President Barack Obama starts an Asian tour that extends for nine days covering, China, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea.
Obama is said to discuss with the leaders of Asia the recent economic developments and what has been called the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
Obama will also discuss some political issues with the leaders of [...]

By Santiago Trillo.
President Obama is swiftly becoming a record breaking President. On one hand, he is the first black President, a true accomplishment. On the other hand, he is suffering one of the sharpest drops in approval rates ever measured, he has built to the greatest budget deficit in half a century, and he is [...]

People around the country are held in the uncomfortable position of anxious uncertainty awaiting possible healthcare legislation to come from Washington.  The healthcare debate, which has been ongoing since last spring, has evoked strong opinions and emotions from both parties, nearly every public official, and the constituencies of many congressmen.  Numerous protests and demonstrations have popped [...]

After nine months since President Obama took office, Americans disagree with him on the important issues, according to a new national poll carried by CNN/Opinion Research Corporation.
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted from October 16-18, with 1,038 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey’s sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
The poll, [...]

The Senate Finance Committee, working through amendments to a sweeping health care overhaul, flatly rejected on Tuesday the concept of a “public option,” a government-run insurance plan for people who cannot find coverage privately.
In a long-anticipated showdown, liberal Democrats twice failed yesterday to inject a government-run insurance option into sweeping health care legislation taking shape [...]

Tens of thousands of Cubans flocked to Havana’s Revolution Plaza this past weekend.
Juanes, who has won 17 Latin Grammy awards and is known for his social activism has been criticized by some Cuban-Americans who said the performance gave support to the island’s communist government.
Around half a million people attended the four-hour concert under a broiling [...]

According to an Associated Press-GfK poll released hours before President Obama makes his case for overhaul in a prime-time address to Congress indicates that public disapproval of President Barack Obama’s handling of health care has jumped to 52 percent.
The survey of 1,001 adults with cell and landline telephones was conducted Sept. 3-8. It had a [...]