Tue, May 22, 2012

Obama dangles $400 million to spur school change

By Stephanie Simon

(Reuters) - Seeking to spur a bold rethinking of the American classroom, the Obama administration on Tuesday will propose divvying up $400 ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Obama hails spirit rebuilding tornado-struck town

By Alister Bull

JOPLIN, Missouri (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday praised the community spirit that helped a small town overcome devastating loss as ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Halle Berry considers approaching Barack Obama over child protection laws

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The Monster's Ball star was picking her daughter Nahla up from a Los Angeles school on Thursday (10May12) when she ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Obama sketches four-pronged strategy for Europe, sees EU consensus

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama urged Europe on Monday to strengthen its defenses against financial market turmoil and recapitalize its banks as ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Michigan Catholic Conference suing Obama administration

LANSING (WKZO) -- The Michigan Catholic Conference is suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human services over a birth control mandate.  That mandate ...

Sun, May 20, 2012

Michelle Obama shows South Side of Chicago to first ladies

By Michael Hirtzer

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Michelle Obama showed off her neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago to some NATO visitors on Sunday, taking ...

Sun, May 20, 2012

In tornado-weary Joplin, graduates eager to move on despite Obama visit

By Kevin Murphy

JOPLIN, Mo (Reuters) - Having the president of the United States speak at commencement would normally be the most memorable day in ...

Sat, May 19, 2012

Anti-NATO activists weighed Obama HQ attack: prosecutors

By Eric Johnson

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Three protesters arrested on terrorism-related charges ahead of the NATO-summit considered targeting U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election ...

Sat, May 19, 2012

G8, raising pressure on Iran, puts oil stocks on standby

By Jeff Mason

CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies raised the pressure on Iran on Saturday, signaling their ...

Sat, May 19, 2012

Obama pledges tough enforcement of Wall Street reforms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday called on the U.S. Congress to back his efforts for tough new financial industry oversight, saying ...

Fri, May 18, 2012

Arizona elections chief seeks proof of Obama's citizenship

By Tim Gaynor

(Reuters) - Arizona's secretary of state said Friday he had asked officials in Hawaii to verify that Barack Obama was born ...

Fri, May 18, 2012

Top Romney backer says Bain record is fair game

By Sam Youngman

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top supporter of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney acknowledged on Tuesday that the candidate's business record with ...

Fri, May 18, 2012

World leaders back Greece, vow to combat financial turmoil

By Jeff Mason and Laura MacInnis

CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - World leaders backed keeping Greece in the euro zone on Saturday and vowed to ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Thousands protest in Chicago before NATO summit

By Ann Saphir and Mary Wisniewski

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Thousands of people protested loudly but peacefully under the watchful eye of police at a downtown ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

House-backed defense budget sets up clash with Obama

By David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led House of Representatives voted on Friday to authorize $642.5 billion in defense and war spending next ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Anti-war protesters march at Obama campaign headquarters

By Mary Wisniewski and Eric Johnson

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A small group of anti-war demonstrators staged a peaceful "die in" on Thursday at President Barack ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Plan for ads about Obama's former pastor ignites firestorm

By John Whitesides

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposed $10 million conservative ad campaign seeking to revive President Barack Obama's link to his controversial former ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

U.S. firms eye Myanmar as sanctions suspended

By Andrew Quinn and Alison Leung

WASHINGTON/HONG KONG (Reuters) - The suspension of U.S. sanctions barring investment in Myanmar in response to political ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Romney's April cash grab nearly matches Obama's

By Alina Selyukh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney raised almost as much money as President Barack Obama last month, taking ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Obama wants tough rules after JPMorgan loss: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House, following a trading loss of more than $2 billion by JPMorgan, wants to ensure a tough interpretation of a ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Obama gives Medal of Honor to soldier who died 42 years ago

By Samson Reiny

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday hailed a fallen Vietnam War soldier who saved his members of his platoon by ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Insight: In Ohio, "fracking" boom a delicate issue for Obama

By John Whitesides

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - Out past the vacant storefronts and abandoned buildings, beyond the shuttered steel mills and decaying industrial plants, residents ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Pro-Republican group plans $25 million anti-Obama ad blitz

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Crossroads GPS, a pro-Republican political group, is planning to spend $25 million in the next month on its largest ad assault against ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Obama, Republicans clash over U.S. debt limit increase

By David Lawder and Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If Republican and Democratic leaders want to avoid a reprise of last year's nasty showdown ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Obama says won't allow U.S. debt ceiling crisis repeat

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told top lawmakers on Wednesday he was ready to work with Republicans and Democrats on a "balanced" approach to ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Taxes lurk behind court test of Obama health law

By Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While Supreme Court watchers focus on the controversial insurance requirement in President Barack Obama's healthcare law, lesser known ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Obama's April fundraising drops to $43.6 million

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and Democratic groups affiliated with it raised $43.6 million in ...

Tue, May 15, 2012

Obama issues veto threat against House defense bill

By David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama threatened on Tuesday to veto a defense policy bill in the House of Representatives that would ...

Tue, May 15, 2012

Obama would veto House domestic violence bill: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration strongly opposes a domestic violence bill being considered by the House of Representatives because it fails to do enough ...

Tue, May 15, 2012

Obama has assets in JPMorgan accounts: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has $500,001 to $1 million in a JPMorgan Chase private client asset management checking account, according to financial ...

Tue, May 15, 2012

Senate sends Obama bill to renew Ex-Im Bank

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate voted on Tuesday to renew the U.S. Export-Import Bank's charter through September 2014 and raise ...

Tue, May 15, 2012

No boost for Obama from gay marriage decision

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's announcement of support for gay marriage has inflamed political passions but has not given him ...

Tue, May 15, 2012

Obama to meet congressional leaders Wednesday, will urge action

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders at the White House on Wednesday, where he will stress the ...

Mon, May 14, 2012

Obama says JPMorgan loss shows need for Wall Street reform

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday the huge trading loss at JPMorgan Chase & Co illustrated the need for Wall ...

Mon, May 14, 2012

Obama says JPMorgan loss shows need for Wall Street reform

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday the huge trading loss at JPMorgan Chase & Co illustrated the need for Wall Street reform and ...

Mon, May 14, 2012

In good news for Obama, housing markets improve in key states

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kathleen and Brett Sache are building a six-bedroom, six-bathroom home of their dreams in a sought-after corner of northern ...

Mon, May 14, 2012

Michelle Obama gets U.S. athletes and kids moving

By Steve Keating

DALLAS (Reuters) - Michelle Obama offered a pep talk on Monday to U.S. athletes who will be competing at the 2012 ...

Mon, May 14, 2012

Obama to attend private equity executive's fundraiser

By Greg Roumeliotis

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is due to attend a fundraiser hosted by one of private equity's leading lights ...

Mon, May 14, 2012

Obama to skip Asia-Pacific summit in Russia in September

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will skip an Asia-Pacific summit in Russia hosted by President Vladimir Putin in early September, the White House ...

Mon, May 14, 2012

Anti-war protesters target Obama Chicago office, 8 arrested

By Eric Johnson

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Anti-war protesters converged on President Barack Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters on Monday but only got as far as ...

Sun, May 13, 2012

Bristol Palin Slams Obama for Supporting Gay Marriage & Takes a Shot at 'Glee'

By Michael Arbeiter, Hollywood.com Staff

President Barack Obama's vocal support of gay marriage has elicited a variety of responses. On the side ...

Sun, May 13, 2012

FBI probes JPMorgan, shareholders back Dimon

By David Henry

TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - The FBI has opened an inquiry into the multibillion-dollar trading losses at JPMorgan Chase, stepping up pressure on ...

Sun, May 13, 2012

Obama aide in Yemen in anti-al Qaeda drive

SANAA (Reuters) - A senior aide to President Barack Obama flew to Yemen on Sunday to meet the leader of a country battling with al ...

Sun, May 13, 2012

Obama has slight lead over Romney in Michigan

UNDATED (WKZO) -- A new poll of Michigan voters released this weekend gives President Barack Obama a slight edge over Presumptive Republican Nominee Mitt Romney ...

Sun, May 13, 2012

Weary warriors favor Obama

By Margot Roosevelt

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Mack McDowell likes to spend time at the local knife and gun show "drooling over firearms," as ...

Sat, May 12, 2012

Batman, Spider-man, Iron Man guard Obama at fundraiser

NEW YORK (Reuters) - At George Clooney's celebrity-studded fundraiser for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, the joke of the night was that the ...

Sat, May 12, 2012

Obama honors 34 'top cops' for bravery on the job

By Samson Reiny

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden honored 34 police officers at the White House on Saturday for ...

Fri, May 11, 2012

The Beach Boys' Bruce Johnston Calls Obama and Romney "A**holes"

Keyboardist Bruce Johnston is known for spreading "Good Vibrations" with his band, The Beach Boys , but the 69-year-old musician struck a negative chord when ...

Fri, May 11, 2012

U.S. fighters intercept plane in restricted Obama airspace

(Reuters) - U.S. F-16 fighters intercepted a small plane that strayed into restricted airspace as President Barack Obama was due to leave Los Angeles ...

Fri, May 11, 2012

Obama touts mortgage relief in swing state Nevada

By Jeff Mason

RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - President Barack Obama touted mortgage relief on Friday in Nevada, a battleground state important to his re-election hopes ...

Fri, May 11, 2012

Obama places big bet on gay marriage issue

By Deborah Charles

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called his decision to support same-sex marriage the result of a personal evolution but it also ...

Fri, May 11, 2012

Obama's gay marriage stance sets off money rush

By Alina Selyukh and Eric Johnson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Since U.S. President Barack Obama's declaration of support for same-sex marriage this week, messages ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

Bristol Palin Slams Obama for Supporting Gay Marriage & Takes a Shot at 'Glee'

By Michael Arbeiter, Hollywood.com Staff

President Barack Obama's vocal support of gay marriage has elicited a variety of responses. On the side ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

Mia Farrow and Ellen DeGeneres celebrate Obama's endorsement of same-sex marriage

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The world leader had steered clear of openly stating his stance on the sensitive topic ahead of the November (12) general ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

Ellen DeGeneres, NPH, More Tweet About President Obama's Support For Gay Marriage

By Kelly Schremph, Hollywood.com Staff

This is history in the making, folks! President Barack Obama has become the first-ever president to reveal his ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

Obama: Europe should have followed U.S. economic lead

SEATTLE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday that Europe was still in a difficult place economically in part because it did not take ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

GM, Chrysler would have sunk under Romney: Obama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama dismissed Mitt Romney's comments this week claiming credit for the recovery of the U.S. auto ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

Obama talks gay rights at Clooney fundraiser

By Jeff Mason

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called his endorsement of same-sex marriage a "logical extension" of his vision for the country ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

Obama says not surprised by would-be Yemen bomber

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama was not surprised that al Qaeda bomb makers were still determined to attack civilians, he said in ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

Obama threatens to veto Republican's shield of defense cuts

By David Lawder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama threatened on Wednesday to veto a Republican bill that would partially replace looming automatic budget cuts ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

Will Smith backs Barack Obama's tax proposal

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Obama has called for those who make more than $1 million (£625,000) a year to pay at least 30 per ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

Factbox: Reaction to Obama's support of same-sex marriage

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he believes same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. Here are some reactions to his shift on ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

Obama walks fine line in bashing Romney, courting Wall Street

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For President Barack Obama's re-election team, it's sort of like threading a needle.

While trying to define ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

Obama wins, but Texas felon steals spotlight in West Virginia primary

NEW YORK (Reuters) - How popular is President Barack Obama in West Virginia? Just slightly more so than federal Inmate No. 11593-051, who received nearly ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

Same-sex couples should be able to marry: Obama

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After years of "evolving" on the issue, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he believes same-sex couples should be ...

Tue, May 08, 2012

Will Smith backs Barack Obama's tax proposal

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Obama has called for those who make more than $1 million (£625,000) a year to pay at least 30 per ...

Tue, May 08, 2012

Obama reaches out to Asian Americans ahead of November election

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, whose campaign has focused heavily on courting Hispanic voters ahead of the November 6 election, reached out to another ...

Tue, May 08, 2012

Obama leads Romney, helped by independents

By Deborah Charles

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama extended his lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney to 7 percentage points because of increased support ...

Mon, May 07, 2012

Obama to press lawmakers to act on economy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will renew his calls for the U.S. Congress to act on mortgage relief, small business tax credits, and ...

Mon, May 07, 2012

Biden's backing of gay marriage pressures Obama

By Jeff Mason and Samuel P. Jacobs

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Was it a signal by President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, designed to attract gay ...

Mon, May 07, 2012

Romney backer sees treason, Obama's campaign cries foul

By Sam Youngman and Jeff Mason

EUCLID, Ohio (Reuters) - It was one of the defining moments of the 2008 presidential campaign: A woman at ...

Mon, May 07, 2012

Old feud appears to sink Obama's Fed nominees

By Mark Felsenthal and David Lawder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's two nominees to the Federal Reserve appear likely to fall victim to ...

Mon, May 07, 2012

U.S. hostage urges Obama to meet al Qaeda demands

DUBAI (Reuters) - An American aid worker abducted by al Qaeda in Pakistan last year has pleaded with U.S. President Barack Obama to meet ...

Mon, May 07, 2012

"Swing states" show tight race for Obama, Romney: poll

By Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are in a statistical dead heat in Ohio, Virginia and 10 ...

Sat, May 05, 2012

Obama ramps up campaign, knocks Romney's CEO past

By Jeff Mason

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama used his first rallies of the 2012 campaign on Saturday to attack Republican ...

Fri, May 04, 2012

Obama urges "common sense" from Congress on jobs

ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he would urge Congress next week to implement "common sense ideas" to accelerate job growth ...

Fri, May 04, 2012

Hiring slows, spells trouble for economy, Obama

By Jason Lange

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employers cut back on hiring in April and more people stopped looking for work, troubling signs for President Barack ...

Thu, May 03, 2012

Obama tells Hispanics he's ready to fix immigration laws

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told Hispanic voters on Thursday he was ready to sign a broad-based immigration fix, blaming his political rivals in ...

Thu, May 03, 2012

U.S. handling of Chen case is Obama's "day of shame": Romney

By Steve Holland

PORTSMOUTH, Virginia (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney slammed the Obama administration on Thursday for its handling of Chinese dissident Chen ...

Thu, May 03, 2012

Stricken lawmaker who won Obama's Senate seat heads home

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Mark Kirk, the Republican who won the Senate seat that Barack Obama vacated when he became president, is leaving a medical center ...

Thu, May 03, 2012

Obama administration urges freer access to cellphone records

By Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress should pass a law to give investigators freer access to certain cellphone records, an Obama ...

Thu, May 03, 2012

Obama invites African leaders to G8 food security talks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has invited four African leaders to join the G8 leaders' summit at Camp David later this month for a ...

Thu, May 03, 2012

Romney pulls into tie with Obama in Ohio, Florida: poll

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has pulled into a virtual tie with President Barack Obama in the crucial swing states of Ohio ...

Wed, May 02, 2012

Obama's top security adviser to travel to Russia

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's top security aide will be in Moscow this week for meetings with Russian officials on the U.S ...

Wed, May 02, 2012

Obama promises 110,000 new summer jobs for youth

By Lily Kuo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House pledged on Wednesday to help lower-income youth find summer jobs in a move likely to appeal ...

Wed, May 02, 2012

Taliban says Kabul bombing in reaction to Obama visit

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban said on Wednesday it had carried out a suicide car bombing against a Western military compound in Kabul to ...

Wed, May 02, 2012

China's Chen appeals to U.S. congress, Clinton treads carefully

By Chris Buckley and Paul Eckert

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng made a dramatic plea for U.S. protection in a ...

Tue, May 01, 2012

Suicide bombers kill 7 after Obama leaves Afghan capital

By Michael Georgy and Mirwais Harooni

KABUL (Reuters) - Suicide bombers attacked a compound housing Westerners in Kabul on Wednesday hours after U.S. President ...

Tue, May 01, 2012

President Obama & Jimmy Kimmel Join the Kardashian-Slamming Bandwagon

By Lindsey DiMattina, Hollywood.com Staff

President Barack Obama, you finally feel our pain. Apparently, there aren't even enough secret service agents in ...

Tue, May 01, 2012

WATCH LIVE: President Obama from Afghanistan at 7:30pm

BAGRAM AIR BASE, AFGHANISTAN (WKZO) -- President Barack Obama is expected to address the nation Tuesday night live from Afghanistan.  Watch LIVE video 

Shortly after ...

Tue, May 01, 2012

Obama "playing defense," but has advantage on electoral map

By John Whitesides

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The battle for the White House is still in its early, often silly stages - a time when issues such ...

Tue, May 01, 2012

Obama swoops into Afghanistan on bin Laden death anniversary

By Caren Bohan

BAGRAM AIRBASE, Afghanistan (Reuters) - President Barack Obama marked the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death with a speedy trip to ...

Tue, May 01, 2012

Obama targets evaders of Iran, Syria sanctions

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed an order giving the Treasury Department more power to go after individuals and groups who try to evade ...

Mon, April 30, 2012

President Obama & Jimmy Kimmel Join the Kardashian-Slamming Bandwagon

By Lindsey DiMattina, Hollywood.com Staff

President Barack Obama, you finally feel our pain. Apparently, there aren't even enough secret service agents in ...

Mon, April 30, 2012

Kim Kardashian tweets and eats with Barack Obama

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Hollywood A-listers including Charlize Theron, Lindsay Lohan, George Clooney, Kate Hudson and Reese Witherspoon descended on Washington, D.C. to turn ...

Mon, April 30, 2012

President Obama Makes Fun of Kim Kardashian

By Lisa Costantini, Hollywood.com Staff

The annual White House Correspondents Dinner — now more appropriately dubbed the Oscars of politics — was held in the ...

Mon, April 30, 2012

U.S., Japan still mulling regional trade pact: Obama

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama voiced support on Monday for Japan joining talks with the United States and eight other countries ...

Mon, April 30, 2012

Obama slams Romney for changing tune on bin Laden

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday reminded Americans that his likely Republican opponent in the November election had been lukewarm ...

Mon, April 30, 2012

White House: U.S. drone killings legal to combat threats

By Tabassum Zakaria

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. campaign of drone strikes to kill militants in other countries is legal under international law, President ...

Sun, April 29, 2012

Obama and Bill Clinton campaign together on economy

By Laura MacInnis

MCLEAN, Virginia (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton gave a rousing endorsement of fellow Democrat Barack Obama in his first 2012 campaign ...

Sun, April 29, 2012

'The Dictator': Barack Obama Wants to Take Down Sacha Baron Cohen — VIDEO

Two days ago, Sacha Baron Cohen caused a stir when he made an unexpected pop-in at the CinemaCon gathering in Las Vegas ... as General ...

Sun, April 29, 2012

Analysis: Obama falls short of meteoric expectations abroad

By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was not just U.S. Democratic voters who were looking forward to "hope and change ...

Sun, April 29, 2012

Clinton heads to China and into dissident drama

By Arshad Mohammed and Chris Buckley

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton left on Monday on a high-stakes trip to Beijing, where ...

Sun, April 29, 2012

Obama jabs at Romney at White House Correspondents' dinner

By Lily Kuo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama poked fun at his likely presidential rival Mitt Romney and Republican opponents in Congress on Saturday ...

Sat, April 28, 2012

'The Dictator': Barack Obama Wants to Take Down Sacha Baron Cohen — VIDEO

Two days ago, Sacha Baron Cohen caused a stir when he made an unexpected pop-in at the CinemaCon gathering in Las Vegas ... as General ...

Sat, April 28, 2012

Obama, Romney tweak strategies for tight race this fall

By Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After months of casting Republican Mitt Romney as someone who often changes positions for political convenience, President Barack Obama ...

Fri, April 27, 2012

Bill Clinton teams up with Obama for re-election fundraisers

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton will join President Barack Obama on Sunday to raise money for the Democrat's re-election campaign, the first ...

Fri, April 27, 2012

'The Dictator': Barack Obama Wants to Take Down Sacha Baron Cohen — VIDEO

Two days ago, Sacha Baron Cohen caused a stir when he made an unexpected pop-in at the CinemaCon gathering in Las Vegas ... as General ...

Fri, April 27, 2012

Romney wants voters to see Jimmy Carter in Obama

By Steve Holland

CHANTILLY, Virginia (Reuters) - In a blast from the past, Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting Mitt Romney is likening President Barack Obama's economic ...

Fri, April 27, 2012

President Obama Honors Bob Dylan with Medal of Freedom

Bob Dylan has been named one of thirteen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama .  The award is the country's ...

Fri, April 27, 2012

Obama campaign questions Romney on bin Laden death

By Matt Spetalnick

FORT STEWART, Georgia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's campaign sought to make the death of Osama bin Laden a central part ...

Fri, April 27, 2012

Obama administration pulls rule on child farm labor

By Ian Simpson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Obama administration proposal to restrict child labor on farms has been withdrawn after criticism from agricultural groups.

The ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

Koch-backed group hits Obama on green energy waste

By Alina Selyukh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A conservative group backed by the billionaire Koch brothers on Thursday unveiled a $6.1 million advertising blitz in ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

President Obama 'Slow Jams' the News with Jimmy Fallon — VIDEO

President Barack Obama must love Saturday Night Live. A few years back, the president made a surprise appearance during a sketch on the variety ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

"Joke" to "Hijack Plane, Kill Obama" gets Utah man in trouble

By Jennifer Dobner

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A purported practical joke on a colleague that threatened a plane hijacking and the assassination of President ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

Hispanics back Obama over Romney on policy, many undecided

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hispanics favor President Barack Obama's policies over those of Republican rival Mitt Romney by large margins but many ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

Republican report blasts Obama's healthcare law

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans on Thursday issued a politically charged report that quoted President Barack Obama's corporate advisers as predicting his ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

U.S. Republican urges Obama push on Russia trade bill

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican lawmaker pressed President Barack Obama to intensify efforts to win approval of a controversial trade bill ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

Republicans complain taxpayers fund Obama political travel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans are complaining to a U.S. government watchdog that President Barack Obama's trips for official business are little more than ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

President Obama 'Slow Jams' the News with Jimmy Fallon — VIDEO

President Barack Obama must love Saturday Night Live. A few years back, the president made a surprise appearance during a sketch on the variety ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

Jon Lovitz Calls President Obama a 'F**king A**hole'

In the old days, Saturday Night Live icon Jon Lovitz made a living by criticizing the antics of presidential candidate Michael Dukakis through impressions ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

Prostitute scandal posed no risk to Obama: Napolitano

By Tabassum Zakaria and Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's safety was not jeopardized by Secret Service agents who consorted with prostitutes ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

Bin Laden anniversary delicate moment for Obama, Romney

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was a triumphant moment a year ago for the United States and President Barack Obama, but now the ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

White House warns that Obama would veto cyber security bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama would veto a cyber security bill being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives if it was presented ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

Marines discharging sergeant who criticized Obama on Facebook

By Dan Whitcomb

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine sergeant who wrote on Facebook that he would not follow orders from President Barack ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

It's official. Obama rallies mark shift to general election

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign announced on Wednesday the Democrat and his wife, Michelle, will hold their first ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

Bishop's linking Obama to Hitler enrages Notre Dame professors

By Andrew Stern

(Reuters) - More than a hundred University of Notre Dame professors have demanded that Illinois Bishop Daniel Jenky renounce comments he made ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

Prostitute scandal posed no risk to Obama: Napolitano

By Tabassum Zakaria and Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's safety was not jeopardized by the actions of Secret Service agents who ...

