President Obama On Health Care Rollout: 'We Screwed It Up'
Updated 2:38 p.m. This event has now concluded. Thank you for joining us.President Obama held a press conference this afternoon covering a variety of issues, including on the troubled rollout of the...
View ArticleHealth, Science, Environment Rundown: Spring Fling
Last week, people all over St. Louis – and all over the Midwest and East Coast, probably – celebrated the official start of spring. They celebrated because the winter has been unusually long and cold...
View ArticlePresident Obama Addresses Nation About Islamic State
President Obama addressed the nation tonight on his administration's strategy for fighting the militant group ISIS, also known as ISIL or Islamic State.
View ArticleObama's Plan To Confront Islamic State Wins Cautious Support
On the eve of the 13th anniversary of 9/11, and after the gruesome beheadings of two American journalists, President Barack Obama told the American people in a televised address that the United States...
View ArticlePresident Obama Speaks On Ferguson, Police Training
President Barack Obama says he has asked Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to create a plan for a “careful and appropriate response to any potential violence” that may occur after the grand jury decision in the...
View ArticlePresident Discusses Law Enforcement Issues Related To Ferguson
President Barack Obama spent most of Monday talking to officials about law enforcement and civil rights issues that are gaining traction following events in Ferguson.“We know the White House is...
View ArticlePresident Obama's Final News Conference Of 2014
President Obama held his final press conference of the year on Friday. He addressed several topics, including relations with Cuba, the Sony hacks and more.NPR's The Two-Way has a live blog recap of...
View ArticleFree Community College Plan Will Have Restrictions, Price Tag
President Barack Obama took to Facebook and Vine last week to announce his free community college proposal.
View ArticleObama Calls For Middle Class To Share In Returning Prosperity
Tuesday night, for the first time in his presidency, President Barack Obama delivered his state of the union address to a GOP-controlled Congress. It was a speech in which Obama went back to Democratic...
View ArticleZweifel Sounds Alarm Bells Over Obama's Changes To 529 Plans
When President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union address earlier this week, reaction was pretty predictable: Most Democrats liked the speech, while Republicans were generally less favorable. But...
View ArticleObama Signs Law Naming 'Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge'
President Barack Obama has signed legislation designating the new Interstate 70 bridge connecting St. Louis and southwestern Illinois over the Mississippi River as the "Stan Musial Veterans Memorial...
View ArticleWhy Is Early Childhood Education Important? St. Louis Leaders Weigh In
During the State of the Union Address in February, President Obama announced a plan for "Preschool for All," which would provide federal funding to states to expand early childhood education. On a...
View ArticlePresident Obama Holds Press Conference
Updated 2:56 p.m. & 3:01 p.m. This event has now concluded. Thank you for joining us.President Obama held his first "full" press conference since April today.NPR has a full recap of Obama's remarks...
View ArticlePresident Obama Pressures House GOP In Visit To Mo. Ford Plant
Speaking outside of Kansas City Friday, President Barack Obama called out House Republicans for their vote on a plan to avoid a partial government shutdown. Obama was in Ford Motor's new stamping...
View ArticlePresident Obama Makes Statement, Answers Questions
Updated 2:21 p.m. This live event has concluded. Thank you for joining us.President Obama held a press conference today focused on the federal government shutdown and the debt ceiling. NPR's Live Blog...
View ArticleFormer Senior Advisor To Obama, David Axelrod Calls Out 'Snipers' For Not...
David Axelrod, the former senior advisor to President Obama spoke at Webster University Friday, speaking on a variety of topics, including the Affordable Care Act.Axelrod was a key advisor to the...
View ArticlePresident Obama Speaks On Drones, Guantanamo
Updated 2:02 p.m. Thank you for joining us for this live event. It has now concluded.Find analysis and a full recap of the President's remarks on NPR.org.Earlier Story:
View ArticleBlunt, Biden talk about boosting health-care research ahead of State of the...
While U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., clearly has his philosophical and political differences with the president, last night he praised Barack Obama’s plan to embark on a major effort to cure cancer and...
View ArticleAs FBI, Apple spar over encryption, expert Charlie Miller says backdoor...
Updated Feb. 17, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. with quotes about encryption, Apple news– Yesterday, a federal court ordered Apple to unlock the iPhone of one of the people involved in the San Bernadino shooting...
View ArticleMeet the local Girl Scouts whose sustainability project brought them to meet...
Prickly-tongue. Sweaty palms. Stomach butterflies. Shaking. Anxiety. Relief. These are some of the feelings and symptoms that Sindhu Bala and Christina Yepez, two members of local Girl Scout Troop...
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