturday. "The deficit this administration inherited was $1.3 trillion or 9.2 percent of GDP. By 2013, the end of the president's first term, the budget cuts the ... |
Obama To Toss Out Nats' First Pitch?
DCist Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:13 PM PST
The Hill's Briefing Room brings the news that the Nationals have extended an invitation to President Barack Obama to toss out the first pitch during the Nats' 2009 home opener on April 13 against Philadelphia. It doesn't come as a surprise -- Obama, a strident Chicago White Sox fan, made it no secret on the campaign trail and in his short time in office that he's a big time sports fan . ... |
Official: Obama wants to halve budget deficit
FOX 19 Cincinnati Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:13 PM PST
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama wants to cut the federal deficit in half by the end of his first term. He would try to achieve that mostly by scaling back Iraq war spending, raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans and making government run more efficiently. |
Obama clears mercury deal path
The Telegraph Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:12 PM PST
New Delhi, Feb. 21: After eight deadlocked years, 140-odd countries including India, China and the US have agreed to have a legally binding treaty to control mercury pollution, a threat to people everywhere. |
Klobachar meets with local leaders
Grand Rapids Herald-Review Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:11 PM PST
Sen. Amy Klobachar (DFL-Minn.) made a swing through Northern Minnesota on Thursday to discuss economic development and energy issues with local leaders, as well as touch on the new stimulus package signed by President Barrack Obama Tuesday. |
Eye on 2012, Jindal rejects Obama dole
The Telegraph Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:10 PM PST
Washington, Feb. 21: Indian American Bobby Jindal has become the first Republican governor in the US to turn down nearly $100 million that his state of Louisiana would have got in help for the unemployed from President Barack Obamaรข€™s $787-billion economic stimulus package. |
World Headlines
TVNZ Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:10 PM PST
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will hold talks with President Barack Obama in Washington on March 3 on the global financial crisis and a comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan, the White House said. |
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