Tuesday, May 21 2013 2:07 PM EDT2013-05-21 18:07:31 GMT
President Obama has declared a major disaster in Oklahoma, and instructed his disaster response team to get tornado victims everything they need "right away."
President Obama has declared a major disaster in Oklahoma, and instructed his disaster response team to get tornado victims everything they need "right away."
Tuesday, May 21 2013 2:04 PM EDT2013-05-21 18:04:46 GMT
All of the disaster stemming from the severe weather in Oklahoma can be stressful for anyone to watch, but it can trigger anxiety especially in children.
All of the disaster stemming from the severe weather in Oklahoma can be stressful for anyone to watch, but it can trigger anxiety especially in children.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 1:54 PM EDT2013-05-21 17:54:37 GMT
Just a few hours after the four-month session wrapped up, Minnesota's top elected Democrats are scheduled to do a post-mortem on what lawmakers accomplished.
Just a few hours after the four-month session wrapped up, Minnesota's top elected Democrats are scheduled to do a post-mortem on what lawmakers accomplished.
The morning after the most expensive campaign in history, President Obama begins planning his next four years in office. But he faces many difficult challenges ahead. A victorious Barack Obama heads back to Washington to face the same divided Congress in his second term. The President swept almost all the battleground ground states, giving him a decisive victory in the electoral college. But the popular vote was much closer.
Congress remains split. Democrats held onto the Senate, while Republicans kept the majority in the House." President Obama says he hopes to sit down with Mitt Romney in the coming weeks to meet the difficult challenges ahead. In his concession speech, Romney also expressed the need to find common ground.
The President is facing some major crises - most urgently a fiscal cliff that's looming next month. Economists warn if Congress doesn't reach a deal on a mix of automatic tax increases and spending cuts the economy could fall back into a recession.