Tue, April 24, 2012

Obama energy critics in "fairy tale" world: U.S. official

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Obama administration official on Tuesday accused lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives of living in a ...

Tue, April 24, 2012

Jon Lovitz Calls President Obama a 'F**king A**hole'

In the old days, Saturday Night Live icon Jon Lovitz made a living by criticizing the antics of presidential candidate Michael Dukakis through impressions ...

Tue, April 24, 2012

Obama stresses own struggle with loans on youth-focused trip

By Jeff Mason

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina (Reuters) - Describing his own struggle to pay off college debt and taking another dig at his likely ...

Tue, April 24, 2012

Two more Secret Service agents resign; Obama blames 'knuckleheads'

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two more U.S. Secret Service agents are resigning over a Colombia prostitution scandal, the agency said on Tuesday ...

Tue, April 24, 2012

VIDEO: Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger urges Kalamazoo GOP to “bet on Michigan”, not the government

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) – Kalamazoo Republicans gathered Monday evening, to hear Michigan Speaker of the House Jase Bolger give the keynote address at the 117^{th ...}

Mon, April 23, 2012

Army Cancels Ted Nugent Appearance Following Obama Remarks

Ted Nugent 's recent statements suggesting the possibility of violence against President Obama have resulted in the canceling of his June 23 performance at ...

Mon, April 23, 2012

Signs of cheaper gas could brighten Obama campaign

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New signs of lower U.S. gas prices could give a boost to President Barack Obama's re-election hopes ...

Mon, April 23, 2012

Romney targets Obama after sweeping five more primaries

By Sam Youngman

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney launched his general election campaign against President Barack Obama after sweeping five primaries on ...

Mon, April 23, 2012

Obama seeks to stop Syria, Iran tech assault on activists

By Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama imposed U.S. sanctions on Monday on those who help Syria and Iran track dissidents through ...

Sun, April 22, 2012

Obama strategist sees Republican "reign of terror" in Congress

By Bill Trott

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress are under a "reign of terror" imposed by the party's conservative wing ...

Sat, April 21, 2012

Army dumps Nugent from concert after Obama remarks

(Reuters) - The U.S. Army cut rock musician and gun-rights advocate Ted Nugent from a summer concert program at Fort Knox, Kentucky, on the ...

Sat, April 21, 2012

New curbs on voter registration could hurt Obama

By Deborah Charles

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New state laws designed to fight voter fraud could reduce the number of Americans signing up to vote in ...

Fri, April 20, 2012

Obama, courting youth vote, sets student-loan push

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will use a tour of election battleground states next week to push Congress to prevent interest ...

Fri, April 20, 2012

Ted Nugent Meets with Secret Service over Obama Administration Remarks

Ted Nugent isn't in trouble with the government after making incendiary comments about President Obama 's administration at a National Rifle Association convention ...

Thu, April 19, 2012

Obama kicks off battle versus Romney with big money lead

By Alina Selyukh and Alexander Cohen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mitt Romney had his best fundraising month yet in March, but the presumed Republican nominee remained ...

Thu, April 19, 2012

Obama oil margin plan could increase price swings

By David Sheppard

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama's bid to dampen the influence of oil speculators by having regulators set trading margins could backfire ...

Thu, April 19, 2012

Obama to give basketball coach Summitt top honor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he will give the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the top civilian honor, to retiring University of ...

Thu, April 19, 2012

Obama, top Senate Democrat split on nuclear nominee

By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will renominate Republican Kristine Svinicki to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, defying opposition from ...

Wed, April 18, 2012

Ted Nugent says Secret Service to quiz him about Obama remarks

(Reuters) - Ted Nugent said on Wednesday that the U.S. Secret Service has arranged to meet with him after the rock musician severely criticized ...

Wed, April 18, 2012

Ted Nugent: 'I Will Either Be Dead or in Jail' if President Obama Gets Reelected

In the latest Ted Nugent news, the rock musician has gone on record to vocalize his animosity for President Barack Obama and his administration ...

Wed, April 18, 2012

Obama vs. Romney: Close, nasty and unpredictable

By John Whitesides

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 2012 presidential election is more than six months away, but here is what we know so far: It ...

Wed, April 18, 2012

Of silver spoons and Greek columns: Obama, Romney clash

By Laura MacInnis and Steve Holland

ELYRIA, Ohio/CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - President Barack Obama launched a new effort to woo Hispanics and took ...

Wed, April 18, 2012

Obama calls Buffett to wish him well after cancer news

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called Warren Buffett on Wednesday, the White House said, following the billionaire investor's disclosure that ...

Wed, April 18, 2012

Obama seeks probe of U.S. troops posing with Afghan dead

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama wants an investigation into photographs that have surfaced of U.S. soldiers posing with the maimed ...

Wed, April 18, 2012

Obama Administration May Have to Give Up MJ Glove to Dictator's Son

Last October, the Obama administration collected about 71 million dollars in seized assets from an African dictator's son, including nearly two million in ...

Tue, April 17, 2012

President Obama to Make Stop in Michigan

DEARBORN (WKZO) -- President Obama is scheduled to make a trip to Michigan tomorrow.  The president will make a stop at the Henry Ford Museum ...

Tue, April 17, 2012

Romney builds bigger, richer campaign for Obama fight

By Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For Mitt Romney, now the hard part begins. With the Republican presidential nomination all but clinched, Romney plans an ...

Tue, April 17, 2012

White House says Obama would veto Republican tax cut

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday that President Barack Obama would veto a small business tax cut proposal by Republicans in the ...

Tue, April 17, 2012

VIDEO: Rocker Ted Nugent's remarks on Obama soaring on the web

By Sam Youngman

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican candidate Mitt Romney's campaign called for civility on Tuesday after aging rock star Ted Nugent made an ...

Tue, April 17, 2012

VIDEO: Barack Obama’s billionaire backers are Super PAC no-shows

UNDATED (REUTERS) -- Billionaires who backed President Barack Obama in the past are not matching the million-dollar donations flowing into Republican Super PACs supporting Mitt ...

Tue, April 17, 2012

Obama has confidence in Secret Service chief: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has confidence in Secret Service director Mark Sullivan and believes he acted swiftly to deal with a scandal in ...

Tue, April 17, 2012

Obama easily beating Romney among U.S. women: Reuters/Ipsos poll

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American women favor Barack Obama by a 14-point margin over Mitt Romney, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Tuesday ...

Tue, April 17, 2012

Stung by gas prices, Obama seeks new oil market crackdown

By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama, whose political fortunes are threatened by rising gasoline prices, proposed new ...

Mon, April 16, 2012

Buffett rule fails Senate vote in tax fight

By Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans on Monday blocked President Barack Obama's "Buffett Rule" legislation, which would have put a 30-percent minimum ...

Mon, April 16, 2012

Romney gaining on Obama: Reuters/Ipsos poll

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's lead over Mitt Romney has narrowed to 4 percentage points from 11 points a month ...

Mon, April 16, 2012

Obama and the failed war on drugs: Bernd Debusmann

By Bernd Debusmann

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Long before he was in a position to change his country's policies, Barack Obama had firm views on ...

Mon, April 16, 2012

Despite Obama charm, Americas summit boosts U.S. isolation

By Brian Ellsworth

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sat patiently through diatribes, interruptions and even the occasional eye-ball roll at the weekend Summit ...

Mon, April 16, 2012

Obama, Democrats raise more than $53 million in March

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and Democratic groups affiliated with it raised more than $53 million ...

Sun, April 15, 2012

President Obama: Kanye West Is a Talented Jackass

President Barack Obama might have a league of celebrities supporting his cause, but it doesn't mean he's on the good side of ...

Sun, April 15, 2012

Lewis was star guest at Obama dinner

The British star and his actress wife Helen McCrory were invited to Washington, D.C. to share a meal with Obama and First Lady ...

Sun, April 15, 2012

Obama says more Iran sanctions coming if talks drag

By Caren Bohan and Laura MacInnis

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said there would be more sanctions imposed on Iran if there is ...

Sun, April 15, 2012

Obama wants rigorous inquiry in prostitution scandal

By Laura MacInnis and Caren Bohan

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday the Secret Service would fully investigate reports that agents ...

Sun, April 15, 2012

"Buffett rule" will not hurt U.S. economy-Geithner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposal to impose at least 30 percent income tax on Americans making more than a million dollars a year will not ...

Sat, April 14, 2012

LISTEN: Fred Upton Issues Official GOP Response to President Obama's Speech

UNDATED (WHTC) - As we approach the Monday deadline to file taxes, President Obama used his weekly address on Apr. 14, 2012 to push for ...

Sat, April 14, 2012

President Obama: Kanye West Is a Talented Jackass

President Barack Obama might have a league of celebrities supporting his cause, but it doesn't mean he's on the good side of ...

Sat, April 14, 2012

Lewis was star guest at Obama dinner

The British star and his actress wife Helen McCrory were invited to Washington, D.C. to share a meal with Obama and First Lady ...

Sat, April 14, 2012

Obama's partying guards embarrass U.S. at summit

By Helen Murphy and Luis Jaime Acosta

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - U.S. secret service agents and soldiers tasked with protecting President Barack Obama during ...

Sat, April 14, 2012

Obama's partying guards embarrass U.S. at summit

By Helen Murphy and Luis Jaime Acosta

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - Secret agents charged with protecting President Barack Obama during a summit in Colombia have ...

Sat, April 14, 2012

Latin America rebels against Obama over Cuba

By Andrew Cawthorne and Brian Ellsworth

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - Unprecedented Latin American opposition to U.S. sanctions on Cuba left President Barack Obama isolated ...

Sat, April 14, 2012

Obama calls Romney's immigration stance "troublesome"

By Caren Bohan and Laura MacInnis

CARTAGENA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama attacked Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney on Saturday over his stance on ...

Sat, April 14, 2012

Obama cites potential of billion consumers in the Americas

By Laura MacInnis

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama stressed on Saturday the "great promise" for business growth in the Americas, seeking ...

Fri, April 13, 2012

President Obama: Kanye West Is a Talented Jackass

President Barack Obama might have a league of celebrities supporting his cause, but it doesn't mean he's on the good side of ...

Fri, April 13, 2012

Lewis was star guest at Obama dinner

The British star and his actress wife Helen McCrory were invited to Washington, D.C. to share a meal with Obama and First Lady ...

Fri, April 13, 2012

Obama: Romney claim about women job loss is "bogus"

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday his likely Republican opponent Mitt Romney's argument that women had been disproportionately ...

Fri, April 13, 2012

Obama touts Latin American exports in pivotal Florida

By Laura MacInnis

TAMPA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made a pitstop in the 2012 election battleground state of Florida on his way to a ...

Fri, April 13, 2012

Obama orders oversight group on shale gas

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama issued an executive order on Friday creating an interagency group to oversee development of natural gas from shale deposits ...

Fri, April 13, 2012

Obama calls on Romney to release tax returns: Univision

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns, in an interview with ...

Fri, April 13, 2012

Analysis: Obama's "green jobs" have been slow to sprout

By Andy Sullivan

(Reuters) - Three weeks ago, President Barack Obama stood in front of a sea of gleaming solar panels in Boulder City, Nevada ...

Tue, April 10, 2012

New Poll Shows Better Economy Helps Snyder, Obama in Michigan

LANSING (WKZO) -- A new poll out this week in Michigan shows higher approval numbers for both Republican Governor Rick Snyder and President Obama.  Pollsters ...

Tue, April 10, 2012

WATCH LIVE: @2PM Rick Santorum to make announcement in Gettysburg; CBS reports Sanoturm to suspend campaign

GETTYSBURG, PA (WKZO) -- GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum is scheduled to make an announcement to supporters in the Civil War town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ...

Tue, April 10, 2012

Poll shows Obama weak spot on economy versus Romney

By Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama tops his main Republican rival in everything from personality to diplomacy - but when it comes to ...

Tue, April 10, 2012

Obama faces skeptical leaders at Americas summit

By Brian Ellsworth

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Three years after being feted by star-struck Latin American leaders, President Barack Obama faces skepticism and disappointment at this ...

Tue, April 10, 2012

Obama campaign slams Romney for not paying "fair share" of taxes

By Steve Holland

BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's campaign blasted Mitt Romney on Tuesday for not paying his "fair share" of ...

Tue, April 10, 2012

Study: Obama healthcare could worsen U.S. debt

By John Crawley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Instead of curbing government spending, President Barack Obama's healthcare law could add up to $530 billion to the ...

Mon, April 09, 2012

Obama, Romney trade blows as fight for White House narrows

By John Whitesides

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney fired sharp attacks at each other on Wednesday as they opened ...

Mon, April 09, 2012

Brazil complains to Obama about monetary policy

By Brian Winter and Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff complained about U.S. monetary policy and expressed concern that sanctions against ...

Sun, April 08, 2012

Obama gives Vulcan salute in Star Trek actress' snap

Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura in the original 1960s TV hit, was invited to meet the American leader at his Washington, D.C. residence ...

Sat, April 07, 2012

Obama gives Vulcan salute in Star Trek actress' snap

Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura in the original 1960s TV hit, was invited to meet the American leader at his Washington, D.C. residence ...

Fri, April 06, 2012

Marine who criticized Obama on Facebook should be dismissed: panel

By Marty Graham

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A Marine who posted on Facebook that he would not follow orders from President Barack Obama should be ...

Fri, April 06, 2012

Obama gives Vulcan salute in Star Trek actress' snap

Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura in the original 1960s TV hit, was invited to meet the American leader at his Washington, D.C. residence ...

Fri, April 06, 2012

Obama tailors election-year message to working women

By Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, leading in the polls among women voters, said on Friday he wants to help working women ...

Thu, April 05, 2012

Isn't it "marvelous?" Obama seeks to define Romney for voters

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When President Barack Obama criticized Mitt Romney by name this week for embracing a controversial Republican budget proposal, he ...

Thu, April 05, 2012

Obama to introduce newly-restored Mockingbird

The film, starring Gregory Peck, has been digitally remastered and restored by Universal Pictures and the American Film Institute, and author Lee can't ...

Thu, April 05, 2012

Obama, Romney agree: Admit women to Augusta golf club

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama believes women should be allowed to join the all-male Augusta National Golf Club, the White House ...

Thu, April 05, 2012

Obama signs bill to boost business startups

By Alexandra Alper

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed into law on Thursday a bipartisan bill to kickstart small business growth and he promised ...

Thu, April 05, 2012

Obama seeks to defuse healthcare fight with appeals court

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. courts have authority to decide whether President Barack Obama's healthcare law is valid under the Constitution, his attorney general ...

Thu, April 05, 2012

Obama thinks Augusta golf club should allow women: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama believes women should be allowed to join the all-male Augusta National Golf Club, the White House said on Thursday ...

Wed, April 04, 2012

Judge refuses to block anti-Obama Marine from discipline

By Marty Graham

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A federal judge refused on Wednesday to block disciplinary action against a Marine who criticized President Barack Obama ...

Wed, April 04, 2012

White House in damage control over Obama Supreme Court remarks

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House was forced on the defensive on Wednesday as it sought to explain controversial remarks President Barack ...

Wed, April 04, 2012

Marine sues to block discipline over Obama Facebook critique

By Marty Graham

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine facing discipline and possible discharge for using his "Armed Forces Tea Party" Facebook page ...

Wed, April 04, 2012

With new momentum, Romney accuses Obama of hiding

By Lily Kuo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican candidate Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of being "intent on hiding" his true positions, in ...

Wed, April 04, 2012

Obama signs insider trading bill, wants more curbs on Congress

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on Wednesday for stricter controls on lawmakers to confront "the corrosive influence" of money in Washington as he ...

Tue, April 03, 2012

Senator presses Obama on futures trading curbs

By Alexandra Alper

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic senator urged President Barack Obama not to renominate the top U.S. commodities regulator unless he quickly ...

Tue, April 03, 2012

Obama's uncle gets hardship driver's license

BOSTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's uncle has been granted a special hardship driver's license after having his regular license suspended last week ...

Tue, April 03, 2012

Republican committee raised $13.7 million in March

By Alina Selyukh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican National Committee said on Friday it raised $13.7 million in March, its biggest haul so far ...

Tue, April 03, 2012

Obama: not spending much time on healthcare contingency plans

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he was not spending "a whole bunch of time" preparing contingency plans should ...

Tue, April 03, 2012

Obama assails Republican budget plan, aims at Romney

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama accused Republicans on Tuesday of favoring the rich with a "radical" budget plan that focuses on ...

Mon, April 02, 2012

Obama to target Republicans over tax fairness

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, seizing on Republican plans to slash spending that the White House sees as a potent vote ...

Mon, April 02, 2012

Romney close to Republican nomination after victories

By Steve Holland

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Mitt Romney made a big leap toward winning the Republican U.S. presidential nomination with a clean sweep of ...

Mon, April 02, 2012

Obama takes a shot at Supreme Court over healthcare

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama took an opening shot at conservative justices on the Supreme Court on Monday, warning that a ...

Mon, April 02, 2012

Women boost Obama over Romney in swing states: poll

By Lily Kuo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women voters helped President Barack Obama take a large lead over Republican front-runner candidate Mitt Romney in a dozen ...

Mon, April 02, 2012

Obama campaign fundraiser faces fraud allegations: paper

By Eric Johnson

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A top fundraiser for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has been accused of fraud, the Washington Post reported ...

Sun, April 01, 2012

Top Obama aides hit back at Romney over Russia

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday came under political fire from two of President Barack Obama's top ...

Fri, March 30, 2012

What Supreme Court? Obama defends healthcare law, skirts debate

By Jeff Mason

Portland, Maine (Reuters) - He didn't mention them by name, but they seemed to be on his mind. President Barack Obama ...

Fri, March 30, 2012

Romney predicts victory in Wisconsin primary

By Steve Holland

FITCHBURG, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Saturday predicted a victory in Wisconsin's upcoming primary contest and said ...

Fri, March 30, 2012

Obama says enough world oil to crack down on Iran

By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton

BURLINGTON, Vt./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Friday to forge ahead with tough sanctions on Iran ...

Fri, March 30, 2012

Insight: Obama's North Korean leap of faith falls short

By Andrew Quinn

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. diplomats filed into North Korea's grim embassy in Beijing last month they found an unlikely ...

Thu, March 29, 2012

President Obama Sings 'Sexy and I Know It' — VIDEO

Lately the President has taken to publicly serenading the America people, and now he's released his greatest performance yet — well, sort of. Baracksdubs ...

Thu, March 29, 2012

Analysis: Obama could see silver lining if healthcare law rejected

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The conventional wisdom is that it would be a political disaster for Democratic President Barack Obama, and a boon ...

Thu, March 29, 2012

Senate rejects Obama call to end Big Oil tax breaks

By Patricia Zengerle and Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the Senate blocked legislation on Thursday to strip billions of dollars in tax breaks ...

Wed, March 28, 2012

Santorum video evokes horror classics to bash Obama

By Lisa Richwine and Liana B. Baker

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A squawking crow. A single shoe turned on its side. Dark skies ...

Wed, March 28, 2012

Obama lawyer asks Supreme Court to save healthcare law

By James Vicini and Joan Biskupic

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's top courtroom lawyer made an impassioned plea on Wednesday for the Supreme ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

Broccoli, cellphones and the Obama healthcare law

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If Congress has the power to require that Americans obtain health insurance, U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

Americans angry with Obama over gas prices

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the way President Barack Obama is handling high gasoline prices, although most ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

Pennsylvania Republicans brand Democrat Casey "Obama-lite"

By Edith Honan

CAMP HILL, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Six years ago, U.S. Senator Robert Casey Jr. of Pennsylvania defeated Rick Santorum in a landslide ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

Supreme court moves to heart of Obama healthcare case

By Joan Biskupic and James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court confronted the core of President Barack Obama's healthcare law on Tuesday, zeroing ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

Obama seeks to defuse controversy on missile comments

By Matt Spetalnick

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama voiced doubt on Tuesday on the prospects for progress with Moscow on missile defense ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

Obama: Pakistan review must respect U.S. security needs

By Matt Spetalnick

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama told Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday he hoped a Pakistan parliamentary ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

Obama seeks to defuse controversy on missile comments

By Matt Spetalnick

SEOUL (Reuters) - President Barack Obama voiced doubt on Tuesday on the prospects for progress with Moscow on missile defense until after ...

Mon, March 26, 2012

Obama campaign: Obamacare not a bad word after all

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

President Barack Obama's campaign has embraced the term "Obamacare," seeking ...

Mon, March 26, 2012

Obama tells Russia's Medvedev more flexibility after election

SEOUL (Reuters) - President Barack Obama was caught on camera on Monday assuring outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he will have "more flexibility" to ...

Sun, March 25, 2012

Japan goes off script at nuclear summit to slam North Korea

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Jack Kim

SEOUL (Reuters) - Japan steered off the agenda at a nuclear security summit on Tuesday to hit out at ...

Sun, March 25, 2012

'Homeland' Fanboy Barack Obama Tricks Michelle So He Can Watch

If you're behind on Homeland, shame on you. President Obama is the leader of the free world and he still manages to keep ...

Sun, March 25, 2012

Obama to China: Help rein in North Korea

By Alister Bull and Matt Spetalnick

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama urged China on Sunday to use its influence to rein in ...

Sun, March 25, 2012

North Korea will achieve nothing from rocket launch: Obama

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that North Korea, which has planned a rocket launch for next month, will achieve ...

Sun, March 25, 2012

Obama says still time for diplomacy with Iran

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday there was still time to resolve the Iranian nuclear standoff with the West through ...

Sat, March 24, 2012

Obama scans tense Korean DMZ, North mourns Kim Jong-il

By Alister Bull

CAMP BONIFAS, South Korea (Reuters) - President Barack Obama peered across South Korea's tense border with the North on Sunday in ...

Sat, March 24, 2012

'Homeland' Fanboy Barack Obama Tricks Michelle So He Can Watch

If you're behind on Homeland, shame on you. President Obama is the leader of the free world and he still manages to keep ...

Sat, March 24, 2012

Tea Party activists defy rain to rip Obama health care law

By Ian Simpson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several hundred rain-soaked Tea Party activists rallied on Saturday to call for the U.S. Supreme Court to repeal ...

Sat, March 24, 2012

Obama warns of economic hit if transport bill not passed

By Jeff Mason and John Crawley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged lawmakers in the House of Representatives to pass a bill that would ...

