President Obama Calls For More Robust Research Into Youth Concussions
"We want our kids participating in sports," Obama said. "As parents, though, we want to keep them safe and that means we have to have better information."
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"We want our kids participating in sports," Obama said. "As parents, though, we want to keep them safe and that means we have to have better information."
Long Island Congressman Peter King is considering running for president in 2016. King addressed his motivation and his would-be rivals in an interview.
According to the head of the UN panel, the world needs to cut pollution from heat-trapping gases, or the already-noticeable harms from global warming could spiral "out of control.''
Seeking to energize his sluggish second term, President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday night in his State of the Union address to sidestep Congress ``whenever and wherever'' necessary to narrow economic disparities between rich and poor.
First lady Michelle Obama ushered in the second half of a century, turning 50 years old.
The early colonial settlements along the Eastern seaboard, including Boston, Charleston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, DC, are among the best places for an historic vacation in the US.
Iran struck a historic nuclear deal Sunday with the United States and five other world powers, in the most significant development between Washington and Tehran in more than three decades of estrangement between the two nations.
The calls made to police by Carey, 34, from her Stamford condo paint a disturbing picture of a new mother.
The president said his administration was doing "everything we can possibly do'' to get the federally run websites up and running.
Thousands of furloughed federal workers returned to work across the country Thursday after 16 days off the job due to the partial government shutdown.
Speakers at Miriam Carey's funeral Tuesday tried to give more insight into the person widely known as the young woman killed by police in Washington after she tried to ram her car through a White House barrier.
The wake for Miriam Carey will be held Monday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Grace Funeral Chapels. Her funeral will be Tuesday at 10 a.m.
Authorities said Miriam Carey, of Stamford Conn., set off a high-speed car chase that put the Capitol on lockdown Thursday and caused a fresh panic in a city where a gunman killed 12 people two weeks ago.
U.S. Capitol Police who responded to incident are currently working unpaid due to federal government shutdown.
The Secret Service arrested a man Monday night for allegedly tossing firecrackers over the fence at the White House.
The tree, which will stand in the Blue Room of the White House, won the honor after being named Tree of the Year by the National Christmas Tree Association on Aug. 10.
A hero NYPD detective was honored by President Barack Obama at the White House Saturday, six months after he was shot and wounded as he fought a group of robbery suspects while off-duty.
Clinton said that Collins' announcement on Monday is an "important moment" for professional sports and the history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
The Secret Service said the second letter was addressed to President Obama. This comes a day after a similar letter was sent to Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi.
President Barack Obama was not heard this week for his weekly radio address; he instead turned it over to the mother of one of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims, who advocated for a tighter gun restrictions.
It's never too early to speculate about presidential politics.
In 2012, President Obama's men's bracket ranked 2,347,421 out of 6.45 million entries, placing him in the 63.6th percentile.
The White House says North Korea's government should be focused on the well-being of its citizens, not on "celebrity sporting events" to entertain the country's elite.
The $85 billion budget-cutting mechanism could affect everything from commercial flights to classrooms to meat inspections.
Doctors, patients and researchers Sunday painted a grim picture of what the human cost will be if Washington lawmakers don't avoid across-the-board budget cuts this coming Friday.
