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In recent days, speculation has grown that President Obama would soon tap into the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve. As oil prices have rapidly spiked (at the time of writing, the price of WTI crude oil is just over $108 per barrel), gasoline has followed suit, and the average price for a...

President Barack Obama has delivered the most definitive repudiation yet to energy-related attacks from Republicans that want to replace him next year, in a speech before an audience at the University of Miami campus in Coral Gables, Florida. Taking the other end of the Republican oil-centric...

The recent bullish sentiment in the greater equity markets has affected all sectors. Last night on December 24, President Barack Obama delivered the State of the Union address. He discussed a myriad of issues, but he also touched upon the United States' energy needs over the long-term. Although he...

In just a few hours, President Barack Obama will be delivering the 2012 State of the Union Address. Commonly used by commanders in chief to discuss various foreign and sovereign policies that are crucial to future prosperity, the State of the Union will be one of the key avenues for Obama to win...

To date, the Internet has been nearly unanimous in its disapproval of the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, which is currently snaking its way through the US House of Representatives. The bill, coupled with the PROTECT IP Act, has been touted at as an effective way to protect digital...

White House Launches "We the People" Platform on Website On Sept. 22, the White House launched the "We the People" platform on its website. The platform is designed to encourage ideas from citizens, and if a petition on the site is signed by 5,000 people or more, the White House promises to lift it...

U.S. President Barack Obama announced late Sunday evening that Osama Bin Laden, a terrorist on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List, is dead. "Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al...

The White House has announced it will veto the one-week stopgap bill that the House of Representatives just passed.

President Obama recently headed out west to meet with a handful of Silicon Valley executives and venture capitalists. While the exact agenda was unconfirmed by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, according to a recent report, meeting is thought to be regarding the President's technology and...

There's a title you bet you'd never thought you'd see, right? Today the U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday announced it will seek bids to install solar panels on the White House, producing about 19,700 kilowatts per year of power. The types of solar panels that are going to be put on the White...