Fri, March 23, 2012

'Homeland' Fanboy Barack Obama Tricks Michelle So He Can Watch

If you're behind on Homeland, shame on you. President Obama is the leader of the free world and he still manages to keep ...

Fri, March 23, 2012

Santorum clarifies remarks on sticking with Obama

By Samuel P. Jacobs

WEST MONROE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Rick Santorum tried on Friday to clarify his remarks that Americans might as well stick with ...

Fri, March 23, 2012

White House confirms Obama, Pakistan prime minister to meet

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet with Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on March 27 after a nuclear security summit in Seoul ...

Fri, March 23, 2012

Obama gets personal over killing of black Florida teenager

By Jeff Mason and Daniel Trotta

WASHINGTON/SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama weighed into the controversial killing of a black teenager in Florida ...

Fri, March 23, 2012

Obama taps public health expert for World Bank

By Lesley Wroughton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday nominated a Korean-American known for his work in fighting disease in impoverished countries to ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Santorum suggests that an Obama re-election preferable to a Romney win

SAN ANTONIO, TX (Yahoo! News) - GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum, speaking to a group of supporters in the Alamo City, suggested that giving the ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Obama's daughter safe after earthquake scare

The 13-year-old is in the country for a school trip and sparked fears for her safety when a 7.6-magnitude tremor hit close to ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Obama lawyer asks Supreme Court to save healthcare law

By James Vicini and Joan Biskupic

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's top courtroom lawyer made an impassioned plea on Wednesday for the Supreme ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Marine sergeant faces discipline for Facebook critique of Obama

By Marty Graham

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The Marine Corps has initiated disciplinary action against a Marine sergeant for comments he posted on his "Armed ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Facing heat over gas price rise, Obama vows to speed pipeline's southern leg

By Jeff Mason

CUSHING, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Standing in front of a row of pipes, President Barack Obama pledged on Thursday to accelerate approval of ...

Wed, March 21, 2012

Obama's daughter safe after earthquake scare

The 13-year-old is in the country for a school trip and sparked fears for her safety when a 7.6-magnitude tremor hit close to ...

Wed, March 21, 2012

Weinstein, Beyonce & Jay-Z join De Niro for Obama fundraiser

The Hollywood actor, his wife Grace Hightower and America's First Lady, Michelle Obama, greeted guests, who paid $5,000 (£3,125)-a-head to ...

Wed, March 21, 2012

Obama to push agencies on Keystone permit

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will issue a memo on Thursday directing federal agencies to prioritize permitting of TransCanada's southern leg of the ...

Wed, March 21, 2012

Republican budget draws election contrast with Obama

(Reuters) - House Republicans placed a major election-year bet on Tuesday on a deficit-slashing budget proposal the party hopes will win over voters and quell ...

Wed, March 21, 2012

As fuel prices rise, Obama starts energy blitz

By Jeff Mason

BOULDER CITY, Nevada (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will direct federal agencies on Thursday to speed approvals of one portion of the ...

Tue, March 20, 2012

Obama to visit DMZ, raise pressure on North Korea

By Alister Bull and Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, seeking to increase pressure on North Korea to abandon its atomic weapons, will ...

Tue, March 20, 2012

Obama's nuclear-free vision faces reality check

By Matt Spetalnick and Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shortly after taking office, President Barack Obama set the goal of eventually ridding the world of ...

Tue, March 20, 2012

Obama to visit South Korea's border with North: U.S. official

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will visit the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on South Korea's tense border with the North on Sunday ahead of ...

Tue, March 20, 2012

Obama assails Iran's "electronic curtain" in video message

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama accused Iran on Tuesday of imposing an "electronic curtain" on its citizens and promised new U ...

Tue, March 20, 2012

Momentum stalls on Obama nuclear agenda

By Matt Spetalnick and Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shortly after taking office, U.S. President Barack Obama set the goal of eventually ridding the ...

Mon, March 19, 2012

Clooney's campaign advice to President Obama

Clooney is a longtime admirer of Obama and hopes he is re-elected, but he admits he's worried the country could have a new ...

Mon, March 19, 2012

De Niro to help raise Obama funds at cocktail party

The Oscar winner will be joined by America's First Lady, Michelle Obama, at the $2,000 (£3,100)-a-head meet-and-greet to be held ...

Mon, March 19, 2012

Obama campaign raises more than $45 million in February

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and its Democratic allies raised more than $45 million in February ...

Mon, March 19, 2012

U.S. solar to get Obama aid in battle with China

By Doug Palmer and Leonora Walet

WASHINGTON/HONG KONG (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration is expected to throw its weight behind U.S ...

Sun, March 18, 2012

Republican budget draws election contrast with Obama

By David Lawder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Republicans placed a major election-year bet on Tuesday on a deficit-slashing budget proposal the party hopes will win ...

Sun, March 18, 2012

Obama should fire advisers over gas prices: Romney

By Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday called for President Barack Obama to fire three top administration officials as ...

Fri, March 16, 2012

Texas sues Obama administration in abortion dispute

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The Texas attorney general on Friday sued the Obama administration to challenge its decision to shut down a ...

Fri, March 16, 2012

Obama administration details contraceptives rule fix

By David Morgan and Stephanie Simon

(Reuters) - The Obama administration began laying out its blueprint on Friday for accommodating the moral concerns of religious ...

Fri, March 16, 2012

Lawmakers urge Obama to act on China auto parts

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 188 lawmakers on Friday urged President Barack Obama to crack down on "predatory" Chinese pricing practices, which they said ...

Fri, March 16, 2012

Obama campaign turns to Biden for common touch

By Andy Sullivan

TOLEDO (Reuters) - In a presidential election that could feature two Harvard-trained candidates not known for their common touch, President Barack Obama ...

Fri, March 16, 2012

CBO sees higher near-term deficits under Obama plan

By David Lawder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deficits for the next two fiscal years would be slightly higher than the White House envisions if President Barack ...

Thu, March 15, 2012

U.S. Chamber challenges Obama's labor appointees

By Alexandra Alper

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Chamber of Commerce filed a motion on Thursday to challenge President Barack Obama's recess appointments to the ...

Thu, March 15, 2012

Obama, Cameron put up show of unity on world crises

By Matt Falloon and Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron presented a unified front on ...

Wed, March 14, 2012

Exclusive: Obama, UK's Cameron discussed tapping oil reserves: sources

By Matt Falloon and Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron discussed the possibility of releasing emergency oil ...

Wed, March 14, 2012

Analysis: Delta-Boeing clash threatens Obama bid to renew Eximbank

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Concerns raised by Delta Air Lines about the fairness of U.S. Export-Import Bank loans to help Boeing export ...

Wed, March 14, 2012

Obama, Cartoon Network target bullying in documentary

By Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama appears in an upcoming Cartoon Network documentary aimed at encouraging bullied children and others to speak ...

Wed, March 14, 2012

"Tax" dodge boomerangs on Obama in healthcare case

By Donna Smith

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To be or not to be a tax?

That is the question in this month's U.S. Supreme ...

Tue, March 13, 2012

Obama, Cameron catch "March Madness" basketball game

DAYTON, Ohio (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, America's basketball fan-in-chief, treated British Prime Minister David Cameron to courtside seats for "March Madness" on Tuesday ...

Tue, March 13, 2012

Afghan government team attacked, Taliban fume over massacre

By Rob Taylor and Mirwais Harooni

KABUL (Reuters) - Suspected insurgents opened fire on Tuesday on senior Afghan investigators of the massacre of 16 civilians ...

Tue, March 13, 2012

Obama's approval rating up to 50 percent: Reuters/Ipsos poll

By Samuel P. Jacobs

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the first time since early July, more Americans approve of the job President Barack Obama is doing ...

Tue, March 13, 2012

CBO cuts cost estimate for Obama healthcare law

By David Lawder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The estimated net costs of expanding healthcare coverage under President Barack Obama's landmark restructuring have been reduced by ...

Tue, March 13, 2012

Obama: Will spare no effort in probe of Afghan shooting spree

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama promised on Tuesday that a U.S. soldier's shooting rampage in Afghanistan would be investigated ...

Tue, March 13, 2012

Obama to speak about rare earths trade dispute with China

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will make a statement at 11:10 a.m. ET on Tuesday about new efforts to enforce U.S ...

Mon, March 12, 2012

Afghanistan killings put new pressure on Obama, Republicans

By Jeff Mason and Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - What a difference a few weeks can make.

Just as President Barack Obama was enjoying the ...

Mon, March 12, 2012

Obama and Cameron to focus on global security

By Matt Falloon

LONDON (Reuters) - United States President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron will step up their support for Syrian opposition ...

Mon, March 12, 2012

Obama message to Michigan Democrats: "I need your help"

DETROIT (WKZO) -- The message to Michigan Democrats is simple: President Obama needs their help to win Michigan in November.  That was the theme at ...

Mon, March 12, 2012

Karzai asks NATO to leave Afghan villages; Taliban scrap talks

By Rob Taylor and Jack Kimball

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai called for NATO troops to leave Afghan villages and confine themselves ...

Mon, March 12, 2012

Obama: War fears driving gasoline prices higher

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that jitters about the prospect of a military conflict involving Iran were the biggest ...

Mon, March 12, 2012

Insight: Obama's oil tanker dilemma: Vex unions to win Pennsylvania?

By Matthew Robinson

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama faces a vexing decision this spring that is forcing him to weigh the pain of ...

Mon, March 12, 2012

Obama administration blocks Texas voter ID law

By Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday blocked a new law in Texas requiring voters to show photo identification before they ...

Mon, March 12, 2012

Obama defends energy policies amid gas price pain

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama launched the most comprehensive defense to date of his energy policies on Monday, pushing back against ...

Sun, March 11, 2012

Duff trapped in elevator at Obama fundraiser

The About Last Night... actress was on her way to a star-studded gala at a private penthouse in Manhattan last Thursday (01Mar12) when the ...

Sat, March 10, 2012

Duff trapped in elevator at Obama fundraiser

The About Last Night... actress was on her way to a star-studded gala at a private penthouse in Manhattan last Thursday (01Mar12) when the ...

Sat, March 10, 2012

Obama offers disaster aid to Indiana counties hit by tornadoes

By Susan Guyett

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said six southern Indiana counties devastated by severe weather and tornadoes last week were eligible for ...

Fri, March 09, 2012

Duff trapped in elevator at Obama fundraiser

The About Last Night... actress was on her way to a star-studded gala at a private penthouse in Manhattan last Thursday (01Mar12) when the ...

Fri, March 09, 2012

White house: Obama to call Russia's Putin on election win

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will speak with Vladimir Putin on Friday, for the first time since weekend elections that will ...

Thu, March 08, 2012

Duff trapped in elevator at Obama fundraiser

The About Last Night... actress was on her way to a star-studded gala at a private penthouse in Manhattan last Thursday (01Mar12) when the ...

Thu, March 08, 2012

Obama's energy working group to discuss rising gasoline price

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's working group this week will discuss rising gasoline prices as it investigates possible fraud and manipulation in the ...

Wed, March 07, 2012

Obama returns fire at Republicans over gas prices

By Missy Ryan

MOUNT HOLLY, North Carolina (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under Republican attack for high gas prices that could harm his re-election bid ...

Wed, March 07, 2012

Harvey Weinstein passes on movie pitch from Obama

By Peter Voskamp

WASHINGTON, March 7 (TheWrap.com) - If you've ever had a pitch turned down by Harvey Weinstein, you're now in ...

Wed, March 07, 2012

Analysis: Quirks in jobless data could bite Obama

By Jason Lange

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sharp winter decline in the unemployment rate has put a spring in President Barack Obama's step ahead ...

Wed, March 07, 2012

Obama returns fire at Republicans over gas prices

By Missy Ryan

MOUNT HOLLY, North Carolina (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under Republican attack for high gas prices that could harm his re-election bid ...

Wed, March 07, 2012

Obama push for Russia trade bill ignites debate

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday disagreed over President Barack Obama's push for legislation this year to strengthen trade ...

Wed, March 07, 2012

Lawmakers clash on Obama push for Russia trade bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday disagreed over President Barack Obama's push for legislation this year to strengthen trade ties with Russia ...

Wed, March 07, 2012

Obama to tout energy plans in battleground North Carolina

By Missy Ryan

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama travels on Wednesday to the electoral battleground of North Carolina, where he will promote plans to boost ...

Wed, March 07, 2012

Analysis: Obama uses White House podium to press for re-election

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It might be difficult to upstage Republican presidential candidates on the most important day of their primary election, but ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Obama urges business to back renewal of U.S. Eximbank

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought to enlist the business community on Tuesday in a fight over the U.S. Export-Import Bank, whose future ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Obama hits back at Limbaugh by invoking daughters

By Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama invoked his young daughters on Tuesday to hit back at Rush Limbaugh over the conservative talk ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Obama's film tips for Weinstein

The film boss was recently stunned when he opened his mail to discover a spy novel sent by Obama along with a note suggesting ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Factbox: Key quotes as Obama, Republicans spar over Iran

(Reuters) - Below are quotes about Iran on Tuesday from U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Obama: switch to Camp David promises more intimate G-8

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, defending the switch in location of the Group of Eight (G-8) summit to Camp David from ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Obama offers mortgage relief to millions of homeowners

By Margaret Chadbourn

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday a cut in fees on many government-backed mortgages that he said could help ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

France says Iran "two-faced", skeptical talks can succeed

By John Irish

PARIS (Reuters) - France voiced skepticism on Wednesday that a planned revival of talks between six world powers and Iran would succeed ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Obama: US will not stay in Afghanistan longer than

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the United States was committed to long-term ties with Afghanistan but did not want to keep ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Bill targeting Chinese subsidies goes to Obama

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 370-39 to ensure the United States can impose duties on subsidized goods ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Obama says concerned about global oil output

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he is concerned about oil output around the world as gasoline prices soar and is looking ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Obama pushes back on imminent military decision on Iran

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama pushed back on Tuesday against suggestions that Washington was on the cusp of making a decision about possible military action ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Obama says will "not countenance" Iran getting nuclear weapon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday said he will "not countenance" Iran getting a nuclear weapon and criticized Republican presidential candidates for their ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

WATCH LIVE: President Obama holds first news conference of 2012

WASHINGTON DC (WKZO) -- President Barak Obama is holding his first press conference of 2012 today watch live below 

Tue, March 06, 2012

Obama favors diplomatic solution for Syria

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama remains committed to diplomatic efforts to end the violence in Syria, the White House said on Tuesday, despite calls ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Labor dispute shadows Republicans, boosts Obama in Ohio

By Jeff Mason

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - As Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum fight to win Ohio's presidential primary on Tuesday, Republican hopes of ...

Mon, March 05, 2012

Obama's film tips for Weinstein

The film boss was recently stunned when he opened his mail to discover a spy novel sent by Obama along with a note suggesting ...

Mon, March 05, 2012

Nervous Blunt 'laughed hysterically' in Obama's face

Blunt was attending the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. in December (11) to help pay tribute to her The Devil Wears Prada ...

Mon, March 05, 2012

President Obama to hold first news conference since November Tuesday

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO) The White House has announced that President Barack Obama will hold a news conference Tuesday at 1pm.  The news conference ...

Mon, March 05, 2012

More than half of Americans back Obama's Koran apology

By Missy Ryan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than half of Americans support President Barack Obama's apology for U.S. troops burning copies of the ...

Mon, March 05, 2012

Obama shifts G-8 summit to Camp David from Chicago

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will host the Group of Eight summit at his Camp David retreat in the Maryland countyside ...

Mon, March 05, 2012

Obama admin appeals ruling on tobacco health label

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday appealed a decision that found unconstitutional a U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation requiring tobacco companies ...

Mon, March 05, 2012

Obama to hold news conference on Tuesday: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will hold a news conference on Tuesday afternoon, the White House said on Monday.

The event, giving Democrat Obama ...

Sun, March 04, 2012

Obama, Netanyahu face struggle over Iran "red lines"

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are deeply at odds over how fast the clock is ...

Sun, March 04, 2012

Nervous Blunt 'laughed hysterically' in Obama's face

Blunt was attending the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. in December (11) to help pay tribute to her The Devil Wears Prada ...

Sun, March 04, 2012

Netanyahu tells Obama: No Israeli decision on Iran attack

By Jeffrey Heller and Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu assured President Barack Obama on Monday that Israel has not made any decision on ...

Sat, March 03, 2012

Syrian rebels reject Annan's call for dialogue

By Edmund Blair and Oliver Holmes

CAIRO/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Kofi Annan, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, said he would urge President ...

Fri, March 02, 2012

Obama calls student as contraception fight turns nasty

By Alister Bull and Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called a law student on Friday to express his support after she was ...

Fri, March 02, 2012

Challenge to Obama recess appointments denied

By Alexandra Alper

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday threw out a challenge to President Barack Obama's recent recess appointments to the ...

Fri, March 02, 2012

Obama taps New York donors despite Wall Street ire

By Alister Bull

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama returned to New York on Thursday for a series of high-end fundraising events, tapping Wall ...

Fri, March 02, 2012

Obama says not bluffing on Iran military option

By Matt Spetalnick and Jeffrey Heller

WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama issued his most direct threat yet of U.S. military action against ...

Thu, March 01, 2012

Arizona sheriff says Obama's birth certificate a "forgery"

By Tim Gaynor

PHOENIX (Reuters) - A tough-talking Arizona sheriff, already embroiled in a Justice Department bias investigation, waded deeper into controversy on Thursday with ...

Thu, March 01, 2012

Obama taps New York donors despite Wall Street ire

By Alister Bull

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama returned to New York on Thursday for a series of high-end fundraising events, tapping Wall ...

Thu, March 01, 2012

Federal judge in Montana criticized over racist Obama joke

MISSOULA, Montana (Reuters) - A federal judge in Montana who used official court email to circulate a racist joke about President Barack Obama has acknowledged ...

Thu, March 01, 2012

AZ Sheriff Arpaio: President Obama's birth certificate is fake

PHOENIX (WTAQ) - The man dubbed "America's toughest sheriff" says President Obama's birth certificate is a fake.

During a press conference Thursday, Maricopa ...

Thu, March 01, 2012

Obama says to lay out steps to push down oil price

NASHUA, New Hampshire (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday his administration will lay out "as many steps as we can" in coming weeks ...

Thu, March 01, 2012

White House: Obama did not suggest Afghan violence ended

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama did not suggest that violence had dissipated entirely in Afghanistan when he said that his apology to ...

Thu, March 01, 2012

Obama, Republicans spar over gasoline prices

By Alister Bull

NASHUA, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Facing intensifying election-year attacks over rising gasoline prices, President Barack Obama sought to shift the spotlight onto ...

Thu, March 01, 2012

Obama to talk energy in Romney's backyard

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facing intensifying election-year attacks over rising energy prices, President Barack Obama will seek on Thursday to shift the spotlight ...

Thu, March 01, 2012

63 percent of voters back Obama birth control policy: poll

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly two-thirds of Americans favor President Barack Obama's policy requiring birth control coverage for female employees, including clear ...

Wed, February 29, 2012

Obama: apology "calmed things down" in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that his formal apology last week to Afghan President Hamid Karzai for the burning of copies ...

Wed, February 29, 2012

Obama, Republican leaders call election truce to have lunch

By Alister Bull and Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders briefly put aside their election-year attacks on each other ...

Tue, February 28, 2012

Police demote Arizona cop over Obama image on t-shirt

By David Schwartz

PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona police sergeant who posted a photo on his Facebook account showing youths with guns posing with an ...

Tue, February 28, 2012

Obama lays out detention rules for al Qaeda suspects

By Jeremy Pelofsky and Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama issued a policy directive on Tuesday making clear that not all al Qaeda ...

Tue, February 28, 2012

Obama Rallies UAW Group

WASHINGTON (WKZO) -- President Obama ralied auto workers in a campaign-style speech that went after the GOP presidential nominees Tuesday.  In remarks to a United ...

Tue, February 28, 2012

Obama attacks Romney over auto bailout stance

By Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama attacked White House contender Mitt Romney on Tuesday over his opposition to the 2009 bailout of ...

Tue, February 28, 2012

Oil report may give Obama wiggle room on Iran sanctions

By Timothy Gardner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government report on the global oil markets due on Wednesday could help determine how tough the ...

Tue, February 28, 2012

Top Republican raises heat on Obama in Keystone letter

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans turned up the heat on President Barack Obama's energy policies on Tuesday, hammering an election-year issue that ...

Tue, February 28, 2012

Obama to sign order creating trade enforcement unit

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, following through on a promise to beef up enforcement of trade agreements, on Tuesday will sign ...

Mon, February 27, 2012

Keystone breakthrough may muffle Republican attack on Obama

By Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Canadian company's decision on Monday to proceed with part of a U.S. pipeline might end up ...

Mon, February 27, 2012

Watch PBS Special Featuring Mick Jagger, Blues Greats Performing for President Obama on Monday Night

Just a reminder to tune in to PBS on Monday night to watch Mick Jagger and other famous musicians jam out during the In ...

Mon, February 27, 2012

Crack in China's firewall turns Obama page into freedom forum

By Melanie Lee and Laura MacInnis

(Reuters) - Chinese Internet users taking advantage of temporary access to Google Inc's social networking site, Google+, have ...

Fri, February 24, 2012

Obama lawyers defend lobbyist restriction

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has the authority to bar lobbyists from serving on government boards because doing so reduces "special interest influence," lawyers ...

Fri, February 24, 2012

Obama sees some progress on Europe debt crisis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday that some progress had been made in resolving the European debt crisis but added that "there ...

Fri, February 24, 2012

Romney appeals for working-class votes in Ohio

By Sam Youngman

BEXLEY, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney appealed for the support of working-class Americans in industrial Ohio on Wednesday, a ...

Fri, February 24, 2012

Comedian Maher to give $1 million to Obama "Super PAC"

(Reuters) - Comedian Bill Maher has pledged $1 million to an independent "super PAC" set up to help President Barack Obama win re-election in November ...

Thu, February 23, 2012

VIDEO: Herman Cain in Kalamazoo: ‘The President isn't a socialist, he’s worse’

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Former Republican U.S. Representative Pete Hoekstra, current GOP candidate for U.S. Senate, embarked on a four city tour across the ...

Tue, February 21, 2012

Obama urges corporate tax cut, closing loopholes

By Kim Dixon and Rachelle Younglai

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made an opening offer in what could be a long negotiation with corporate ...

Tue, February 21, 2012

Shifting focus, Obama campaign targets Santorum on economy

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign regularly rips Mitt Romney, long viewed as the frontrunner for the Republican presidential ...

Mon, February 20, 2012

Santorum calls Obama health program bad for marriage

By Samuel P. Jacobs

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum accused Democratic President Barack Obama's administration on Monday of implementing healthcare ...

Mon, February 20, 2012

Obama, Karzai discuss Afghan reconciliation: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama spoke on Monday with his Afghan counterpart to discuss regional support for Afghan-led reconciliation, the White House said.

Obama ...

Mon, February 20, 2012

Obama to meet Netanyahu at White House on March 5

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 5, the White House said on Monday.

