Topic: Melody Barnes

Relief ahead for states from No Child Left Behind law, but with strings

States can be excused from some certain requirements of No Child Left Behind, the US education reform law, the Obama administration said Monday. But it wants them to adopt different reforms.

What Obama needs to achieve in his State of the Union address

The State of the Union address is expected to lay out five ‘pillars’ for ‘winning the future’ – education, infrastructure, innovation, deficit reduction, and reform of government.

Obama, GOP leaders face the press for election post-mortems

In back-to-back press conferences Wednesday, President Obama and victorious Republicans try to win the spin battle on the day after Election 2010. Obama has the harder task.

Grading the Presidential summit on entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs from more than 50 countries gathered at the summit on entrepreneurship in Washington to learn how individual action can expand opportunity, especially in the Muslim world.

Obama golfs with female after media criticism. Coincidence?

President Obama invited a female staffer to join him for a game of golf yesterday. Melody Barnes is the first woman to golf with Obama since he became president.

Obama and woman go golfing (just like Adam Sandler and Bob Barker)

President Obama was joined today by a female staffer on the golf course. This marks the first time he's golfed with a woman since becoming president.

Surprise! Obama shows up at Sasha's parent-teacher conference

Obama pushes gay rights, but not without criticism from activists

Many gay rights activists think Obama isn’t doing enough. But he’s in no rush on same-sex marriage or the military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy.

What's behind Obama's big shift

He is overseeing the boldest expansion of government in a generation. Is it a 'new pragmatism' right for the times or dangerous overreach by a young president?

Bipartisanship, finally ... on a community-service bill

The legislation will increase spending on federal community-service programs by 25 percent.

Obama’s church choice remains a mystery

Obama's vast jobs plan: How hard?

His aim is to add 2.5 million jobs. But job totals are dropping sharply now.

Obama acting increasingly presidential

Not 'a minute to waste' in addressing economic woes, the president-elect says.