President Obama to propose a new levy on oil firms

US oil firms would have to pay a fee of $10 (£6.85) on every barrel of oil they produce, under a White House budget proposal to be announced next week.

The funds raised would be spent on green transportation projects.

President Obama ready to go after Eight years

A reflective President Obama, with his presidency winding down, said that as much as he has loved life in the Oval Office, a third term, even if he could run again, would have no appeal.

“Look, the bubble is the hardest thing about the presidency,” Obama told CBS News in an interview broadcast Sunday. “And I don’t think anybody with sense ever gets used to it. It’s the thing that makes me happiest about my tenure coming to an end.”

'American Sniper' Widow tells President Obama: Gun control won't stop mass shootings

The widow of ‘American Sniper’ Chris Kyle told President Obama that she does not believe gun control is an effective counter to mass shootings.

Taya Kyle told the president that his proposed changes to the laws would not make people safer because murderers do not have any “moral code”.

 

 

The confrontation came at a CNN town hall broadcast at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

Kyle said she did not believe any of the recent mass shootings “would have been stopped by a background check.”

“So I think part it we have to recognize is we cannot outlaw murder, because the people who are murdering are breaking the law, but they also don’t have the moral code that we have.

President Obama, Michelle Obama reveal favorite songs, moments of 2015

They're the busiest family in America — but that doesn't mean they're not up to date on the world's hottest music.

Asked about his favorite things of 2015, President Obama revealed to People magazine that Kendrick Lamar's "How Much a Dollar Cost" is the song he can't stop listening to.

First Lady Michelle Obama, meanwhile, told the magazine that, like most of America, she got hooked on Bruno Mars' ultra-catchy party anthem, "Uptown Funk."