Netanyahu will ...

Sat, February 18, 2012

For Santorum voters, he's a candidate like them

By Samuel P. Jacobs

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Sporting his signature sweater vest and telling stories of his coal miner grandfather, Republican presidential hopeful Rick ...

Fri, February 17, 2012

Obama campaign, Democrats raise $29.1 million in January

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and its Democratic allies raised a combined $29.1 million in January, accelerating ...

Fri, February 17, 2012

Obama, eyeing China, to boost export financing

By Laura MacInnis

EVERETT, Washington (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pledged on Friday to try to help U.S. companies better compete against their foreign ...

Thu, February 16, 2012

Insurers see costs in Obama conception control rule

By Lewis Krauskopf

(Reuters) - The Obama administration maintains that its plan to have health insurers pay for birth control offered to employees of religious ...

Thu, February 16, 2012

Could Obama health care law force you to buy a car ?

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An attorney challenging President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare law before the U.S. Supreme Court said on Thursday ...

Thu, February 16, 2012

Romney, Obama campaign spar over China policy

By Jeff Mason and Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama's campaign sparred on Thursday over whether ...

Wed, February 15, 2012

Obama courts dueling industries after piracy flap

By Laura MacInnis

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - President Barack Obama traveled to California on Wednesday in the wake of an anti-piracy fight that pitted Hollywood ...

Wed, February 15, 2012

Obama seeks $5 billion to transform teaching

By Stephanie Simon

(Reuters) - U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan delivered a scathing critique of teacher training colleges on Wednesday as he unveiled a ...

Wed, February 15, 2012

Obama, on Midwest trip, chides China on trade practices

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama took aim again at China's trade practices during a campaign-style visit to the Midwestern heartland on Wednesday, saying ...

Wed, February 15, 2012

Obama takes fresh aim at China, touts "insourcing"

By Laura MacInnis

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama kept up his attack on Chinese trade practices during a campaign-style visit on Wednesday to a ...

Wed, February 15, 2012

Obama to seek $5 billion to transform teaching profession

By Stephanie Simon

(Reuters) - U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will deliver a scathing critique of teacher training colleges on Wednesday as he unveils ...

Tue, February 14, 2012

Obama wants $2.1 billion for NASA's Florida spaceport

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's proposed 2013 budget for NASA boosts spending at the Kennedy Space Center, which ...

Tue, February 14, 2012

Obama "hopeful" on payroll tax cut extension

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he had seen "hopeful signs" that Congress would pass a payroll tax cut extension for the ...

Tue, February 14, 2012

Obama plan would end dozens of business tax breaks

By Kim Dixon and Rachelle Younglai

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's corporate tax reform plan would end "dozens and dozens" of tax breaks ...

Tue, February 14, 2012

Obama friendly but firm with China heir apparent

By Matt Spetalnick and Chris Buckley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Tuesday that Beijing must play by the ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Insight: Obama, politicians decline to return Stanford money

By Murray Waas

(Reuters) - National fundraising committees for the Democratic and Republican parties, President Barack Obama, and other major politicians have declined to return ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Obama asks for hike in industry funding for FDA

By Anna Yukhananov

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama asked on Monday for a 17 percent hike in the Food and Drug Administration's budget ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Obama renews call to end Saturday mail delivery

By Emily Stephenson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's proposed 2013 budget repeated a call to allow the U.S. Postal Service to end ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Obama calls for focus on vocational training

By Stephanie Simon

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday proposed substantial new spending on education with a $69.8 billion education budget heavily focused ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Obama proposes $800 million boost for "Arab Spring" countries

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House announced plans on Monday to help countries swept by "Arab Spring" revolutions with more than $800 ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Obama eyes more money for China trade enforcement

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, on the eve of a high-level Chinese visit to the United States, proposed $26 million in ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Obama's '13 budget plan would ramp up healthcare

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday proposed more aggressive deficit reductions through savings from Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Obama's '13 budget plan would ramp up healthcare savings

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday proposed more aggressive deficit reductions through savings from Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Obama proposes defense cut after decade of growth

By David Alexander and Jim Wolf

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 2013 U.S. defense budget that President Barack Obama sent to Congress on Monday includes ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Obama seeks tax credit for NY's World Trade Center

By Joan Gralla

(Reuters) - Transportation upgrades for New York's World Trade Center rebuilding would get a $200 million tax credit under President Barack ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Factbox: Obama seeks higher taxes on big business

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's 2013 budget proposal, released on Monday, would raise hundreds of billions of dollars from businesses through international tax ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Obama proposes large budget boosts for SEC, CFTC

By Christopher Doering and Sarah N. Lynch

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday proposed big budget boosts for U.S. financial market regulators ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

President Obama proposes $800M in aid for "Arab Spring"

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON(Reuters) - The White House announced plans on Monday to help "Arab Spring" countries swept by revolutions with more than $800 ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Obama seeks big dividend tax hike for wealthy

By Kim Dixon and Patrick Temple-West

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's 2013 election-year budget took investors by surprise with a call for significantly ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Factbox: Obama's budget vs. Republican candidates' plans

By Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's budget proposal released on Monday stands little chance of becoming law but it lays out ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Obama's '13 budget to increase healthcare savings

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday proposed more aggressive deficit reductions through savings from Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Obama proposes $800 million in aid for "Arab Spring"

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House announced plans on Monday to help "Arab Spring" countries swept by revolutions with more than $800 ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Obama budget proposes new security, airline fees

(Reuters) - Airlines and their passengers would pay up to $32 billion in new air traffic and security fees over 10 years, and grants to ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Obama seeks to cut municipal bond tax breaks

By Lisa Lambert

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday proposed limiting tax breaks given to high-income earners on the interest paid by municipal ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Obama reiterates call for farm subsidy cuts

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama proposed slashing subsidies to the booming agriculture sector by $32 billion over the next decade, just as Congress begins ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Obama seeks clean energy, pipeline funds in budget

By Timothy Gardner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House proposed more funds for renewable energy and pipeline safety in the 2013 budget while renewing the ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Tough calculus for Obama in Chinese leader's election-year visit

By Jeff Mason and Stella Dawson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even as he greets China's vice president in the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Barack ...

Sat, February 11, 2012

Obama proposes defense cut after decade of growth

By David Alexander and Jim Wolf

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama unveiled a 2013 defense budget on Monday that proposes cuts in Pentagon spending ...

Fri, February 10, 2012

Obama administration defends healthcare Medicaid law

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Administration attorneys defended on Friday the part of President Barack Obama's healthcare law that expands the Medicaid program ...

Fri, February 10, 2012

Exclusive: Obama to pitch lower corporate tax

By Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) President Barack Obama will call for cutting the top 35 percent corporate tax rate as early as this month ...

Fri, February 10, 2012

U.S. Catholic bishops oppose Obama birth-control plan

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Catholic Church leaders said they will fight President Barack Obama's controversial birth-control insurance coverage policy despite ...

Fri, February 10, 2012

Insurers stuck with cost of Obama birth-control plan

By Lewis Krauskopf

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama's compromise on free birth control coverage left health insurers stuck with the bill, sparking worries over ...

Fri, February 10, 2012

Obama signs Giffords' final bill into law

By Tim Gaynor

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed into law on Friday the last legislation written by former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who ...

Fri, February 10, 2012

Uzbek man guilty of plotting to kill President Obama

By Verna Gates

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - A man from Uzbekistan living illegally in the United States pleaded guilty on Friday to terrorism and weapons ...

Fri, February 10, 2012

Obama budget sets up election-year tax fight

By Alister Bull and Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on Monday for new spending to boost growth and higher taxes on ...

Fri, February 10, 2012

Obama seeks $308 million budget for CFTC

By Christopher Doering

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House will propose a budget for the U.S. futures regulator of $308 million for fiscal year ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

Songs by U2, Springsteen, ELO on President Obama's Campaign Playlist

What songs will be the soundtrack to President Barack Obama 's re-election campaign?  Well, you can actually hear them all now online -- the president ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

Europe needs stronger financial firewall: Obama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama assured Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Thursday that the United States will do whatever it can to help ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

Obama grants 10 states leeway on education law

By Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was granting 10 states exemptions from parts of the "No Child Left ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

Obama grants 10 states leeway on U.S. education law

By Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was granting 10 U.S. states exemptions from parts of the "No ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

White House sticking to contraception plan

By Jackie Frank and Lily Kuo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will not make any more changes to the rule announced last week requiring ...

Wed, February 08, 2012

Obama: Europe needs "absolute commitment" on debt crisis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday Europe must not flinch as its leaders confront a raging debt crisis that he acknowledged could ...

Wed, February 08, 2012

House votes to give Obama limited line-item veto

By David Lawder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives voted to give President Barack Obama a limited line-item veto authority on Wednesday in a ...

Wed, February 08, 2012

Obama birth-control rule stokes election-year fight

By Thomas Ferraro and Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the Congress on Wednesday denounced President Barack Obama's new rule on ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

South Carolina sues Obama administration over voter ID law

By Harriet McLeod

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - South Carolina's attorney general sued President Barack Obama's administration on Tuesday over the federal government ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

Bush Defends Auto Bailouts

LAS VEGAS (WKZO) -- Former President George W. Bush is defending his role in helping to bail out General Motors and Chrysler before leaving office ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

Obama risks Catholic vote with birth-control mandate

By Stephanie Simon

(Reuters) - Dr. Joe Casillas, an obstetrician in Southern California, routinely prescribes birth control for his patients. Though he's a practicing ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

Obama proposes money for math, science education

By Samson Reiny

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed $80 million in new government funding for a program to boost science and ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

Obama boosts funds for Alzheimer's research

By Julie Steenhuysen

(Reuters) - The Obama administration plans to spend an additional $156 million over the next two years to help find an effective ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

In shift, Obama campaign to support Super PAC fundraiser

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, worried about the influx of money to groups supporting Republican candidates, said on ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

Obama campaign returning funds tied to Mexican fugitive

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is returning more than $200,000 in donations from the family of a fugitive casino magnate ...

Mon, February 06, 2012

Obama nominates Air Force's first female four-star general

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama has nominated Air Force Lieutenant General Janet Wolfenbarger to become the service's first woman four-star general, military officials said ...

Mon, February 06, 2012

Opponents: Congress went too far in Obama healthcare law

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress went beyond its powers by requiring Americans to buy insurance under President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare overhaul ...

Mon, February 06, 2012

Obama tightens Iran sanctions over bank "deception"

By Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama tightened sanctions on Iran another notch, the White House said on Monday, targeting its central bank ...

Mon, February 06, 2012

Obama signs executive order freezing Iran assets in U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Monday imposing new, stricter sanctions on Iran and its central bank, saying ...

Mon, February 06, 2012

Obama: tough to know who is making decisions in Iran

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday the United States has a "very good estimate" of Iran's progress toward processing uranium but ...

Mon, February 06, 2012

Romney's lead dips despite wins: poll

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite his strong showing in early state contests in the race for the Republican U.S. presidential nomination, Mitt ...

Mon, February 06, 2012

Obama says risky to attack Iran, wants diplomatic fix

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday there were important risks to consider before any military strike against Iran and made clear he does ...

Sun, February 05, 2012

Obama says risky to attack Iran, wants diplomatic fix

By Laura MacInnis and Parisa Hafezi

WASHINGTON/TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday there were important risks to consider before any military ...

Sun, February 05, 2012

Obama: Israel has not made decision on Iran attack

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday that Israel has not yet decided how to respond to concerns about Iran's nuclear program ...

Sun, February 05, 2012

Obama has small-check donor advantage over Romney

By Alina Selyukh and Alexander Cohen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It does not guarantee him re-election in November, but it is an advantage President Barack Obama ...

Sat, February 04, 2012

Obama presses Congress to pass aid to homeowners

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday pressed lawmakers to pass his proposal to provide up to $10 billion in aid to struggling homeowners, saying ...

Sat, February 04, 2012

Obama: Possible to resolve Syria crisis without military action

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed to apply sanctions and step up pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government to leave power but ...

Sat, February 04, 2012

Obama presses Congress to pass aid to homeowners

By Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday pressed lawmakers to pass his proposal to provide up to $10 billion in aid ...

Fri, February 03, 2012

Forget Romney or Obama, the voters want Tim Tebow: poll

By Ben Berkowitz

(Reuters) - He won't be in this Sunday's Super Bowl and his Denver Broncos are already 50-to-1 longshots for next ...

Fri, February 03, 2012

Obama plan would hire vets as cops, firefighters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday announced measures to hire Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to restore national parks and work as police and ...

Fri, February 03, 2012

Jobs numbers boost Obama, needs lasting trend

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unexpectedly strong jobs report on Friday boosted President Barack Obama's re-election prospects, but the trend must last ...

Fri, February 03, 2012

Obama tells Congress: "don't muck up" U.S. recovery

ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) - Jobs figures released on Friday show the U.S. economy is growing and healing, President Barack Obama said, calling on Congress ...

Thu, February 02, 2012

Obama says draws from Christian faith to craft policy

By Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought to emphasize his Christian faith on Thursday, telling a key election-year voting bloc that he ...

Wed, February 01, 2012

Analysis: Wall St. cash flows to Romney over Obama

By Kevin Drawbaugh

(Reuters) - The captains of Wall Street have picked a presidential candidate for 2012 and it is Republican Mitt Romney, rather than ...

Tue, January 31, 2012

Democrats defend Obama administration over bungled gun sting

By Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday sought to blunt political attacks on the Obama administration ...

Tue, January 31, 2012

Analysis: Oil reports may offer Obama an out on Iran

By Timothy Gardner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will soon get regular, albeit incomplete, reports on how oil markets are coping ahead of broader ...

Tue, January 31, 2012

Lawmakers press Obama on China auto parts

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Midwestern lawmakers and union groups on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to restrict imports of auto parts from China ...

Tue, January 31, 2012

Maine man pleads not guilty to threatening Obama

(Reuters) - A Maine man convicted of threatening the state's governor has pleaded not guilty to a charge that he threatened to kill President ...

Tue, January 31, 2012

U.S. lawmakers press Obama on China auto parts

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Midwestern U.S. lawmakers and union groups on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to restrict imports of auto parts ...

Tue, January 31, 2012

Democrats defend Obama administration over bungled gun sting

By Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday sought to blunt political attacks on the Obama administration ...

Tue, January 31, 2012

Obama returns focus to small-business tax breaks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought on Tuesday to revive a plan to give small businesses tax breaks and help start-up firms, ideas he ...

Tue, January 31, 2012

U.S. lawmakers to press Obama on China auto parts

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Midwestern lawmakers and groups from the U.S. auto parts sector plan on Tuesday to urge President Barack Obama ...

Mon, January 30, 2012

Obama sees signs economy picking up

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday that the economy appeared to be "picking up."

Obama spoke about the health of the economy ...

Mon, January 30, 2012

Obama: U.S. drone use in Iraq very limited

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday played down the use of U.S. drones in Iraq, saying the program was very limited and ...

Mon, January 30, 2012

Obama says U.S., Georgia exploring free trade pact

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday the United States and Georgia were exploring the possibility of a free trade ...

Sun, January 29, 2012

Catholics hear protests of Obama health ruling at Mass

(Reuters) - U.S. Catholic bishops and priests across the country read out letters at Mass on Sunday protesting plans by President Barack Obama's ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Obama administration reveals new ATF gun probe rules

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday revealed new reforms undertaken to improve how it conducts undercover gun trafficking investigations in the wake of ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Romney, in comeback, has narrow Maine caucus win

By Ros Krasny

PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney grabbed back some momentum after midweek losses in three states, scoring a narrow ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Populist, combative Obama gets love from Democratic lawmakers

By Thomas Ferraro

CAMBRIDGE, Maryland (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats have complained in the past that they have not felt the love from U.S. President ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Obama lawyers argue rest of health law can survive

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration told the Supreme Court on Friday that nearly all of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Obama presses Congress to step up aid for homeowners

By Margaret Chadbourn

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed a multi-billion-dollar package to help U.S. homeowners refinance and stave off foreclosure ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Obama seeks to rally Democrats to election-year fight

By Caren Bohan

CAMBRIDGE, Maryland (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Friday to push back hard against Republicans who try to obstruct his election-year ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Secret Service probes bullet-ridden Obama image on Facebook

By David Schwartz

PHOENIX (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service is investigating the origins of a photo on an Arizona police officer's Facebook ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Obama pushes colleges to keep tuition under control

By Caren Bohan

ANN ARBOR, Michigan (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, appearing before thousands of cheering students at the University of Michigan, touted his plan ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Obama Boosts Al Green "Let's Stay Together" Sales by 490 Percent

It's official.  President Obama 's rendition of Al Green 's 1971 hit "Let's Stay Together" last week at a fundraising stop at ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Obama officials back bill to hit China subsidies

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration is pressing Congress to restore an important weapon in the U.S. arsenal against subsidized imports from ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Live Video: President Obama speaking at University of Michigan

ANN ARBOR, MI (WHTC) -- President Barack Obama is speaking at the University of Michigan this morning beginning around 10 AM,  Watch the video live ...

Thu, January 26, 2012

Obama: Spat with Arizona governor not a big deal

By JoAnne Allen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A tense airport exchange with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, in which she wagged her finger in his face, was ...

Thu, January 26, 2012

Obama says he second-guesses himself, makes mistakes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama said on Thursday he doubted his decisions "constantly" and made mistakes daily but thought he had become a better president ...

Thu, January 26, 2012

Obama's green tint signals shift to campaign mode

By Deborah Zabarenko

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Not long before his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama ventured to a place he'd never ...

Thu, January 26, 2012

Obama pushes energy plan on campaign-style tour

By Caren Bohan

AURORA, Colorado (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pitched a plan on Thursday to boost U.S. use of natural gas and open ...

Wed, January 25, 2012

VIDEO: Obama tax ideas to hit the rich

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama's bid to get millionaires and multinational companies to pay more taxes may play well with many voters but it ...

Wed, January 25, 2012

Obama has tense exchange with Arizona governor

By Caren Bohan

MESA, Arizona (Reuters) - A day after his confrontational election-year State of the Union address, President Barack Obama had a tense exchange ...

Wed, January 25, 2012

TV audience drops for Obama's State of Union speech

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Almost 38 million Americans watched President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech live on television - about 5 million fewer ...

Wed, January 25, 2012

Geithner says wouldn't serve in an Obama 2nd term

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday he would not expect to be asked to continue as Treasury chief if President Barack ...

Wed, January 25, 2012

Geithner denies U.S. hostility to banks

By Rick Rothacker and Rachelle Younglai

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sought to calm fears that the Obama administration's bank ...

Wed, January 25, 2012

Obama set to speed aid to Egypt: official

By Warren Strobel

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to accelerate the pace of American aid to Egypt, a top State Department official ...

Wed, January 25, 2012

Buffett rule tax set at 30 percent: Obama speech

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama revamped the "Buffett rule" in his State of the Union address, now proposing a 30 percent minimum effective tax ...

Wed, January 25, 2012

U.S. commandos free two hostages in daring Somalia raid

By Abdi Sheikh

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Elite U.S. Navy SEALs swooped into Somalia on Wednesday and rescued two hostage aid workers after killing their ...

Wed, January 25, 2012

Mixed reviews for Obama speech among Davos mighty

By Ben Hirschler and Emma Thomasson

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - The rich and powerful were divided at their annual huddle on Wednesday over Barack Obama ...

Wed, January 25, 2012

For Obama 2012, it's all about the 99 percent

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama threw red meat to his political base on Tuesday with a promise to do the nearly ...

Tue, January 24, 2012

Warm hugs, ovation for Giffords at Obama speech

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who leaves Congress this week a year after being shot in the head by a gunman in ...

Tue, January 24, 2012

Obama backs shale gas drilling

By Ayesha Rascoe and Edward McAllister

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged support for the U.S. shale gas boom ...

Tue, January 24, 2012

Obama aims to use war savings on infrastructure

By Lisa Lambert and John Crawley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama proposed plowing half the money America will save from the end of its ...

Tue, January 24, 2012

Obama plans new team to get tough on China trade

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday said he was creating an enforcement unit to crack down on unfair trade practices ...

Tue, January 24, 2012

Obama tax ideas face long odds ahead of election

By Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's bid to get millionaires and multinational companies to pay more taxes may play well with ...

Tue, January 24, 2012

Factbox: Key quotes from Obama's State of the Union address

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama laid out a vision for strengthening the U.S. economy on Tuesday in an election-year State of the Union address ...

Tue, January 24, 2012

Live Video: President Obama delivers State of the Union address from Washington

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO) --  President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address to the nation beginning this evening at 9pm.  Watch the ...

Tue, January 24, 2012

Obama to contrast tax inequality in State of the Union

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek to frame an election-year State of the Union address on Tuesday in starkly populist terms by emphasizing the ...

Tue, January 24, 2012

Businesses object to Obama trade agencies plan

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A coalition of over 80 U.S. business groups on Tuesday raised concerns about President Barack Obama's plan ...

Tue, January 24, 2012

Obama pitches tax, jobs ideas on campaign-style tour

By Caren Bohan

CHANDLER, Arizona (Reuters) - President Barack Obama took his State of the Union tax and job ideas on the road on Wednesday ...

Mon, January 23, 2012

Obama nominates acting arms buyer to stay in job

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Frank Kendall to become the Pentagon's acquisition chief, a job he has been doing on ...

Mon, January 23, 2012

Obama to tout natural gas benefits in State of Union

By Ayesha Rascoe and Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will encourage the country's booming natural gas output in his State of ...

Mon, January 23, 2012

Obama to tout natural gas benefits in State of Union

By Ayesha Rascoe and Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will encourage the country's booming natural gas output in his State of ...

Mon, January 23, 2012

Obama salutes Boston Bruins, minus star goalie

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama congratulated the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins on Monday for their 2011 Stanley Cup championship, saluting it as ...

Mon, January 23, 2012

Obama to deliver budget on February 13, delayed one week

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will release his 2013 budget proposal on February 13, the White House said on Monday, delaying ...

Mon, January 23, 2012

Obama to meet Italy's Monti at White House February 9

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will host Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti in Washington on February 9 and will discuss efforts to tackle the ...

Mon, January 23, 2012

U.S. flouts law at Guantanamo, despite Obama vow: U.N.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States is still flouting international law at Guantanamo Bay, despite President Barack Obama's election pledge to shut the facility ...

Sat, January 21, 2012

Obama signals State of Union a campaign rallying call

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, offering a glimpse of next week's State of the Union address, made clear on Saturday ...

Fri, January 20, 2012

Obama sings a tune, steals the online show

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama stole the online show on Friday after singing a tune during a campaign fundraiser at New York City ...

Thu, January 19, 2012

Republican apologizes, says wasn't urging Obama's death

By Lily Kuo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Kansas Republican leader under fire for sending an email invoking a bible verse to suggest that Democratic President ...

Thu, January 19, 2012

Fading Gingrich behind in new poll, hits Romney in ad

By Jane Sutton

MIAMI (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich struggled to regain momentum in the race for the Republican U.S. presidential nomination on Friday as ...

