CNN has a special section called "The First 100 Days of the 44th President Barack Obama. "They have an awesome overview of what his is facing and they continuously update with articles several times a day.
Not sure if there is one specific site for that, but I found a few articles on issues the President is working on since he took office.
Time's "The Page" blog gives you a quick view of all major political happenings, including anything of note that the President has been doing. thepage.time.com/If you are a real politics junkie you can even follow it on Twitter. You might also like the "Poltiical Schedule" box in the sidebar.
This tells us for example that today at 1:50pm the President meets with the top members of his national security team, including Joe Biden, llary Clinton and Gen James Jones. And at 2:40pm the President and Sec Clinton will address State Department workers.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.