MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — At a time when our country is still at war and facing tumultuous events at home, President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama talked with ABC’s Robin Roberts about what Thanksgiving means to them and sharing gratitude, especially for our servicemen and women.“I think this Thanksgiving time is a time…… MORE
Vacclav/iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The president will have his pick of pie this Thanksgiving.The White House released the menu from Thursday’s Thanksgiving dinner. A standard thyme-roasted turkey and a honey-baked ham will be served with cornbread and oyster stuffings, braised winter greens, sweet potato gratin, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole and dinner roles. Of course, there will…… MORE
Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — As the nation waits to hear whether a Missouri police officer will face charges for killing unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., the FBI is warning law enforcement agencies across the country that the decision “will likely” lead some extremist protesters to threaten and even attack police officers or…… MORE
State Department photo by William Ng(WASHINGTON) — President Obama could unveil as soon as Friday his planned, unilateral overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. Details of the proposed measures remain under wraps, but senior administration officials have said Obama is prepared to “go big.”Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said over the weekend that the administration…… MORE
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Everyone’s a newbie at some point in their Senate career. After years on Capitol Hill, senators have come to learn a thing or two about surviving in the halls of Congress. As 12 senators-elect learned their way around the halls of the Senate this week during freshman orientation, several senators told…… MORE
The US Federal Reserve(WASHINGTON) — Janet Yellen, chair of the Federal Reserve, said in a speech at the Conference on Economic Opportunity and Inequality on Friday that she was worried about the increasing income and wealth inequality in the United States.”The extent and continuing increase in inequality in the United States greatly concern me,” Yellen…… MORE