Thu, January 19, 2012

Michelle Obama: From kids TV to late night with Leno

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After showing off her acting and dancing skills on kids TV show "iCarly" this week, Michelle Obama is headed for Jay ...

Thu, January 19, 2012

Obama orders streamlining of foreign tourist visas

By Alister Bull

ORLANDO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered the streamlining of applications for foreign tourist visas to the United States, focused ...

Thu, January 19, 2012

In Keystone wake, Obama campaign touts energy in first ad

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign sought to manage fallout on Thursday from his decision to nix a new oil pipeline, putting ...

Thu, January 19, 2012

Obama losing luster with independent voters: poll

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Independent voters, who helped propel President Barack Obama to victory in the 2008 election, could be an obstacle in his bid for ...

Wed, January 18, 2012

Man sentenced in anti-Obama arson of black church

By Zach Howard

SPRINGFIELD, Mass (Reuters) - A white man who admitted to helping burn down a mostly black church to protest against Barack Obama ...

Wed, January 18, 2012

Obama education reforms advance as Congress falters

By Lisa Lambert

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration is moving ahead in reforming U.S. education without the help of the Congress ...

Wed, January 18, 2012

Obama: Keystone rejection no judgment on pipeline merit

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday blamed his Republican opponents for imposing an "arbitrary" deadline on his review of TransCanada Corp's plan ...

Wed, January 18, 2012

Republicans fume as Keystone oil pipeline rejected

By Jeff Mason and Jeffrey Jones

WASHINGTON/CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - The Obama Administration rejected the Keystone oil pipeline on Wednesday, a move that Republicans ...

Tue, January 17, 2012

Obama names Zients as acting budget chief

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama named senior aide Jeffrey Zients on Tuesday to serve as acting chief of the Office of Management and Budget ...

Tue, January 17, 2012

Corrected: Business group contests Obama labor appointments

By David Ingram and Kevin Drawbaugh

(Reuters) - In the first legal challenge to last week's recess appointments by the Obama administration, a U ...

Tue, January 17, 2012

Obama's 2013 budget a campaign call to arms

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When President Barack Obama unveils his annual budget next month, the blueprint will reveal a lot about his re-election ...

Mon, January 16, 2012

Obama jobs panel pushes tax reform, domestic drilling

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's jobs council called on Tuesday for a corporate tax overhaul, expanded domestic drilling and new ...

Mon, January 16, 2012

Obama, Occupy marchers mark Martin Luther King holiday

By Lily Kuo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama led Americans on Monday in honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., while the ...

Mon, January 16, 2012

Obama honors Martin Luther King Jr with school project

By Lily Kuo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday paid tribute to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. by helping build ...

Sun, January 15, 2012

Inside the Obama fund-raising machine: leadership circles

By Eric Johnson

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and its key supporters are looking to grow on a national scale a ...

Sun, January 15, 2012

Obama honors Martin Luther King at Washington church

By Alexandra Alper

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama celebrated the legacy of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. with his family on ...

Sun, January 15, 2012

Rupert Murdoch turns to Twitter to attack Obama

By Ilaina Jonas

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Media baron Rupert Murdoch used his new Twitter account this weekend to attack the Obama administration's opposition ...

Sun, January 15, 2012

Netanyahu deputy "disappointed" with Obama on Iran

By Dan Williams

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A senior Israeli official voiced disappointment in the Obama administration on Sunday, saying "election-year considerations" lay behind its caution ...

Sun, January 15, 2012

Michelle Obama stresses service at BET honors

By Lily Kuo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - First Lady Michelle Obama took the stage at an awards ceremony Saturday with poet Maya Angelou, performers Stevie Wonder ...

Fri, January 13, 2012

Obama seeks to revamp government, focus on exports

By Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama asked Congress on Friday for broad powers to overhaul the U.S. government and untangle what ...

Fri, January 13, 2012

Business group contests Obama labor appointments

By David Ingram and Kevin Drawbaugh

(Reuters) - In the first legal challenge to last week's recess appointments by the Obama administration, a lobbying ...

Fri, January 13, 2012

Obama's olive branch to Iran turned into sanctions hammer

By Tabassum Zakaria and Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama entered the White House in 2009 carrying an olive branch for Iran, determined ...

Fri, January 13, 2012

Obama seeks to revamp government, focus on exports

By Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama asked Congress on Friday for broad powers to overhaul the U.S. government and untangle what ...

Fri, January 13, 2012

U.S. upgrades ties with Myanmar as reforms continue

By Andrew Quinn

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it would upgrade diplomatic ties with Myanmar after President Barack Obama called the ...

Fri, January 13, 2012

Obama wants export agency, closing of Commerce Department

By Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will ask Congress on Friday for authority to close the Commerce Department and create a new ...

Thu, January 12, 2012

Analysis: Obama seeks lift from Detroit auto jobs

By John Crawley

(Reuters) - A year ago, the Obama administration suffered from a post-bailout hangover and kept a low profile at the annual Detroit ...

Thu, January 12, 2012

Obama, Netanyahu talk after peace contacts resume

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed recent Israeli-Palestinian talks on Thursday as U.S. officials signaled that a ...

Thu, January 12, 2012

Obama seeks $1.2 trillion debt limit rise

By David Lawder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama formally notified Congress on Thursday that he plans a $1.2 trillion increase in the U ...

Thu, January 12, 2012

Obama, Israel's Netanyahu talk Mideast diplomacy, Iran

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday discussed a recent round of Israeli-Palestinian talks and the international community ...

Thu, January 12, 2012

Justice Department backs Obama recess appointments

By Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday defended President Barack Obama's controversial recess appointments to two agencies, releasing ...

Thu, January 12, 2012

U.S. slaps sanctions on China state energy trader over Iran

By Andrew Quinn

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on China's state-run Zhuhai Zhenrong Corp, which it said was Iran ...

Thu, January 12, 2012

Obama's uncle back in court in drunk driving case

By Lauren Keiper

FRAMINGHAM, Mass (Reuters) - An attorney for President Barack Obama's uncle asked a Massachusetts court on Thursday to suppress evidence from ...

Thu, January 12, 2012

Obama, party allies raise $68 million for re-election

By Jeff Mason and Alina Selyukh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and its Democratic allies raised more than $68 million in ...

Wed, January 11, 2012

Republicans move to control Keystone approval

By Roberta Rampton and Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans, who are urging President Barack Obama to give a permit to the Canada-to-Texas Keystone ...

Wed, January 11, 2012

Michelle Obama: Not an "angry black woman"

By Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama shot down any notion of infighting between her and the president's top ...

Wed, January 11, 2012

States oppose Obama healthcare Medicaid law

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty-six states challenging President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare overhaul filed a Supreme Court brief on Tuesday arguing the ...

Wed, January 11, 2012

Obama vows new ideas to bring jobs home from abroad

By Matt Spetalnick and Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday to help bring jobs home from overseas and promised new ...

Tue, January 10, 2012

South Carolina to sue Obama administration over voter ID law

By Harriet McLeod

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - South Carolina will sue the administration of President Barack Obama over its rejection of the state's ...

Tue, January 10, 2012

Senate Republicans eyeing suit on Obama appointees

By Alexandra Alper and Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Senate Republicans are weighing whether to file a lawsuit to challenge President Barack Obama's ...

Tue, January 10, 2012

States oppose Obama healthcare Medicaid law

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty-six states challenging President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare overhaul filed a U.S. Supreme Court brief on Tuesday ...

Tue, January 10, 2012

Obama hosts Saudi foreign minister at White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hosted Saudi Arabia's foreign affairs minister, Prince Saud Al-Faisal, in the Oval Office on Tuesday to discuss key ...

Tue, January 10, 2012

Romney leads Republicans, narrows gap with Obama: poll

By Jeff Mason and Alistair Bell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has sailed farther ahead of rival Republican candidates nationally and ...

Mon, January 09, 2012

Obama defends auto tax break despite skepticism

By John Crawley and Ben Klayman

(Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday defended a tax break under scrutiny that is aimed at boosting consumer ...

Mon, January 09, 2012

Top Obama aide Daley steps down, budget chief takes over

By Jeff Mason and Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama announced an election year shake-up at the White House on Monday, choosing budget ...

Mon, January 09, 2012

Obama bans uranium mining around Grand Canyon

By Deborah Zabarenko

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration banned new uranium mining claims around the Grand Canyon for the next 20 years, a move ...

Sat, January 07, 2012

Obama to businesses: Bring jobs home

By Caren Bohan and Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama kicked off an effort to encourage businesses to keep jobs at home instead ...

Fri, January 06, 2012

Michelle Obama sparred with White House advisers: book

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Popular first lady Michelle Obama has had testy relationships with some top White House advisers, and at times pushed the president to ...

Fri, January 06, 2012

Obama aims to unfreeze federal pay in 2013 budget

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will propose lifting a federal pay freeze in his upcoming budget plan to give government employees a 0.5 ...

Fri, January 06, 2012

Obama lawyers defend healthcare law in Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration defended its healthcare overhaul law before the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, rejecting arguments by critics who warned ...

Fri, January 06, 2012

Obama lawyers defend healthcare law in Supreme Court

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration defended its healthcare overhaul law before the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, rejecting arguments by ...

Fri, January 06, 2012

Republicans seek legal answers on Obama appointments

By Dave Clarke and Alexandra Alper

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans on Friday asked the Justice Department to weigh in on the controversial recess appointments ...

Fri, January 06, 2012

Like Bush, Obama asserts prerogatives when signing laws

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was New Year's Eve when President Barack Obama reluctantly signed into law the legislation he had earlier ...

Fri, January 06, 2012

Obama, staying on attack, highlights consumer watchdog

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, on the attack against Republicans, visited his new consumer financial protection agency chief on Friday to ...

Fri, January 06, 2012

Obama to ask firms to keep jobs at home

By Jeff Mason and Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will press business leaders next week to expand their industries at home rather ...

Fri, January 06, 2012

U.S. widens definition of rape crimes

By Susan Heavey and Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials are expanding the definition of rape to include men as well as women ...

Thu, January 05, 2012

Obama to cut tens of thousands of ground troops

(Reuters) - The Obama administration unveiled a "more realistic" vision for the military on Thursday, with plans to cut tens of thousands of ground troops ...

Thu, January 05, 2012

Republican candidates slam Obama for appointments

By Ros Krasny and Scott Malone

SALEM/MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republicans hoping to be chosen to run against President Barack Obama in the ...

Wed, January 04, 2012

Odd allies: Gingrich, Obama align in attacks on Romney

By Jeff Mason and Scott Malone

DES MOINES, Iowa/CONCORD, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, angry over his poor performance in ...

Wed, January 04, 2012

Obama sidesteps Congress, puts three on labor board

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama skirted Congress on Wednesday to fill three vacancies on an embattled labor board, drawing sharp criticism from big business ...

Wed, January 04, 2012

Obama faces political heat if Keystone rejected: API

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the top oil and gas lobbying group said on Wednesday that the Obama administration will face ...

Wed, January 04, 2012

New Pentagon strategy stresses Asia, cyber, drones

By David Alexander and Phil Stewart

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama unveiled a defense strategy on Thursday that would expand the U.S. military ...

Wed, January 04, 2012

Cordray says politics won't distract consumer cop

By Dave Clarke

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In his first full day as chief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray sought to lower the ...

Wed, January 04, 2012

Analysis: Obama among the winners in Iowa

By Tim Reid and Sam Youngman

DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - After a dramatic, confusing night of suspense in the Republican Party's Iowa caucuses ...

Wed, January 04, 2012

Obama to usher in election year with eye on Republicans

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will start setting the tone on Wednesday for an election-year strategy that attempts to capitalize on ...

Tue, January 03, 2012

Obama tells Democrats to brace for "big battle"

By Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Republicans began voting to choose a nominee to face off against him, President Barack Obama sought to rally ...

Tue, January 03, 2012

Republican senator queries Obama on Iran sanctions

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican senator on Tuesday questioned President Barack Obama's commitment to new sanctions on Iran's central bank ...

Tue, January 03, 2012

While Republicans battle, Obama never far away

By Jeff Mason

DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - While Republican presidential candidates dominate headlines in Iowa with their caucus quest, President Barack Obama's Democrats ...

Sat, December 31, 2011

Obama strikes hopeful note in year-end address

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama, striking a hopeful note in a year-end weekly address, hailed foreign policy milestones while keeping pressure on Congress to further ...

Sat, December 31, 2011

U.S. imposes sanctions on banks dealing with Iran

By Laura MacInnis

HONOLULU (Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed into law on Saturday a defense funding bill that imposes sanctions on financial institutions dealing ...

Thu, December 29, 2011

Obama to visit swing state Ohio to talk economy

HONOLULU (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will visit the political battleground state of Ohio next week, ushering in the 2012 election year with a speech ...

Thu, December 29, 2011

Obama campaign chief rejects $1 billion goal

By Eric Johnson

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's campaign manager on Thursday rejected speculation that the president's 2012 re-election effort will raise ...

Wed, December 28, 2011

Most U.S. Latinos oppose Obama's deportation policy: study

By Tim Gaynor

(Reuters) - U.S. Hispanics disapprove of President Barack Obama's stepped up deportation program by a two-to-one margin, although support for ...

Tue, December 27, 2011

Obama approval back in positive territory: Gallup

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's job approval rating climbed steadily this month as he fought Republicans to extend the payroll tax cut and ...

Tue, December 27, 2011

Obama taps economist, banker as Fed governors

By Laura MacInnis and Pedro da Costa

HONOLULU/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will nominate Harvard economist Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell, an investment ...

Tue, December 27, 2011

Obama to ask for debt limit hike: Treasury official

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House plans to ask Congress by the end of the week for an increase in the government's debt ceiling ...

Sun, December 25, 2011

Web gambling gets boost from Obama administration

By Jim Wolf and Nicola Leske

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration cleared the way for U.S. states to legalize Internet poker and certain ...

Sat, December 24, 2011

Obama campaign seeks to raise $60 million in 4th quarter

By Eric Johnson

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's campaign set a goal of raising $60 million in the fourth quarter of the year ...

Fri, December 23, 2011

Obama campaign returns cash from MF Global's Corzine

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's campaign has returned some $70,000 in contributions made by embattled MF Global chief Jon Corzine and his ...

Fri, December 23, 2011

Analysis: Obama wins on tax cut, but gains are hard to sustain

By Alister Bull and Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For President Barack Obama, it was a political victory that has given his 2012 re-election campaign ...

Fri, December 23, 2011

Obama administration blocks South Carolina voter ID law

By Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday blocked a new South Carolina law that requires voters to have photo identification because ...

Fri, December 23, 2011

Obama has options to delay Keystone pipeline

By Timothy Gardner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has options to kill or delay the Canada-to-Texas oil sands pipeline despite language in the payroll ...

Thu, December 22, 2011

Man gets 14 years for black church arson after Obama's win

(Reuters) - A white man convicted of burning down a mostly black church to condemn Barack Obama's election as the nation's first black ...

Thu, December 22, 2011

Obama says will boost U.S. aid to Horn of Africa

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday that the United States would boost its emergency aid to the Horn of Africa by $113 ...

Thu, December 22, 2011

Israel's Barak boosts Obama amid U.S. threats on Iran

By Dan Williams

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's defense minister extolled what he called Barack Obama's resolve and risk-taking on Thursday, remarks likely to ...

Wed, December 21, 2011

White House says Obama wants 1-year payroll tax deal

(Reuters) - The White House said on Wednesday that President Barack Obama wants a one-year extension of payroll tax cuts and would work with Republicans ...

Wed, December 21, 2011

Waiting for Congress, Obama takes dog Bo shopping

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - With his wife and daughters already in Hawaii for the holidays, President Barack Obama took his dog Bo shopping on Wednesday ...

Wed, December 21, 2011

Obama adviser: Congress inaction clouding U.S. outlook

By Rick Rothacker

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Congressional deadlock has clouded the U.S. economic outlook and may force banks to revise their growth ...

Tue, December 20, 2011

Iraqi tensions are policy, political challenge for Obama

By Arshad Mohammed

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Iraq war may be over for the U.S. military, but it may not be for the Iraqis ...

Tue, December 20, 2011

Romney kicks off Iowa home stretch targeting Obama

By Sam Youngman

Davenport, Iowa (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney kicked off the last week before the Iowa caucuses warning that November's ...

Mon, December 19, 2011

Obama: Iran and Cuba ties don't benefit Venezuela

By Daniel Wallis

CARACAS (Reuters) - The United States believes that increasingly warm ties between Venezuela, Iran and Cuba do not benefit the Venezuelan people ...

Mon, December 19, 2011

Clinton says U.S. to help women broker peace

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States hopes to prevent and defuse conflicts by getting more women seated at negotiating tables around the ...

Mon, December 19, 2011

Supreme Court sets Obama healthcare arguments

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oral arguments on President Barack Obama's sweeping U.S. healthcare overhaul will last 5-1/2 hours spread over ...

Mon, December 19, 2011

Obama: Iran and Cuba ties don't benefit Venezuela

By Daniel Wallis

CARACAS (Reuters) - The United States believes increasingly warm ties between Venezuela, Iran and Cuba do not benefit the Venezuelan people, U ...

Mon, December 19, 2011

Analysis: Kim death complicates Obama's N.Korea nuclear quandary

By Andrew Quinn

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il could dim hopes for fresh nuclear disarmament talks with the United ...

Sun, December 18, 2011

Obama aide: Republicans playing politics on taxes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House accused House of Representatives Republicans on Sunday of playing politics with the fate of the payroll tax cut and ...

Sat, December 17, 2011

Obama signs short-term spending bill into law

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has signed into law a short-term spending bill that Congress approved to keep the government running until a full ...

Sat, December 17, 2011

Senate delays decisions on Obama financial nominees

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate on Saturday postponed until next year decisions on whether to approve President Barack Obama's choices to lead agencies that oversee ...

Sat, December 17, 2011

Obama welcomes tax cut deal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama welcomed a deal on Saturday worked out by divided lawmakers to extend a payroll tax cut for U.S ...

Fri, December 16, 2011

Obama backs tax deal but pipeline now in doubt

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama supports a compromise payroll tax deal reached in Congress on Friday but Republican insistence on including a demand to ...

Fri, December 16, 2011

Obama taps Berner for new Financial Research job

By Sarah N. Lynch

WASHINGTON - Dick Berner, an official at the U.S. Treasury Department and former Morgan Stanley chief economist, has been nominated ...

Fri, December 16, 2011

Obama, pushing back at Republicans, defends Israel

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama assured Jewish voters on Friday he remains committed to Israel's security and a two-state solution ...

Thu, December 15, 2011

Veterans to tout Obama's record as military leader

By Eric Johnson

CHICAGO (Reuters) - As the war in Iraq draws to a close, U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has quietly ...

Thu, December 15, 2011

Senate passes new rules on detainees, sends to Obama

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress on Thursday approved a defense bill requiring the military to handle suspected foreign militants allied with al Qaeda ...

Thu, December 15, 2011

Young voters, once enthusiastic, disenchanted with Obama

BOSTON (Reuters) - Young voters, crucial to President Barack Obama's election in 2008, are disenchanted with him and more think he will lose than ...

Wed, December 14, 2011

Obama, Democrats weigh dropping millionaires tax

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats on Wednesday discussed abandoning efforts to impose a surtax on millionaires to help pay for extending ...

Wed, December 14, 2011

Obama: Troops leaving Iraq with heads held high

By Caren Bohan

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (Reuters) - President Barack Obama welcomed home some of the last U.S. troops from Iraq on Wednesday ...

Wed, December 14, 2011

Obama State of Union address set for January 24

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday accepted an invitation by House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner to deliver his annual State of the ...

Tue, December 13, 2011

Gingrich worse against Obama than Romney: Reuters/Ipsos poll

By Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich holds a 10-point lead in the fight for the Republican presidential nomination, but he would fare worse ...

Tue, December 13, 2011

Poll Shows Uphill Fight for Obama in Swing States

WASHINGTON (WKZO) -- President Obama will have an uphill battle for votes in a dozen key states based on results of a new poll.

The ...

Tue, December 13, 2011

NBRA Petitions to Censure Obama and Democrats for Racist Remarks

(WKZO) -- The National Black Republican Association drafted a petition to the United Nations Tuesday, in efforts to reach a censure ruling against President Obama ...

Tue, December 13, 2011

Obama winds down Iraq war but verdict elusive

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - "Mission Accomplished" are two words President Barack Obama will not use as he winds down the most unpopular U ...

Tue, December 13, 2011

Obama would veto Republican House tax bill: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday that President Barack Obama would veto a bill proposed by Republicans in the House of Representatives ...

Tue, December 13, 2011

Obama campaign shifts, targets barbs at Gingrich too

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - So much for that focused anti-Mitt strategy.

President Barack Obama's campaign signaled on Tuesday it would attack the ...

Tue, December 13, 2011

Iran says Obama should apologize for downed drone

By Hashem Kalantari

TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama should apologize for sending an unmanned spy plane into Iranian territory rather than asking for it ...

Mon, December 12, 2011

Tea party group drops depiction of Obama as skunk

KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - In the wake of criticism, a Kansas tea party group has removed from its web site home page a comparison ...

Mon, December 12, 2011

Obama says U.S. will be loyal partner for Iraq

By Alister Bull and Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With Iranian influence and Syria's instability looming over Iraq as U.S. troops pack up ...

Sun, December 11, 2011

Obama strikes pious note at Bieber holiday concert

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama struck a pious tone on Sunday at a Christmas concert featuring teen pop star Justin Bieber and other singers ...

Sun, December 11, 2011

Obama says to keep standing up to Congress on taxes

By Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama defended his leadership style on Sunday and said he would keep standing up to Congress as ...

Sat, December 10, 2011

Obama, at Army-Navy football game, praises troops

By Alister Bull

LANDOVER, Maryland (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, attending his first Army-Navy football game as commander in chief on Saturday, praised the dedication ...

Sat, December 10, 2011

Ohio Democrats hope 2012 ballot measure will help Obama

By Kim Palmer

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A referendum issue which Ohio Democrats hope could help President Barack Obama's chances of winning the battleground state ...

Sat, December 10, 2011

Obama says won't take "no" on consumer watchdog

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday said he will not take "no" for an answer on his nominee to head a new consumer ...

Fri, December 09, 2011

Obama says economic fix could take years

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite some recent signs the sluggish U.S. economy might be improving, President Barack Obama warns it could be years before the ...

