President Obama today congratulated Tony Stewart on winning his third Sprint Cup Championship as he welcomed the NASCAR champ and his fellow drivers to the White House at an event on the South Lawn. The President reminded Stewart of his prediction that he would not in fact emerge as the winner this year. "In fact, he said that if […]
President Barack Obama announces a plan to increase oversight and crack down on manipulation in oil markets (April 17, 2012) Lately, President Obama has spent a lot of time discussing his all-of-the-above strategy for American energy. The central idea is this: It's going to take a range of initiatives, from increased drilling to scientific breakthroughs […]
Today, we’re excited to announce our first Google+ photowalk at the White House. Photo enthusiasts and White House followers on Google+ are invited to join us for the 2012 Spring White House Garden Tour, a tradition since Pat Nixon first opened the White House gardens in 1972. Tourists take pictures from the South Lawn during the White House […]
Ed. Note: This was cross-posted from the Department of Labor's Work in Progress blog. Nearly 50 years after President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act, on average women are still paid less than their male counterparts for doing comparable jobs – that’s called the pay gap. For the average working woman, the pay gap means […]
Today is Tax Day, the final day to file your 2011 tax return on time. President Obama thinks it is important that Americans understand how and where their federal tax dollars are being spent so we created a tool that will show you just that. Enter a few pieces of information about your taxes into […]
Today – Tuesday, April 17 – is Equal Pay Day, which marks the fact that, nearly 50 years since President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the average woman still has to work well into the calendar year to earn what the average man earned last year. According to the latest U.S. […]
Illegal drugs not only harm a user’s mind and body, they devastate families, communities, and neighborhoods. They jeopardize public safety, prevent too many Americans from reaching their full potential, and place obstacles in the way of raising a healthy generation of young people. To address these challenges, today we are releasing the 2012 National Drug Control […]
For more 40 years, the Presidential Citizens Medal has recognized Americans who have "performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens." Starting today, the President is inviting you, the American public, to nominate everyday heroes for one of our nation’s highest civilian honors. As 2011 Citizens Medal recipient Roberto Perez said, “The […]
President Barack Obama arrives at the Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala Convention Center for the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Columbia, April 14, 2012. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann) This weekend, President Obama was in Colombia for the sixth annual Summit of the Americas. The nations involved in this conference are some of […]
The share of national income earned by the very wealthiest Americans in recent years is among the highest it's been since the 1920s. The top one percent of households—the wealthiest one out of every 100—now takes home 17 percent of the national income. The top .1 percent—the wealthiest one out of every 1,000 households—makes more than 7 […]
