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Tag: Barack Obama

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Woman Charged With Mailing Explosives To Obama And Greg Abbott

CAITLIN DEWEY, WASHINGTON POST, TEXAS TRIBUNE

Posted on November 24, 2017 · A Texas woman has been accused of mailing homemade explosives to President Barack Obama and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that could have maimed or killed them, according to documents filed in district court last week in Houston

Tags Barack Obama explosives greg abbott President Barack Obama Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

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Obama Takes To Twitter To Promote Obamacare Enrollment

ALISON KODJAK, NPR

Posted on November 1, 2017 · The former president, who has been reticent on policy issues, uses his star power to urge people to shop for health insurance as open enrollment opens on the exchanges

Tags Affordable Care Act Barack Obama obamacare

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Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 5: 100 Days Of Trump

HPM Digital Team

Posted on April 28, 2017 · It's not a political story. It's a story about politics.

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Houston Experts Categorize Trump’s Order On Immigration As Historic And An Overreaction

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on January 30, 2017 · The measure could impact our city significantly because of its international workforce.

Tags Barack Obama Donald Trump george w bush houston immigration iraq United States

Election 2016

NPR Politics Inauguration Day Live Blog

HPM News Staff

Posted on January 20, 2017 · Follow NPR's live blog of Inauguration Day for news highlights, analysis, photos and videos from Washington, D.C., throughout the day.

Tags 2016 Presidential Election Barack Obama Inauguration 2016 President Trump

Bauer Business Focus

What’s Next After Court Halts Extending Overtime Pay To More Workers?

Florian Martin

Posted on December 9, 2016 · Many employers have already implemented the Labor Department’s new rules.

Tags Barack Obama injunction labor law minimum wage overtime

Politics

Video: Obama Signs Major Overhaul Of Toxic Chemicals Rules Into Law

Josh Lederman, Associated Press / HPM News Staff

Posted on June 22, 2016 · President Barack Obama has signed into law the first overhaul of toxic chemical rules in 40 years.

Tags Barack Obama regulate chemicals Toxic Substances Control Act TSCA White House signing ceremony

Politics

Texas And 10 Other States Sue Over Federal Transgender Directive

Andrew Schneider

Posted on May 25, 2016 · The lawsuit asks a judge to declare the directive unlawful.

Tags Barack Obama bathroom policy federal guidance Transgender Rights transgender students

Politics

Texas Congressmen: Cuban Immigrants Should Not Get Special Treatment

HPM Digital Team

Posted on March 28, 2016 · U.S. reps. Henry Cuellar, (D-Laredo), and Blake Farenthold, (R-Corpus Christi), have introduced the Correcting Unfair Benefits for Aliens (CUBA) Act, which would strip Cuban immigrants of their special status.

Tags Barack Obama border congress cuba Cuban Embargo immigration mexico texas

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Houston NAACP: No Supreme Court Justice, No Peace

Florian Martin

Posted on March 21, 2016 · Protesters marched outside Sen. Ted Cruz’s Houston office Monday. Their chants of “No Justice, No Peace” took on an additional meaning this time.

Tags Antonin Scalia Barack Obama Merrick Garland naacp supreme court ted cruz

Politics

Texas Senator Reacts To Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee

Laurie Johnson

Posted on March 16, 2016 · Obama chose federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland.

Tags Barack Obama gop Merrick Garland scotus Supreme Court nominee

Health & Science

Houston Congresswoman Wants National Task Force To Fight Zika Virus

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on March 10, 2016 · Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee met with state and local officials in Houston to discuss how to fight the spread of the virus.

Tags Barack Obama congress Harris County’s Public Health and Environmental Services latin america sheila jackson lee Texas Department of State Health Services U.S. House of Representatives Zika

Politics

Video: Obama And Canadian Prime Minister Joint Press Conference

HPM Digital Team

Posted on March 10, 2016 · President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's joint press conference.

Tags Barack Obama Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

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WATCH: Obama’s Statement On Plan To Shut Down Guantanamo

Associated Press

Posted on February 23, 2016 · President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday he had submitted a plan to Congress to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

Tags Barack Obama congress Guantanamo Bay Pentagon

Politics

Video: President Obama On Economy, January Jobs Report

HPM Digital Team

Posted on February 5, 2016 · President Barack Obama spoke from the White House on Friday, addressing the state of the U.S. economy and January's jobs report.

Tags Barack Obama economy job numbers

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