Barack Obama

In this week's address, President Obama urges Congress to take action now to put our teachers back to work in classrooms, because the best predictor of individual and American success in this economy is a good education.

Itzhak Perlman performs at the White House during a dinner in honor of President Shimon Peres of Israel. June 13, 2012.

Some of Mitt Romney's plans for jobs, housing, education, and the auto industry.

President Obama awards President Shimon Peres of Israel the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a dinner at the White House in the East Room. An ardent advocate for Israel's security and for peace, Shimon Peres was elected the ninth President of Israel in 2007. Through his life and work, he has strengthened the unbreakable bonds between Israel and the United States.

Mitt Romney's "jobs plan" really means fewer police officers, firefighters, and teachers.

When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts was number one. Number one in state debt: $18 billion dollars in debt, more debt per person than any other state in the country. At the same time Massachusetts fell to 47th in job creation; one of the worst economic records in the country. First in debt, 47th in job creation. That's Romney Economics. It didn't work then. It won't work now.

Romney wants to cut jobs for firefighters, police officers, and teachers. Jobs we need to help grow the economy. That's a plan too extreme, even for Tea Party Governor Scott Walker. But today, the Romney campaign doubled down.

Mitt Romney's Economic Plan? He wants to cut jobs for firefighters, police, and teachers. It's the same thing he did in Massachusetts. The plan didn't work then and it won't work now.

Yesterday Mitt Romney said of President Obama, "...he wants another stimulus, he wants to hire more government workers. He says we need more fireman, more policeman, more teachers. Did he not get the message of Wisconsin? The American people did. It's time for us to cut back on government and help the American people."

Yesterday we got some news: the Romney campaign raised $76.8 million dollars in May. But that's only what Romney's official campaign raised.

Independent special interests and Super PACs on the right are building unprecedented war chests.