Fri, December 09, 2011

Congress punts hard payroll tax work to 2012

By Richard Cowan and Rachelle Younglai

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed into law a two-month payroll tax cut extension on Friday, capping a ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

Top court schedules Obama healthcare law briefs

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Thursday set the schedule for briefs to be filed ahead of hearing arguments in late March over President ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

Obama pick for tax post faces new roadblock

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's choice to run criminal tax prosecutions will not get a quick confirmation vote due to an unrelated dispute ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

Obama supports less access to morning-after pill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he supports a controversial decision by the U.S. health secretary to overrule government scientists about ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

Obama says EU is wealthy enough to solve crisis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was "very concerned" about the euro zone crisis and believed the European Union ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

Why Obama's payroll tax cut extension is the best worst option

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By Mark Miller

(Reuters) - The White House unveiled a countdown clock this week, tick-tocking away the days ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

Obama says considering all options on Iran

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States was considering all options on Iran and would work with allies, including Israel ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

In Hispanic-heavy Colorado, Obama must work to win

By Jeff Mason

DENVER (Reuters) - Though demographic trends lean in his favor, President Barack Obama has work to do in Colorado to woo Hispanics ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

Gay half-sister of Republican Gingrich backs Obama

(Reuters) - The gay half-sister of Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich slammed his position on gay rights on Wednesday and said she will support President ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

Republicans block Obama's consumer nominee

By Dave Clarke

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans on Thursday beat back Democratic President Barack Obama's pick to head the new Consumer Financial Protection ...

Wed, December 07, 2011

Obama says would reject payroll tax, Keystone tie-up

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he would reject any congressional efforts to tie an extension of the payroll tax cut to ...

Tue, December 06, 2011

Obama says U.S. to stand up for gay rights abroad

By Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told U.S. diplomats and foreign aid workers on Tuesday to do more to advance gay ...

Tue, December 06, 2011

Obama hits Republicans, Wall Street in populist speech

By Jeff Mason

OSAWATOMIE, Kansas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama blasted his Republican foes and Wall Street on Tuesday as he portrayed himself as a ...

Tue, December 06, 2011

Obama seeks stronger penalties for Wall St fraud

OSAWATOMIE, Kansas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he would call for legislation to strengthen penalties against Wall Street companies that break anti-fraud ...

Tue, December 06, 2011

Republicans block Obama nominee for judgeship

By David Ingram and Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans on Tuesday blocked President Barack Obama's nominee for a judgeship on a key appeals ...

Mon, December 05, 2011

U.S., India, Japan to meet after Obama's Asia "pivot"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States, India and Japan will hold their first trilateral meeting this month as Washington pushes ahead with its "pivot" toward ...

Mon, December 05, 2011

Obama: U.S. needs payroll tax cut, recovery fragile

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday the United States needs to extend the payroll tax cut because the U.S. recovery is ...

Mon, December 05, 2011

Obama hones populist message to push economic agenda

By Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Obama's aides have persistently tried to paint Republicans as the party of the rich, with mixed results ...

Sun, December 04, 2011

Obama plans media blitz for financial watchdog

By Caren Bohan and Dave Clarke

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will begin a media campaign this week to seek support for his nomination ...

Sun, December 04, 2011

Obama, fellow Democrats push tax cut extension

By Thomas Ferraro and Donna Smith

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama prodded congressional Republicans on Monday to extend a payroll tax cut, and his ...

Sun, December 04, 2011

Obama says Pakistan troop deaths "regrettable"

By Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday called Pakistan's president to offer condolences over a NATO air strike that killed ...

Sat, December 03, 2011

Obama tries to pressure Republicans on tax cut

By Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought on Saturday to boost pressure on Republican lawmakers to back an extension of a tax ...

Fri, December 02, 2011

Together again with Obama, Clinton has last word

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton, known for sometimes upstaging the current occupant of the White House, managed to get the ...

Fri, December 02, 2011

Obama administration backs education diversity

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration released new guidelines on Friday aimed at promoting diversity and reducing racial isolation in education, replacing the policy adopted ...

Fri, December 02, 2011

Michigan starts review of Detroit's finances

By Karen Pierog

(Reuters) - Michigan said on Friday it will begin a preliminary review of cash-strapped Detroit's finances in a process that could ...

Fri, December 02, 2011

Obama promises big push on payroll tax cut

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday pledged an aggressive push to pass an extension to the payroll tax cut for U.S. workers ...

Thu, December 01, 2011

Obama family lights Washington Christmas tree

By Lily Kuo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his family lit a new National Christmas Tree on Thursday evening as they attended a ...

Thu, December 01, 2011

Solyndra saw staff "mutiny" before Obama visit

By Roberta Rampton and Dan Levine

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In the weeks leading up to a visit by President Barack Obama to Solyndra ...

Thu, December 01, 2011

Obama administration appeals cigarette warning ruling

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday appealed a U.S. judge's ruling and injunction that blocked tobacco companies from having to display ...

Thu, December 01, 2011

Obama raises U.S. goal on fighting AIDS

By Caren Bohan and Alina Selyukh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed to boost U.S. efforts to fight AIDS with a new target ...

Wed, November 30, 2011

Obama pleads with voters for patience on "change"

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama asked U.S. voters on Wednesday to keep believing in the "hope and change" he promised in 2008 ...

Wed, November 30, 2011

Republicans make pipeline jobs issue for Obama

By Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in Congress signaled on Wednesday that they plan to keep the Keystone XL pipeline alive as a tool ...

Wed, November 30, 2011

Senate Republicans make pipeline a jobs issue for Obama

By Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the Senate signaled on Wednesday they plan to keep the Keystone XL pipeline alive as a tool ...

Wed, November 30, 2011

Obama cites progress towards payroll tax cut

By Laura MacInnis

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama struck an optimistic note on Wednesday night that lawmakers in Congress could reach agreement to ...

Tue, November 29, 2011

Obama administration appeals cigarette warning ruling

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday appealed a U.S. judge's ruling and injunction that blocked rules requiring tobacco companies to display ...

Tue, November 29, 2011

Obama administration appeals cigarette warning ruling

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday appealed a U.S. judge's ruling and injunction that blocked tobacco companies from having to display ...

Tue, November 29, 2011

Obama "disturbed" by storming of UK embassy in Iran

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama strongly urged the Iranian government on Tuesday to take to task those responsible for storming the British embassy in ...

Mon, November 28, 2011

Americans tepid about libraries, favor Obama over Bush

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many Americans don't use libraries, favor locally sourced food and would choose President Barack Obama over his predecessor George W ...

Mon, November 28, 2011

Obama tells EU to take decisive action on debt

By Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pressed European Union officials on Monday to act quickly and decisively to resolve their sovereign debt ...

Sat, November 26, 2011

Obama promotes shops on "Small Business Saturday"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, eager to spur growth and hiring, took his daughters on an early Christmas shopping trip on Saturday in Washington ...

Thu, November 24, 2011

Obama thanks military, volunteers on Thanksgiving

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States was grateful to military service members and soup kitchen volunteers alike and the ...

Thu, November 24, 2011

Analysis: China gameplan in question as Obama pivots to Asia

By Chris Buckley

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's leaders, upstaged by President Barack Obama's "pivot" to Asia, may hope they end up resembling famed ...

Wed, November 23, 2011

Obama welcomes transfer of power by Yemen's Saleh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the United States welcomed the signing by Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh of an accord under ...

Wed, November 23, 2011

Obama pardons holiday turkeys, pokes fun at media

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It may not help the economy, but President Barack Obama found another move he can make without congressional approval ...

Wed, November 23, 2011

Medicare chief to resign after political standoff

By Alina Selyukh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official who helped lead President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul will step down from the ...

Tue, November 22, 2011

Obama policy has slowed Iran nuclear effort: aide

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's top national security aide said on Tuesday a U.S.-led drive to isolate Iran ...

Tue, November 22, 2011

Obama, in campaign mode, takes aim in battle state

By Alister Bull

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought to turn up the heat on congressional Republicans in a campaign-style visit to ...

Tue, November 22, 2011

Former Obama fundraiser Rezko gets 10-year sentence

By Andrew Stern

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday sentenced Antoin "Tony" Rezko, a former Chicago fundraiser for President Barack Obama, to ...

Tue, November 22, 2011

Obama urges Congress to save payroll tax cut

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday U.S. lawmakers would have a chance to vote again next week to extend ...

Tue, November 22, 2011

EU leaders to brief Obama on debt crisis at summit

By Luke Baker

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will offer what guidance he can on how to resolve the European debt crisis when he ...

Tue, November 22, 2011

Republicans bash Pakistan in debate

By John Whitesides

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican presidential hopefuls criticized U.S. policy toward Pakistan and called for placing sanctions on Iran's central ...

Mon, November 21, 2011

New Poll Shows Tough Road for Obama in Michigan

DETROIT (WKZO) -- A new poll shows President Obama might have a tough time winning Michigan next year.

The "Detroit Free Press" poll from Lansing-based ...

Mon, November 21, 2011

Obama slaps new sanctions on Iran energy sector

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday ordered new U.S. sanctions on Iran's energy and petrochemical sectors that would punish anyone who ...

Mon, November 21, 2011

Michelle Obama unveils student poet program

(Reuters) - First Lady Michelle Obama on Monday helped launched a new arts program to pick five student poets from high schools who will spend ...

Sun, November 20, 2011

Obama pushes divided Congress to extend tax cut

By Alister Bull

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - President Barack Obama challenged the U.S. Congress on Tuesday to vote next week to save an ...

Sat, November 19, 2011

Emboldened by Obama, Myanmar maps out reforms

By Jason Szep

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Myanmar vowed on Saturday to address concerns raised by U.S. President Barack Obama, outlining far-reaching plans ...

Sat, November 19, 2011

China's Wen tells Obama exchange rate reforms successful

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday that China will strengthen the flexibility of the ...

Sat, November 19, 2011

Obama: U.S. must rely more on building instead of buying

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday the United States has relied too much on buying, consuming and amassing debt in the past ...

Sat, November 19, 2011

Analysis:Obama pivots towards Asia, eyeing U.S. exports and jobs

By Caren Bohan and Laura MacInnis

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama sought to charm Asia-Pacific leaders this week with Australian ...

Fri, November 18, 2011

Analysis: Obama gambles on Myanmar reforms

By Andrew Quinn

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is gambling that the United States can nudge Myanmar further toward true political reform, a bet ...

Fri, November 18, 2011

Massachusetts considering ban on Romney records

By Mark Hosenball

BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts officials are reviewing a 14-year-old state court ruling to determine whether they should ban public access to paper ...

Fri, November 18, 2011

Obama hopes for boost from Boeing-Indonesia jet deal

By Caren Bohan and Laura MacInnis

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama welcomed on Friday a $21.7 billion jet deal his administration ...

Fri, November 18, 2011

Obama opens door to new U.S. ties with Myanmar

By Laura MacInnis and Caren Bohan

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he saw "flickers of progress" in Myanmar, dispatching ...

Fri, November 18, 2011

Obama opens door to new U.S. ties with Myanmar

By Laura MacInnis and Caren Ban

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he saw "flickers of progress" in Myanmar, pledged ...

Thu, November 17, 2011

Obama signs stopgap funding bill: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bill to fund the government until December 16, the White House said, after it was ...

Thu, November 17, 2011

Man charged with trying to assassinate Obama

By Alexis Kunsak

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - A 21-year-old man who called President Barack Obama the "devil" and "anti-Christ" was charged on Thursday with trying to ...

Thu, November 17, 2011

Ex-smoker Obama: quitting is hard

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ex-smoker President Barack Obama kicked the habit and now he wants to give cigarette makers a little shove too.

In a video ...

Thu, November 17, 2011

Obama hopes for boost from Boeing-Indonesia jet deal

By Caren Bohan and Laura MacInnis

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama welcomed on Friday a $21.7 billion jet deal his administration ...

Thu, November 17, 2011

White House slams ad showing Obama-Chavez "kiss"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An advertising campaign that depicts President Barack Obama kissing two male world leaders on the mouth drew a critical response from the ...

Thu, November 17, 2011

Ex-smoker Obama: quitting is hard, he should know

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ex-smoker President Barack Obama kicked the habit and now he wants to give cigarette makers a little shove too.

In a video ...

Thu, November 17, 2011

Obama to announce Asian export deals for Boeing, GE

NUSA DUA, INDONESIA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will showcase a $21.7 billion deal Boeing has struck with Indonesia's largest domestic airline, Lion ...

Thu, November 17, 2011

Strewth! Obama gets free croc insurance for Darwin stop

DARWIN, Australia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made a fleeting visit on Thursday to Australia's tropical north, home to some of the world's ...

Wed, November 16, 2011

Obama gets advice to lift popularity: join up with Justin Bieber

CANBERRA (Reuters) - One Australian high school student offered visiting U.S. President Barack Obama a suggestion to raise his popularity -- team up with a ...

Wed, November 16, 2011

ASEAN gambles on Myanmar's regional leadership

By Ben Blanchard

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Southeast Asian nations endorsed Myanmar Thursday for the chairmanship of a key regional grouping, gambling that the ...

Wed, November 16, 2011

Obama tells Asia, U.S. "here to stay"

By Caren Bohan and Laura MacInnis

CANBERRA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday that the U.S. military would expand its role in ...

Wed, November 16, 2011

Obama boosts U.S. military in Australia, reassures China

By Caren Bohan and James Grubel

CANBERRA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday unveiled plans to deepen the ...

Tue, November 15, 2011

Obama to vow bigger Asia footprint on Pacific tour

By Laura MacInnis and Caren Bohan

HONOLULU (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will unveil plans to deepen America's military presence in the Asia-Pacific region ...

Tue, November 15, 2011

China holds fire over Obama before regional summit

By Chris Buckley

BEIJING (Reuters) - China appeared keen on Tuesday to avoid a brawl with the United States over trade and currency stances, brushing ...

Mon, November 14, 2011

Supreme Court asked to broadcast healthcare case

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. cable TV network and a senior Republican senator asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to allow its ...

Mon, November 14, 2011

Obama taps insider to head tax policy at US Treasury

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has picked an administration insider as assistant secretary for tax policy at the U.S. Treasury, the White House ...

Mon, November 14, 2011

Obama administration launches $1 billion healthcare drive

By Alister Bull and Anna Yukhananov

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday said $1 billion of federal funds allocated in last year's ...

Mon, November 14, 2011

Romney campaign: Obama obsessed with me

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took a verbal swing at President Barack Obama on Monday, saying that the Democrat and his allies ...

Mon, November 14, 2011

Cusack praises Obama for delaying oil pipeline plans

Green campaigners, including celebrities Daryl Hannah, Mark Ruffalo and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, have been calling on the political leader to reject Keystone XL bosses' pipeline ...

Mon, November 14, 2011

Redford thanks Obama for oil pipe delay

Environmental campaigners have been aiming to prevent the building of the pipeline, which will transport oil reserves from Canada through the heart of the ...

Sun, November 13, 2011

Cusack praises Obama for delaying oil pipeline plans

Green campaigners, including celebrities Daryl Hannah, Mark Ruffalo and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, have been calling on the political leader to reject Keystone XL bosses' pipeline ...

Sun, November 13, 2011

Redford thanks Obama for oil pipe delay

Environmental campaigners have been aiming to prevent the building of the pipeline, which will transport oil reserves from Canada through the heart of the ...

Sat, November 12, 2011

Cusack praises Obama for delaying oil pipeline plans

Green campaigners, including celebrities Daryl Hannah, Mark Ruffalo and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, have been calling on the political leader to reject Keystone XL bosses' pipeline ...

Sat, November 12, 2011

Redford thanks Obama for oil pipe delay

Environmental campaigners have been aiming to prevent the building of the pipeline, which will transport oil reserves from Canada through the heart of the ...

Mon, November 07, 2011

Louis-Dreyfus urges Obama to say no to pipeline

The actress has recorded a video asking Obama to reject the permit needed to build the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry oil ...

Sun, November 06, 2011

Louis-Dreyfus urges Obama to say no to pipeline

The actress has recorded a video asking Obama to reject the permit needed to build the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry oil ...

Sat, November 05, 2011

Louis-Dreyfus urges Obama to say no to pipeline

The actress has recorded a video asking Obama to reject the permit needed to build the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry oil ...

Wed, November 02, 2011

U.S. tries "hip hop" diplomacy in Pakistan

By Chris Allbritton

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Considered by many Pakistanis to be public enemy number one, the United States on Monday turned to the musical ...

Fri, October 28, 2011

President Obama Visits 'The Tonight Show'

Last night, President Barack Obama paid a visit to The Tonight Show to talk with Jay Leno about everything from the state of the ...

Thu, October 27, 2011

President Obama Visits 'The Tonight Show'

Last night, President Barack Obama paid a visit to The Tonight Show to talk with Jay Leno about everything from the state of the ...

Thu, October 27, 2011

Obama mingles with Hollywood elite on fundraising trip

The American leader headed to the state as part of his three-day trip to garner donations, and Hollywood's biggest stars busied themselves on ...

Thu, October 27, 2011

Preview: President Obama Discusses Gaddafi's Death on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'

Tonight, President Barack Obama taped an interview for The Tonight Show in which he talks to Jay Leno about everything from the Republican Party ...

Wed, October 26, 2011

Obama mingles with Hollywood elite on fundraising trip

The American leader headed to the state as part of his three-day trip to garner donations, and Hollywood's biggest stars busied themselves on ...

Wed, October 26, 2011

Josh Gad, 'Modern Family' Director and Obama Speechwriter Plan NBC Sitcom

What do you get when you cross a White House speechwriter, a comedic star of film, stage, and television, and the director of a ...

Mon, October 24, 2011

President Obama to Appear on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' Next Week

I really would have pegged President Barack Obama for a Team Coco guy, but his upcoming fourth appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay ...

Sun, October 23, 2011

President Obama to Appear on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' Next Week

I really would have pegged President Barack Obama for a Team Coco guy, but his upcoming fourth appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay ...

Sat, October 22, 2011

President Obama to Appear on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' Next Week

I really would have pegged President Barack Obama for a Team Coco guy, but his upcoming fourth appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay ...

Fri, October 21, 2011

President Obama: U.S. to pull troops out of Iraq by year's end

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday said the United States will fulfill its promise by pulling troops out of Iraq by year-end.

"As ...

Fri, October 21, 2011

President Obama to Appear on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' Next Week

I really would have pegged President Barack Obama for a Team Coco guy, but his upcoming fourth appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay ...

Fri, October 21, 2011

Republicans block popular piece of Obama jobs bill

(Reuters) - Senate Republicans blocked a popular piece of President Barack Obama's stimulus plan -- one to raise taxes on millionaires to create or protect ...

Wed, October 19, 2011

Spencer streaked when Obama was elected as U.S. President

The star was so convinced her fellow Americans would not vote a black man into the White House in 2008 that she vowed to ...

Tue, October 18, 2011

Spencer streaked when Obama was elected as U.S. President

The star was so convinced her fellow Americans would not vote a black man into the White House in 2008 that she vowed to ...

Mon, October 17, 2011

Griffith and Banderas to host Obama's ball

The Hollywood couple has agreed to provide the venue for a national Latino gala on 24 October (11), which will be co-hosted by Eva ...

Sun, October 16, 2011

Griffith and Banderas to host Obama's ball

The Hollywood couple has agreed to provide the venue for a national Latino gala on 24 October (11), which will be co-hosted by Eva ...

Sat, October 15, 2011

Griffith and Banderas to host Obama's ball

The Hollywood couple has agreed to provide the venue for a national Latino gala on 24 October (11), which will be co-hosted by Eva ...

Fri, October 14, 2011

Griffith and Banderas to host Obama's ball

The Hollywood couple has agreed to provide the venue for a national Latino gala on 24 October (11), which will be co-hosted by Eva ...

Thu, October 13, 2011

House Democrats vow further push on China bill

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers vowed on Friday to keep pressing for a vote on a bill to punish China over its ...

Thu, October 13, 2011

Obama demands "accountability" by Iran over plot

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday "individuals in the Iranian government" were aware of the alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador ...

Thu, October 13, 2011

Obama: North Korea's choice is disarmament or isolation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday North Korea poses a threat to U.S. and South Korean security and it faces a ...

Thu, October 13, 2011

Bold action on jobs needed now: Obama aide Sperling

By Steven C. Johnson

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The case for bold action to put Americans back to work is overwhelming, a top White House ...

Thu, October 13, 2011

Obama, Democrats haul $70 million in quarter

By Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee raised more than $70 million from July to September for his ...

Thu, October 13, 2011

Obama, Lee hail trade deal, pressure North Korea

By Matt Spetalnick and Malathi Nayak

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday hailed a long-sought trade deal ...

Wed, October 12, 2011

Not subtly, Obama campaign prepares for Romney race

By Jeff Mason and Eric Johnson

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Eight candidates took part in Tuesday's Republican presidential debate, but President Barack Obama's ...

Tue, October 11, 2011

Analysis: Boehner stands firm against China currency bill

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A controversial U.S. bill aimed at forcing China to raise the value of the yuan has cleared the ...

Tue, October 11, 2011

Feds Tour Hamtramck Assembly

DETROIT (WKZO) -- Obama administration officials were in Detroit Tuesday to tour the General Motors Hamtramck Assembly Plant's production line for the electric-powered Chevy ...

Tue, October 11, 2011

Obama backed probe of alleged Iran plot: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday hailed the disruption of an alleged Iranian bomb plot as a major achievement for U.S. intelligence ...

Tue, October 11, 2011

Obama says Iran to face toughest possible sanctions

By Susan Cornwell and Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned Iran on Thursday it would face the toughest possible sanctions for an ...

Tue, October 11, 2011

Senior Republican presses Obama on China yuan bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama must clarify his position on a bill before Congress aimed at forcing China to revalue the yuan, a top ...

Tue, October 11, 2011

Senate Republican jobs bill urges tax reform and cuts

By Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans, having rejected President Barack Obama's jobs bill, offered a sweeping and largely repackaged plan of their ...

Mon, October 10, 2011

Senate to push Obama jobs bill piece by piece: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Wednesday the Senate would hold votes on separate parts of President Barack Obama's jobs bill after ...

Mon, October 10, 2011

Book details American letters to Obama White House

By Mark Egan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Every evening President Barack Obama is handed what he calls his "homework packet," a thin folder of 10 ...

Sat, October 08, 2011

Obama ups pressure ahead of Senate jobs bill vote

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama maintained his attack against congressional Republicans over his jobs bill on Saturday, upping pressure before it ...

Fri, October 07, 2011

Emails raise fresh questions on Obama energy loan

By Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Obama administration appointee at the Energy Department pressed White House analysts to sign off on a $535 million ...

Fri, October 07, 2011

South Korea's Lee in U.S. to talk trade, North Korea strategy

By Paul Eckert

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is in Washington this week for a visit aimed at consummating a hard-fought free ...

Fri, October 07, 2011

Obama hails Tunisia as "inspiration" of Arab Spring

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama heralded Tunisia's progress toward democracy after a White House meeting with Prime Minister Beji Caid ...

Fri, October 07, 2011

Jobs gain not enough, need Obama jobs plan: aide

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top White House aide said on Friday better-than-expected payrolls growth last month does not remove the need for the president's ...

Fri, October 07, 2011

Pakistan says Obama pressure on militants hurts Afghanistan

By Augustine Anthony

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's warning to Islamabad over suspected ties to militants will only fuel anti-Americanism and make it ...

Thu, October 06, 2011

Obama intervenes in freight rail dispute

By John Crawley and Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama intervened on Thursday in stalled contract negotiations at the largest freight railroads, heading ...

