Religion Clause

As reported by CNN , as with past administrations the White House website of the Obama Administration disappeared when President Trump was s...

Yesterday the White House announced that President Obama has appointed ten more individuals to the board of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Cou...

President Obama yesterday issued a Proclamation designating January 16, 2017 as Religious Freedom Day.  The date is the 231st anniversary o...

With only days left in office, President Obama continues to make appointments to various federal councils and advisory committees.  Among th...

Even though the formal change in Administrations is less than a month away, President Obama continues to make Presidential appointments to v...

Yesterday President Obama issued Executive Orders designating the Gold Butte area in the Mojave Desert in Nevada ( full text of Executive Or...

In his Weekly Address, posted as a video on the White House website, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wished all Americans a Me...

President Obama yesterday hosted an afternoon and an evening Hanukkah Reception at the White House. In his remarks ( full text ) at the afte...

Last Friday, President Obama issued a Presidential Proclamation declaring December 10 as Human Rights Day and the week beginning December 1...

Today is Thanksgiving.  President Obama issued the formal Thanksgiving Day 2016 Presidential Proclamation yesterday.  It reads in part: T...

Rosh Hashanah begins this evening. As reported by JTA , last Monday President Obama held a pre-holiday conference call with over 600 rabbis ...

Yesterday President Obama presented the 2015 National Medals of the Arts and Humanities to 22 awardees. ( Full text of President's remar...

Yesterday President Obama announced the appointment of a Presidential Delegation to attend the Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the...

As reported by National Law Journal , yesterday President Obama nominated ( White House announcement ) Abid Qureshi, partner in the D.C. law...

Yesterday, as part of his trip to Laos, President Obama delivered an address ( full text ) to the people of the country. Speaking at the Lao...

President Obama yesterday announced the appointment of a delegation to represent the United States at the Canonization ceremony for Mother ...

Yesterday afternoon, President Obama hosted a somewhat belated Eid al-Fitr reception at the White House. In his Remarks ( full text ) he sai...

President Obama yesterday issued a statement ( full text ) sending greetings to the Muslim community on the arrival of Eid al-Fitr-- the hol...

President Obama met yesterday in the Map Room of the White House with the Dalai Lama, spiritual head of the Tibetan Buddhists and until his ...

President Obama, speaking in Washington yesterday after a meeting with his National Security Council ( full text of remarks ) responded to c...