Thu, October 06, 2011

Pragmatism rules new Obama team's Pakistan policy

By Missy Ryan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a very public falling out between Pakistan and the Pentagon, the U.S. military's new leaders are ...

Thu, October 06, 2011

Carter looks to Obama to honor Peace Prize promises

By Alastair Macdonald

OSLO (Reuters) - Barack Obama needs to make good on the promises that won him the Nobel Peace Prize, fellow laureate and ...

Thu, October 06, 2011

Walmart Moms: Not giving up on Obama yet

By John Whitesides

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Their views on the economy are relentlessly bleak, but America's so-called Walmart Moms -- the much-coveted working-class female voters ...

Thu, October 06, 2011

Carter looks to Obama to honor Peace Prize promises

By Alastair Macdonald

OSLO (Reuters) - Barack Obama needs to make good on the promises that won him the Nobel Peace Prize, fellow laureate and ...

Thu, October 06, 2011

Pakistan must be mindful of U.S. interests: Obama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States would not be comfortable in a long-term strategic relationship with Pakistan if it ...

Thu, October 06, 2011

China games trading system with yuan policy: Obama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday China has been hurting the United States by manipulating its currency to help its exports, but ...

Thu, October 06, 2011

Obama chides banks, taps anger over Wall Street

By Jeff Mason and Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama launched an onslaught against banks and Republicans on Thursday for working to block ...

Thu, October 06, 2011

Obama hits China on trade; cautious on currency bill

By Doug Palmer and Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama accused China on Thursday of "gaming" international trade by keeping its currency weak ...

Thu, October 06, 2011

Obama backs attorney general amid gun scandal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he fully supported Attorney General Eric Holder, who has come under scrutiny after a botched operation ...

Thu, October 06, 2011

Boehner: Obama has given up on country to campaign

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Thursday said President Barack Obama has "given up on the country" to focus on his ...

Thu, October 06, 2011

Obama says jobs bill will give "jolt" to economy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday said his legislation intended to create jobs would provide the jolt the economy needs right now and ...

Thu, October 06, 2011

Slovakia's interim government talks set for Monday

By Martin Santa

BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic said on Friday he would dismiss Prime Minister Iveta Radicova's fallen government and start ...

Thu, October 06, 2011

Obama to hold news conference on Thursday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT on Thursday, the White House said.

Obama will take ...

Wed, October 05, 2011

Obama says Jobs visionary, great American innovator

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday remembered Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs as a visionary and great American innovator.

Jobs died on Wednesday ...

Wed, October 05, 2011

Tax on rich will pay for Obama jobs plan: Democrats

By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats want to hit millionaires with a 5 percent surcharge on their taxes to pay ...

Wed, October 05, 2011

Tax on rich will pay for Obama jobs plan: Democrats

By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats want to hit millionaires with a 5 percent surcharge on their taxes to pay ...

Wed, October 05, 2011

Tax on rich will pay for Obama jobs plan: Democrats

By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. millionaires would be hit with a new 5 percent surtax to pay for President ...

Wed, October 05, 2011

Tax on rich will pay for Obama jobs plan: Democrats

By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats want to hit millionaires with a 5 percent surcharge on their taxes to pay ...

Wed, October 05, 2011

Hank Williams Jr. apologizes for Obama-Hitler comment

By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country music singer Hank Williams Jr. canceled a Fox News Channel interview on Tuesday and said he was ...

Tue, October 04, 2011

Some big-money donors double down on Romney, Obama

BOSTON (Reuters) - Many wealthy donors who gave the maximum allowable amount to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign have doubled down with big donations to ...

Tue, October 04, 2011

Democrat narrowly wins West Virginia governor's race

By Patricia Zengerle

CHARLESTON, West Virginia (Reuters) - Democrat Earl Ray Tomblin held on for a slim victory in the West Virginia governor's race ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

ESPN pulls Hank Jr. theme from football show

BOSTON (Reuters) - ESPN pulled Hank Williams Jr.'s theme song from its "Monday Night Football" broadcast in a rebuke to the country music star ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Obama to send trade deals to Congress Monday: Senator Hatch

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will send three long-delayed trade deals to Congress later on Monday afternoon, a top Republican senator said.

Senator Orrin ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Obama bets on 50-state strategy to eke out '12 win

By Jeff Mason

CHICAGO (Reuters) - While Republican presidential candidates target early-voting states, President Barack Obama's team is laying the groundwork for a 50-state ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Obama: Very difficult for al Qaeda to attack U.S.

By John O'Callaghan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday it would be "very difficult" for al Qaeda to launch another ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Senate will consider Obama jobs plan this month

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said on Monday that his chamber will consider this month President Barack Obama's embattled ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Obama challenges Congress to vote on jobs bill

By Laura MacInnis

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama challenged Republican leaders on Tuesday to put his entire $447 billion jobs plan to a ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Obama says expects jobs bill vote by end of October

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday he expects the Congress to vote on his $447 billion jobs package by the end of ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Obama and Republicans cooperate to move trade pacts

By Doug Palmer and Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Years of political deadlock over U.S. free trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama ...

Sun, October 02, 2011

Cain scolds Obama, calls Perry "very insensitive"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain scolded President Barack Obama on Sunday for making "insulting" remarks to the Congressional Black Caucus and called ...

Sun, October 02, 2011

-Obama's healthcare law tops new high court term

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare overhaul will top the agenda in the new U.S. Supreme Court term ...

Sat, October 01, 2011

Obama criticizes Republican rivals in speech to gays

By Malathi Nayak

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama criticized Republican presidential candidates on Saturday for not defending a gay American soldier who was booed ...

Sat, October 01, 2011

Obama presses Republicans for jobs bill support

By John O'Callaghan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged Republican lawmakers on Saturday to spell out exactly what they can and cannot support ...

Fri, September 30, 2011

Perry says he is Republicans' best contrast to Obama

By Ros Krasny

DERRY, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry, reeling from recent debate missteps, told voters in New Hampshire on Friday he ...

Fri, September 30, 2011

Obama administration appeals Alabama immigration law

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday asked a federal appeals court to block Alabama's strict new anti-illegal immigration law after a federal ...

Fri, September 30, 2011

Democrats seek new ways to fund Obama jobs bill

By Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats in the Senate are exploring fresh ways to pay for his stalled $447 ...

Fri, September 30, 2011

Obama urges Pakistan to tackle Haqqani problem

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday Pakistan's relationship to the militant Haqqani network is unclear, but he urged Islamabad ...

Fri, September 30, 2011

Drone strike ends long hunt for U.S.-born Awlaki

By Mark Hosenball and Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen on Friday by a U.S. drone strike is ...

Fri, September 30, 2011

Obama vows "no safe haven" for al Qaeda

By Matt Spetalnick and Mark Hosenball

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hailed the U.S. killing of American-born militant Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen on ...

Fri, September 30, 2011

Senator says currency bill should reach Obama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Democratic senator on Friday said he was confident the Senate would "overwhelmingly" pass a bill next week to crack down ...

Thu, September 29, 2011

Obama, Uzbek leader discuss Afghan supply route

By Matt Spetalnick and Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov discussed expanding U.S. use of the ...

Thu, September 29, 2011

Election is verdict on Obama economic record: Biden

By John O'Callaghan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. election in November 2012 will be a "referendum" on the Obama administration's handling of ...

Thu, September 29, 2011

Obama's uncle returns to court in drunk driving case

CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - An uncle of President Barack Obama returned to a Massachusetts court on Thursday for a hearing in his drunk driving case ...

Thu, September 29, 2011

Obama, Uzbek leader discuss Afghan supply route

By Matt Spetalnick and Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov discussed expanding U.S. use of the ...

Thu, September 29, 2011

Tiny airport blames Obama motorcade for ruined runway

By Zach Howard

CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - A tiny Massachusetts airport is suing the U.S. Secret Service saying an unauthorized motorcade for President Barack ...

Wed, September 28, 2011

Cuba must reform before U.S. eases stance: Obama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is ready to change its stern policy toward Cuba but has not seen steps from Havana that would justify ...

Wed, September 28, 2011

Obama pick for deputy Commerce job to withdraw

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's choice for the number two job at the Commerce Department has decided to withdraw his nomination because of ...

Wed, September 28, 2011

Obama urges students to keep learning to help U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged students on Wednesday to pursue learning after high school to brighten the United States' future and restore its ...

Wed, September 28, 2011

Cuba must reform before U.S. eases stance: Obama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is ready to change its stern policy toward Cuba but has not seen steps from Havana that would justify ...

Wed, September 28, 2011

Obama pick for deputy Commerce job to withdraw

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's choice for the number two job at the Commerce Department has decided to withdraw his nomination because of ...

Wed, September 28, 2011

Obama says Europe has not fixed financial system

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - European nations have not done enough to fix weaknesses in their financial sector, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday, keeping pressure on ...

Wed, September 28, 2011

White House says reviewing China bill, shares goal

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday said it was "reviewing" a Senate bill to crack down on China's currency ...

Wed, September 28, 2011

Obama's healthcare law appealed to Supreme Court

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to back the centerpiece of Barack Obama's ...

Wed, September 28, 2011

Obama popularity in Israel surges after U.N. speech: poll

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's popularity has risen sharply in Israel after he spoke out forcibly against a Palestinian statehood bid at the ...

Tue, September 27, 2011

Immigration stand hurts Perry now; asset vs Obama

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans fighting for the presidential nomination are slamming frontrunner Rick Perry over illegal immigration, but his moderate stance could ...

Tue, September 27, 2011

Obama adviser warns of uphill re-election battle

By Ros Krasny

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - President Barack Obama faces a "titanic" struggle to win re-election in 2012 given the persistently high unemployment ...

Tue, September 27, 2011

Obama healthcare law headed for Supreme Court

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday cleared the way for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide in its 2011-12 ...

Mon, September 26, 2011

Obama healthcare law headed for Supreme Court

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday cleared the way for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide in its 2011-12 ...

Mon, September 26, 2011

Euro zone crisis is "scaring the world": Obama

By Alister Bull

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday the debt crisis in Europe was "scaring the world" and that ...

Mon, September 26, 2011

Moody's: Obama budget a plus but adoption unlikely

By Walter Brandimarte

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's deficit reduction plan would be positive for the United States's credit ratings but chances ...

Sat, September 24, 2011

Obama West Coast swing shows fundraising strength

By Alister Bull

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - President Barack Obama topped up his re-election war chest with a string of successful West Coast fundraisers that ...

Sat, September 24, 2011

Euro zone struggles to stem crisis; Obama urges action

By Emily Flitter and Luke Baker

NEW YORK/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro-zone officials are working to magnify the firepower of the region's rescue fund ...

Sat, September 24, 2011

Obama links education reform to economic recovery

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Young people in the United States are falling behind their overseas peers in reading, math and science, President Barack Obama said on ...

Fri, September 23, 2011

Obama Los Angeles campaign office attacked

By Mary Slosson

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's Los Angeles campaign office was attacked on Thursday night by someone smashing a window ...

Fri, September 23, 2011

Obama to loosen education law, cites flaws

By Lisa Lambert

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday announced steps to roll back key provisions of "No Child Left Behind," calling the ...

Fri, September 23, 2011

Books: Obama, a campaigner, learning to lead

By Bernard Vaughan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - "The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job-training," Vice-President Joe Biden famously quipped of his future ...

Thu, September 22, 2011

Boehner urges Obama send trade deals before TAA vote

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner urged on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to quickly submit three long-delayed trade deals so the ...

Thu, September 22, 2011

Obama's "Buffett tax" roils Congress tax debate

By Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Senator Charles Schumer urged quick action to raise taxes on the rich -- people like billionaire Warren Buffett -- he ...

Thu, September 22, 2011

Obama uses aging bridge in push for jobs plan

By Alister Bull

CINCINNATI (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought on Thursday to ratchet up pressure for congressional approval of his $447 billion jobs plan ...

Thu, September 22, 2011

Republicans vying to take on Obama in 2012

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopefuls gathered in Florida on Thursday for a debate that is likely to see front-runners Rick Perry and Mitt Romney ...

Thu, September 22, 2011

Leading Obama critic endorses Romney for 2012

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Representative Darrell Issa, a leading Obama administration critic, endorsed Mitt Romney for president on Thursday, bolstering the conservative credentials of the former ...

Thu, September 22, 2011

Rundown bridge becomes emblem for Obama's jobs push

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A dilapidated bridge over the Ohio River becomes the latest prop in President Barack Obama's push for jobs ...

Wed, September 21, 2011

Obama says American jobs can help the world

By Michelle Nichols

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama sought support for his job creation plan at a philanthropic summit on Wednesday ...

Wed, September 21, 2011

Obama says U.S., Japan must promote economic growth

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that Japan and the United States need to continue to promote economic growth.

Obama made ...

Wed, September 21, 2011

Warren Buffett to headline Obama campaign event

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett will help raise money for President Barack Obama's re-election effort at a $35,800-a-ticket fundraiser next month ...

Wed, September 21, 2011

Obama seeks to ease doubts on global leadership

By Matt Spetalnick and Laura MacInnis

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought to ease doubts about his leadership on the world stage on ...

Wed, September 21, 2011

Two U.S. hikers convicted as spies leave Iran on bail

By Parisa Hafezi

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Two U.S. citizens sentenced in Iran to eight years' jail for spying flew out of the country on ...

Tue, September 20, 2011

President Obama Endorses Postal Service Consolidation Plan

WASHINGTON (WKZO) -- President Obama has endorsed the U.S. Postal Service's plans to eliminate Saturday delivery to cut its own departmental deficit.  He ...

Tue, September 20, 2011

Senate rejects trade promotion authority for Obama

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats banded together on Tuesday to reject a Republican amendment that would give President Barack Obama ...

Tue, September 20, 2011

Analysis: Obama deficit plan unlikely to impress ratings firms

By Jason Lange

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's plan to tame U.S. budget deficits probably relies too much on ending wars and ...

Tue, September 20, 2011

Poll woes don't slow Obama's campaign money train

By Eric Johnson and Patricia Zengerle

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is raising millions of dollars for his re-election campaign, keeping the support ...

Tue, September 20, 2011

Obama, Karzai say undeterred by killing of Rabbani

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday condemned the killing of the head of Afghanistan's High Peace Council, former President ...

Tue, September 20, 2011

Obama hails end of U.S. military restrictions on gays

By Will Dunham

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday hailed the end of the policy banning gays from serving openly in the armed ...

Tue, September 20, 2011

Obama urges Gaddafi forces to give up, vows Libya aid

By Matt Spetalnick and Laura MacInnis

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on Tuesday for the last of Muammar Gaddafi's loyalist forces ...

Tue, September 20, 2011

Senator McConnell urges new trade authority for Obama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he would offer an amendment to give President Barack Obama a grant of "trade ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Analysis: Obama deportations raise immigration policy questions

By Molly O'Toole

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama says he backs immigration reform, announcing last month an initiative to ease deportation policies, but ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Hospitals, drugmakers lash out at Obama deficit plan

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. hospital and drug industries lashed out at provisions of President Barack Obama's deficit reduction plan ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Obama seeks to suspend unemployment interest again

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama once again suggested suspending the interest charged on loans to U.S. states for covering jobless benefits as part ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Obama's Postal Service plan would cut Saturday mail

By Emily Stephenson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's plan to rescue the U.S. Postal Service would allow the agency to end Saturday ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Taiwan portrays Obama as yielding to China

By Jim Wolf

RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - Taiwan portrayed the Obama administration on Monday as yielding to China at Taipei's peril, renewing a push ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Geithner: Obama corporate tax plan before year-end

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Monday said the Obama administration's plan to revamp the corporate tax code would be ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

House Speaker Boehner rejects Obama deficit plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Monday rejected President Barack Obama's $3 trillion plan to cut U.S. deficits, saying ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Taiwan criticizes Obama team over new F-16 holdup

RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - Taiwan accused the Obama administration on Monday of yielding to pressure from China over arms sales to the self-ruled island, renewing ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Top Senate Republican slams Obama deficit plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's call for $3 trillion in new government savings, through a mix of tax increases and spending cuts, was ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Obama vows to veto Medicare cuts without tax reform

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday that he would veto any bill that cuts Medicare benefits without requiring companies and wealthy Americans ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Obama adviser urges new loan servicing standards

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - The "robo-signing" of foreclosure documents in the past year underscores the need for a streamlined effort by policymakers, regulators and ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Analysis: Obama, GOP shift tax, budget fight into 2012

By Kevin Drawbaugh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress are digging in to fight the 2012 election campaign over the budget ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

At U.N., Obama faces problems on larger stage

By Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, grappling with a poor economy and slumping approval ratings, faces problems on a larger stage this ...

Sun, September 18, 2011

Abbas stakes Palestinian claim to state at U.N.

By Alistair Lyon and Arshad Mohammed

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked the United Nations on Friday to recognize a state for ...

Sat, September 17, 2011

Obama offers $3.6 trillion deficit plan, would up taxes

By Alister Bull and Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama laid out a $3.6 trillion plan on Monday to cut budget deficits ...

Sat, September 17, 2011

Obama: Americans must pay fair share to cut deficit

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday that Americans need to be ready to "pay their fair share" to narrow the deficit, previewing ...

Fri, September 16, 2011

Perry accuses Obama of "dangerous" Mideast policy

By Edith Honan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rick Perry accused President Barack Obama on Tuesday of not standing behind Israel as the Texas governor sought ...

Fri, September 16, 2011

Obama U.N. agenda aims to lower Mideast tensions

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facing a U.N. showdown over Palestinian statehood, President Barack Obama plans talks with feuding Israeli and Turkish leaders ...

Fri, September 16, 2011

House Republicans back some of Obama jobs plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sounding cooperative but drawing a firm line on tax increases, House Republican leaders said on Friday they see some areas of possible ...

Fri, September 16, 2011

Obama signs patent bill, sees boost for innovators

By Diane Bartz

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed into law a patent overhaul bill on Friday that backers say will curb frivolous lawsuits and ...

Fri, September 16, 2011

Obama to discuss Israel with Turkey's Erdogan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will meet Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan at the U.N. General Assembly in New York next ...

Fri, September 16, 2011

Perry says Romney not stark enough contrast to Obama

By Kay Henderson

DES MOINES (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Rick Perry said Republican rival Mitt Romney would not provide a stark enough contrast with President ...

Thu, September 15, 2011

Obama makes job, tax case to big donors

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made the case for his re-election and his jobs plan at two big-ticket fundraisers on Thursday ...

Thu, September 15, 2011

South Carolina man sentenced to prison for threatening Obama

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A South Carolina man was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday for threatening to kill President Barack Obama, former President ...

Thu, September 15, 2011

Democrat blames NY loss on sagging Obama popularity

By Edith Honan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York Democrat candidate blamed President Barack Obama on Thursday for his loss in a special election ...

Thu, September 15, 2011

Fifteen lawmakers ask Obama to OK AT&T merger

(Reuters) - Fifteen Democratic lawmakers asked the Obama administration on Thursday to approve AT&T Inc's proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA.

Representative Heath Shuler and 14 other Democrats sent a letter to President Barack Obama arguing that the deal, which would merge two of the four large national cellphone carriers, would reduce joblessness and encourage investment.

"We urge the administration to resolve expeditiously your concerns and approve the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile USA," they said in the letter dated Thursday.

The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit aimed at stopping the deal, saying the acquisition of T-Mobile USA by AT&T would lead to higher wireless prices.

The proposed deal would vault AT&T over Verizon Wireless, a venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group Plc, into the No. 1 spot. T-Mobile USA is now owned by Deutsche Telekom AG.

Sprint is the third largest carrier.

The letter said the proposed deal should be approved since AT&T has pledged to bring back 5,000 jobs that it had moved overseas. The letter also pointed to a study showing that the deal could create 55,000 to 96,000 jobs during the process of integrating the two companies and doing needed upgrades.

The letter also noted AT&T's pledge to extend high-speed Internet wireless coverage to 97 percent of all Americans.

The letter was signed by 15 Democrats: Representatives Heath Shuler, John Barrow, Mike Ross, Dan Boren, Dennis Cardoza, Joe Baca, Leonard Boswell, Ben Chandler. Jim Costa, Henry Cuellar, Mike McIntyre, Mike Michaud, Collin Peterson, Loretta Sanchez and David Scott.

(Reporting by Diane Bartz in Washington; Editing by Phil Berlowitz)

Thu, September 15, 2011

Analysis: Palestinian U.N. bid puts Obama on defensive

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When President Barack Obama brokered the relaunch of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks last September and set a one-year goal for ...

Thu, September 15, 2011

Obama plan poor substitute for growth: Boehner

By Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in Congress on Thursday dismissed President Barack Obama's jobs-creation package as a "poor substitute" for ...

Thu, September 15, 2011

Boehner wants tax reform on super committee menu

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican on Thursday will call on a special congressional committee to consider tax reform that would close loopholes but not ...

Thu, September 15, 2011

Obama backs away from Social Security in deficits plan

By Laura MacInnis and Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, yielding to pressure from his political base, has backed off a proposal to ...

Wed, September 14, 2011

Obama to name Russia adviser as Moscow envoy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will nominate Michael McFaul, his top adviser on Russia policy, to be the next U.S. ambassador to Moscow ...

Wed, September 14, 2011

Electoral college switch could hurt Obama in 2012

By Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in Pennsylvania are mounting a bid to end the political battleground state's winner-take-all system for electoral votes ...

Wed, September 14, 2011

Obama hardens tone in push for his jobs bill

By Steve Holland

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sharpened his rhetoric on Wednesday in a push for his $447 billion jobs package ...

Wed, September 14, 2011

More Americans believe world is warming: Reuters/Ipsos

By Timothy Gardner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More Americans than last year believe the world is warming and the change is likely influenced by the Republican ...

Wed, September 14, 2011

Obama to speed payment to small businesses

By Steve Holland

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama, whose poll ratings have been hammered by mounting anxiety over the economy ...

Wed, September 14, 2011

Obama's approval rating falls in California: poll

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Concern about the economy has pushed President Barack Obama's approval rating below 50 percent in California, a state assumed to ...

Tue, September 13, 2011

Obama plan on tax-exemption limit faces uphill battle

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A provision in President Barack Obama's jobs act that would reduce the attractiveness of tax-exempt bonds for higher-income investors is unlikely ...

Tue, September 13, 2011

Republicans step up criticism of Obama's jobs plan

By Laura MacInnis and Thomas Ferraro

COLUMBUS, Ohio/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned Republican lawmakers on Wednesday against delaying action on his jobs ...

Tue, September 13, 2011

Obama faces skepticism from swing voters: poll

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama faces deep skepticism from swing voters who see the Republican party as more in tune with their concerns about ...

Tue, September 13, 2011

Euro zone leaders must act on crisis: Obama

MADRID (Reuters) - The euro zone's leaders need to show markets they are taking responsibility for its debt crisis and work out how to ...

Mon, September 12, 2011

Will Obama jobs bill force new debt ceiling fight?

By Richard Cowan and Rachelle Younglai

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's goal of winning a big enough increase in the U.S. debt ...

Mon, September 12, 2011

Mitt Romney lashes at Obama labor policies in Boeing visit

By Harriet McLeod

NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney praised Boeing's new airplane assembly plant in South Carolina on ...

Mon, September 12, 2011

New York district race portends trouble for Obama

By Edith Honan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democrats are bracing for an upset in a special election on Tuesday, in what some say could be ...

Mon, September 12, 2011

Obama to visit Australia, Indonesia in November

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will visit Australia and the Indonesian island of Bali in mid-November, the White House said on Monday.

It will ...

Mon, September 12, 2011

House Republicans blast Obama tax increase plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's proposal to pay for his job-creation plan with tax increases on the wealthy is not in keeping with ...

Mon, September 12, 2011

Obama seeks $467 billion in tax changes to fund jobs plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is proposing cutting $467 billion in tax breaks for wealthier Americans and some companies to offset the cost of ...

Mon, September 12, 2011

Business leaders tell Congress to "go big" on deficit cuts

By Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Business leaders and former U.S. government officials on Monday urged a congressional committee tasked with slashing America's ...

Mon, September 12, 2011

Obama sends jobs plan to Congress, eyes tax hikes

By Steve Holland and Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sent his jobs bill to Congress on Monday and proposed paying for it ...

Mon, September 12, 2011

EU officials seek to dispel fears of credit crunch

By Eva Kuehnen and Leigh Thomas

WROCLAW, Poland (Reuters) - EU officials sought to dispel fears about a bank lending freeze on Saturday, despite a ...

Sun, September 11, 2011

Obama: Republicans Perry, Romney "credible" candidates

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama says he considers Texas Governor Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, the two top Republican presidential hopefuls ...

Sat, September 10, 2011

Israel lauds Obama's role in Cairo crisis

By Dan Williams

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel thanked President Barack Obama Saturday for his "fateful" role in helping evacuate its besieged Cairo embassy, saying all ...

Sat, September 10, 2011

Obama urges heightened vigilance on 9/11 anniversary

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has told his security team to pursue all threat information vigorously and ensure heightened vigilance for Sunday's 10-year ...

Sat, September 10, 2011

Fresh crews, light winds help fight Texas wildfires

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - More than a thousand firefighters, aided by lighter winds, on Saturday began to beat back raging wildfires that ...

Sat, September 10, 2011

Obama, Bush see raw emotions at 9/11 events

By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama picked up where his predecessor George W. Bush left off in the war ...

Sat, September 10, 2011

Analysis: Obama's risky calculus on Iraq troop levels

By Phil Stewart

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When it comes to the tricky political calculus of deciding how many U.S. troops to keep in Iraq ...

Fri, September 09, 2011

Obama asks Congress for $5.1 billion in disaster aid

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama asked Congress on Friday for $5.1 billion in supplemental disaster relief as damage from Hurricane Irene and other ...

Fri, September 09, 2011

Obama jobs plan badly needed, but tardy: Motown

By John D. Stoll and Bernie Woodall

DETROIT (Reuters) - Residents of Detroit, one of the most economically depressed cities in America, reacted to President ...

Fri, September 09, 2011

Obama jobs plan could complicate deficit panel work

By Richard Cowan and Donna Smith

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new deficit-reduction "super committee" in the U.S. Congress, already split over tax and spending ...

Fri, September 09, 2011

How to play it: Potential winners on Obama's Jobs Act plan

* THE ISSUE: President Barack Obama called on Congress late Thursday to pass a $447 billion package of spending initiatives and tax cuts to boost ...

Fri, September 09, 2011

Redford calls on Obama to 'stand up' for the environment

The Sting star is a vocal campaigner for green issues and was a prominent supporter of Obama during his 2008 election campaign.

But he ...

Thu, September 08, 2011

Analysis: Payroll tax cuts seen doable, but boost modest

By David Lawder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The one component of President Barack Obama's jobs plan most likely to win approval in Congress -- payroll tax ...

Thu, September 08, 2011

Obama plan merits consideration: Boehner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Boehner, the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, said on Thursday President Barack Obama's jobs proposals "merit consideration" and ...

Thu, September 08, 2011

WATCH LIVE: President Obama Presents the American Jobs Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO) President Barack Obama is presenting the American Jobs Act LIVE from Washington, D.C.

Click here for the live video ...

Thu, September 08, 2011

Factbox: Key elements of Obama's $447 billion jobs plan

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama proposed a $447 billion package of tax cuts and spending measures on Thursday aimed at spurring growth and hiring.

Here ...

Thu, September 08, 2011

Obama to release "more ambitious" deficit plan September 19

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he would propose a deficit-reduction plan on September 19 that will cover the cost of his ...

Thu, September 08, 2011

Obama seeks to broaden mortgage refinancings

By Margaret Chadbourn

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he is seeking to broaden U.S. homeowners' access to mortgage refinancing in ...

Thu, September 08, 2011

Instant view: Obama proposes $447 billion plan to boost economy

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama proposed a $447 billion jobs package on Thursday to help boost the U.S. economy, challenging Congress to ...

Thu, September 08, 2011

Obama says U.S. faces crisis, pushes jobs plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States faces a "national crisis" with an economy that has stalled and urged Congress ...

Thu, September 08, 2011

Senator asks Obama to curb Chinese solar panels

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic senator on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to use U.S. trade laws to restrict surging imports ...

Thu, September 08, 2011

Analysis: Time running out for a Reagan-style recovery

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has scant time left to build the muscular economic recovery that won Ronald Reagan his re-election ...

Thu, September 08, 2011

Analysis: Markets have hope but Obama speech may change little

By Steven C. Johnson

NEW YORK (Reuters) - After learning the economy added no new jobs in August, investors say they are ready for bold ...

Thu, September 08, 2011

Redford calls on Obama to 'stand up' for the environment

The Sting star is a vocal campaigner for green issues and was a prominent supporter of Obama during his 2008 election campaign.

But he ...

Wed, September 07, 2011

Analysis: Markets have hope but Obama speech may change little

By Steven C. Johnson

NEW YORK (Reuters) - After learning the U.S. economy added no new jobs in August, investors say they are ready ...

Wed, September 07, 2011

Analysts' view: What Obama should propose on job creation

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday is expected to offer a plan to jump-start flagging U.S. job growth that relies on a package ...

Wed, September 07, 2011

Analysis: Obama pitch on roads an uphill prospect

By John Crawley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's call to boost transportation spending will be a hard sell to a divided Congress, which ...

Wed, September 07, 2011

Obama jobs package won't bust debt ceiling: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A package of job-creation and economic growth proposals that President Barack Obama will put before Congress will be paid for and will ...

Wed, September 07, 2011

Obama jobs speech venue part of election strategy

By Tim Reid and Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's use of a rare joint session of Congress to deliver a jobs ...

Wed, September 07, 2011

Obama, aides discussed security for September 11

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama met top advisers on Tuesday to ensure all security measures are taken to guard against any al Qaeda plot ...

Wed, September 07, 2011

Republicans ask Obama to send Congress trade pacts

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly a dozen Republican senators on Wednesday urged President Barack Obama to quickly send Congress three long-delayed trade deals ...

Wed, September 07, 2011

Palestinians deploy Obama speech in U.N. campaign

By Tom Perry

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is an unlikely participant in a Palestinian campaign to drum up support for a ...

Wed, September 07, 2011

Obama's "smart power" plan risks death of 1,000 cuts

By Susan Cornwell and Andrew Quinn

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's pledge to boost America's global standing by ramping up U.S ...

Tue, September 06, 2011

Obama to propose $300 billion jobs package: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will unveil a $300 billion package to create new jobs in an address to Congress on Thursday, CNN reported ...

Tue, September 06, 2011

Obama crafting fix as Postal Service faces default

By Emily Stephenson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is crafting a plan to overhaul the Postal Service and wants to delay a massive health ...

Tue, September 06, 2011

Obama faces crucial period for judicial nominations

By Carlyn Kolker

NEW YORK (Reuters) - With the Senate set to vote on just one judicial nominee as it returns to work on Tuesday ...

Tue, September 06, 2011

Obama jobs plan "failed approach": McConnell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two days before President Barack Obama unveils a new job-creation initiative, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday signaled it will face ...

Tue, September 06, 2011

Polls show Obama down ahead of economic speech

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's job approval ratings plunged to a new low ahead of his major economic speech on Thursday, with widespread ...

Mon, September 05, 2011

Wall Street, finishing flat, posts 4 weeks of gains

By Chuck Mikolajczak

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks closed out a fourth week of gains in quiet fashion on Friday, edging higher as the market ...

Mon, September 05, 2011

Obama previews jobs speech, challenges Republicans

By Caren Bohan

DETROIT (Reuters) - President Barack Obama previewed proposals on Monday for new infrastructure spending and an extension of payroll tax cuts as ...

Mon, September 05, 2011

Tackling housing woes priority for Obama: aide

DETROIT (Reuters) - Tackling the housing market's woes is a "high priority" for President Barack Obama, a White House official said on Monday, but ...

Sun, September 04, 2011

Obama vows federal help for Irene victims

By Matt Spetalnick

PATERSON, New Jersey (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday urged Republicans not to play politics with federal disaster aid as he ...

Sat, September 03, 2011

Obama ups pressure over transportation

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under fire over high unemployment, stepped up pressure on Congress on Saturday to pass transportation legislation ...

Fri, September 02, 2011

Obama tries to sell jobs plan, end gridlock

By Alister Bull

RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama began an uphill battle on Friday for support for a $447 billion jobs plan he ...

Fri, September 02, 2011

Fifty economists ask Obama to "step up" on trade

By Tom Miles and Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck

GENEVA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Fifty economists have written to ask U.S. President Barack Obama to "step up ...

Fri, September 02, 2011

Analysis: Obama's trade legacy in a crucible this fall

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a slow start that has frustrated U.S. business groups, the next four months could be important to ...

Fri, September 02, 2011

Obama backtracks on smog plan, bows to big business

By Christopher Doering

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama put a stop on Friday to new rules that would limit smog pollution, unexpectedly reversing course ...

Thu, September 01, 2011

Relax football fans: Obama speech won't trump NFL

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American football fans can rest easy: President Barack Obama's nationally televised jobs speech to Congress will not conflict ...

Thu, September 01, 2011

Wall Street cash shifts to Romney from Obama

By Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wall Street money is heavily favoring Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in the race to unseat President Barack Obama ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

Obama shifts date of jobs address to September 8

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will address a joint session of Congress on September 8 instead of September 7 to unveil proposals to create ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

Exclusive: Obama moves to sell Northrop drones to South Korea

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has begun consulting Congress on plans to sell remotely piloted Global Hawk surveillance planes to South Korea, which came ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

President Obama offers disaster aid to New Jersey

By Paul Thomasch

LITTLE FALLS, New Jersey (Reuters) - New Jersey residents struggled with flooded homes, blocked roads and power outages on Wednesday as rivers ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

President Obama offers disaster aid to New Jersey

By Paul Thomasch

LITTLE FALLS, New Jersey (Reuters) - New Jersey residents struggled with flooded homes, blocked roads and power outages on Wednesday as rivers ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

Boehner urges Obama to delay jobs speech

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top congressional Republican John Boehner on Wednesday urged President Barack Obama to delay a planned jobs speech to a joint session of ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

Labor group wants Obama to go big on jobs plan

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leader of the largest labor group called on President Barack Obama on Wednesday to offer an ambitious jobs ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

President Obama offers disaster aid to New Jersey

By Paul Thomasch

LITTLE FALLS, New Jersey (Reuters) - New Jersey residents struggled with flooded homes, blocked roads and power outages on Wednesday as rivers ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

White House sharply cuts growth forecast

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sharply cut estimates on Thursday for U.S. economic growth, underscoring the difficult challenge he faces ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

Obama moves jobs speech to September 8

By Jeff Mason and Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday agreed to unveil new jobs proposals in an address to Congress ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

Obama says Congress must pass transport bills

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, seeking to preserve jobs in a tough economy, urged Congress on Wednesday to not hold up temporary funding measures ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

President Obama to tour flooded New Jersey areas

By Paul Thomasch

LITTLE FALLS, New Jersey (Reuters) - New Jersey residents struggled with flooded homes, blocked roads and power outages on Wednesday as rivers ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

Nebraska governor asks Obama to nix Keystone pipeline

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nebraska's governor urged U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday to block TransCanada's planned Keystone oil pipeline from Alberta to ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

Obama signs disaster declaration for North Carolina counties

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday approved federal disaster assistance for seven North Carolina counties hit hard by Hurricane Irene.

The ...

Tue, August 30, 2011

Obama pushes transport bills, says jobs at stake

By John Crawley and Lisa Lambert

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged Congress Wednesday to quickly pass multibillion-dollar temporary funding bills for aviation and ...

Tue, August 30, 2011

Obama: could add 1 million new jobs

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday there were a range of policy options available that could create up to a million new ...

Tue, August 30, 2011

Obama: could add one million U.S. jobs -interview

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he will lay out proposals in a speech next week to lift growth and hiring that ...

Tue, August 30, 2011

Analysis: Obama urged to lay out bold approach on jobs

By Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic allies to President Barack Obama are rallying around a mantra that they say should guide his strategy on ...

Tue, August 30, 2011

Romney bashes Obama on military cuts, economy at VFW convention

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Mitt Romney bashed President Barack Obama's policies and took an implicit sideswipe at rival Rick Perry on ...

Tue, August 30, 2011

Obama shakes up gun agency over botched Mexico sting

By Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration announced on Tuesday a major shake-up of the U.S. agency that botched an attempt to ...

Mon, August 29, 2011

Most American Muslims are satisfied Obama backers

By Andrew Stern

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A majority of U.S. Muslims are content with the nation's direction in contrast to many Americans and ...

Mon, August 29, 2011

Relative of President Obama arrested in Massachusetts

BOSTON (Reuters) - A relative of President Barack Obama was arrested last week outside Boston on charges of drunk driving, a spokesman for his lawyer ...

Mon, August 29, 2011

Obama says will unveil jobs plan next week

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said Monday he would unveil proposals next week aimed at spurring job growth in part through infrastructure improvements.

Obama ...

Mon, August 29, 2011

Obama picks labor expert Krueger as top economist

By Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under pressure to spur job growth, said on Monday he had chosen Princeton labor economist Alan ...

Sun, August 28, 2011

Obama warns Hurricane Irene flooding could worsen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday warned that flooding from Hurricane Irene could worsen as rivers flood their banks and said federal recovery ...

Sat, August 27, 2011

Obama meets with advisers for update on Irene

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama held a video conference on Sunday with key officials involved in the response to Hurricane Irene as the storm ...

Sat, August 27, 2011

Obama and Merkel vow action on global economic woes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the eurozone crisis and financial-market turbulence on Saturday and vowed action ...

Sat, August 27, 2011

Obama speaks with top aides on Hurricane Irene

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama held a conference call on Saturday evening as Hurricane Irene pounded the U.S. East Coast and scoured north ...

Sat, August 27, 2011

Obama invokes Sept 11 attacks in call for service

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged Americans on Saturday to recall the spirit that united the country after the September 11 attacks and take ...

Fri, August 26, 2011

Analysis: Gaddafi's fall boosts Obama, but is Libya a model?

By Alister Bull

VINEYARD HAVEN, Massachusetts (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hopes the downfall of Muammar Gaddafi shows his brand of foreign policy worked in ...

Fri, August 26, 2011

Obama, IMF chief agree on need to boost growth

VINEYARD HAVEN, Massachusetts (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde both feel the world economy needs further steps to boost ...

Fri, August 26, 2011

Obama to end vacation early ahead of hurricane

By Alister Bull and Laura MacInnis

VINEYARD HAVEN, Massachusetts (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will cut short his vacation and head back to the White ...

Fri, August 26, 2011

Obama to end vacation early ahead of Hurricane Irene

VINEYARD HAVEN, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The White House said that President Barack Obama would depart from his vacation here Friday evening, one day earlier than ...

Fri, August 26, 2011

Obama says Hurricane Irene "extremely dangerous"

CHILMARK, Massachusetts (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday warned Americans to take Hurricane Irene seriously and urged them to obey orders to evacuate from ...

Thu, August 25, 2011

Buffett to host Obama election campaign fundraiser

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Billionaire investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett will boost President Barack Obama's re-election bid next month by appearing at a New York ...

Thu, August 25, 2011

Obama declares August 26 "Women's Equality Day"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama declared August 26 -- the 91st anniversary of the Constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote -- "Women's ...

Thu, August 25, 2011

Obama talks with top advisers ahead of jobs speech

EDGARTOWN, Massachusetts (Reuters) - President Barack Obama held a conference call on Thursday with top advisers to discuss the economy and progress on a plan ...

Wed, August 24, 2011

Opponents seek to halt Alabama immigration law

By Verna Gates

BIRMINGHAM, Ala (Reuters) - Lawyers for the Obama administration and other groups asked a federal judge on Wednesday to temporarily block Alabama ...

Wed, August 24, 2011

Obama talks to CEOs of GE, Amex about jobs proposal

VINEYARD HAVEN, Massachusetts (Reuters) - President Barack Obama had a conference call with the chief executives of General Electric and American Express to discuss a ...

Tue, August 23, 2011

Boehner asks Obama to disclose costly regulations

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a battle looming over U.S. regulations on businesses, the top Republican in Congress asked President Barack Obama on Friday to ...

Tue, August 23, 2011

Obama speaks to Sarkozy about Libya, economy

EDGARTOWN, Massachusetts (Reuters) - President Barack Obama spoke with his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, on Tuesday about the situation in Libya, the global economy and ...

Mon, August 22, 2011

Obama urges Gaddafi loyalists to lay down arms

By Laura MacInnis

CHILMARK, Massachusetts (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged Muammar Gaddafi on Monday to end the bloodshed in Libya as pockets of his ...

Mon, August 22, 2011

Obama urges Gaddafi loyalists lay down arms

CHILMARK, Massachusetts (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on Monday for Muammar Gaddafi to end the bloodshed in Libya as pockets of his loyalist forces ...

Sun, August 21, 2011

President Obama Calls for Gaddafi to Relinquish Power as Rebels Advance

(Reuters) - Rebel fighters streamed into Tripoli as Muammar Gaddafi's forces collapsed and crowds took to the streets to celebrate, tearing down posters of ...

Sun, August 21, 2011

Obama says Gaddafi rule collapsing, supports rebels

By Laura MacInnis and Alister Bull

OAK BLUFFS, Massachusetts (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday Muammar Gaddafi's rule was showing ...

Sun, August 21, 2011

White House: Vacationing Obama working on economy

By Alister Bull

VINEYARD HAVEN, Massachusetts (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has taken heat for taking a vacation when the U.S. economy is struggling ...

Sat, August 20, 2011

Obama summer reading list leans toward fiction

VINEYARD HAVEN, Massachusetts (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, perhaps seeking a break from harsh reality after a tough summer battling the economy and Republicans in ...

Fri, August 19, 2011

Obama starts low-key holiday with trip to bookstore

By Alister Bull and Laura MacInnis

VINEYARD HAVEN, Massachusetts (Reuters) - President Barack Obama took his daughters to a Martha's Vineyard bookstore on Friday ...

Wed, August 17, 2011

Obama's approval rating on economy hits new low

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Approval of President Barack Obama's handling of the U.S. economy has fallen to a new low of 26 percent, according ...

Wed, August 17, 2011

Obama to unveil economic plan in September speech

By Alister Bull

ATKINSON, Ill (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he will propose a plan in September to jump-start the economy as ...

Wed, August 17, 2011

Obama hears voter worries, uses bus to gain distance from DC

By Alister Bull

ATKINSON, Ill (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's three-day bus tour along the back roads of the Midwest was billed as a ...

Wed, August 17, 2011

Obama to unveil economic plan in September speech

By Alister Bull

ATKINSON, Ill (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he will propose a plan in September to jump-start the U.S ...

Tue, August 16, 2011

Latinos protest deportations at Obama campaign HQ

By Eunju Lie

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Latino activists held a protest outside President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign headquarters on Tuesday to ask him to ...

Tue, August 16, 2011

Obama says "lone wolf terrorist" biggest U.S. threat

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A decade after the 9/11 attacks, a "lone wolf terrorist" like the shooter in Norway now presents a bigger risk to ...

Tue, August 16, 2011

Obama cuts Perry "some slack"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he is cutting potential rival Rick Perry "some slack" for comments that appeared to criticize the ...

Tue, August 16, 2011

White House denounces Perry as Republicans target Fed

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House denounced Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry on Tuesday for his threatening remarks toward the head of ...

Tue, August 16, 2011

Obama blames Congress Republicans on bus tour

By Alister Bull

PEOSTA, Iowa (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday sought to turn voter anger over the economy toward Republicans in the Congress ...

Mon, August 15, 2011

Obama says Warren Buffett is right about taxes

CANNON FALLS, Minnesota (Reuters) - Small-town Americans probably don't make as much money as Warren Buffett, but they pay more of their income in ...

Mon, August 15, 2011

Analysis: Two justices may decide fate of Obama healthcare law

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The legal fate of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law will likely come down to two Republican appointees ...

Mon, August 15, 2011

Republicans group big donors early to face Obama

By Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans are huddling with big campaign finance donors earlier than usual in the presidential election cycle to take on ...

Sun, August 14, 2011

Rick Perry seen easier for Obama to beat

By Eric Johnson

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Republican White House hopeful Rick Perry has at least some supporters in the Democratic stronghold of Chicago -- President Barack ...

Sun, August 14, 2011

Assad warns action against Syria would backfire

By Mariam Karouny

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday unrest sweeping the country had become more militant but he was confident ...

Sat, August 13, 2011

Obama, Cameron discuss markets, Syria: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama spoke on Saturday with British Prime Minister David Cameron about recent developments in the global financial system, the White ...

Sat, August 13, 2011

Obama, Cameron and Saudi King urge Syria end violence

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama spoke with the leaders of Saudi Arabia and Britain on Saturday and all three called for an immediate end ...

Fri, August 12, 2011

Appeals Court Rules Against Obama Healthcare Mandate

WASHINGTON, DC  (Reuters) - President Barack
Obama's healthcare law suffered a setback Friday when a U.S. appeals court ruled
that it was unconstitutional ...

Fri, August 12, 2011

Obama honors Super Bowl champ Packers despite rivalry

By Christopher Doering

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama honored the Green Bay Packers on Friday for winning the Super Bowl despite being a die-hard ...

Fri, August 12, 2011

Obama to name Pimco VP, Harvard economist to Fed: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has identified two economists to fill vacant seats on the Federal Reserve's powerful seven-member board, the Wall Street ...

Fri, August 12, 2011

Analysis: Confidence in Obama's leadership shaken

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A spree of bad news -- market gyrations, fears of a double-dip recession, stubborn unemployment and fallout from a debt ...

Fri, August 12, 2011

Obama to meet CEOs on jobs: source

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is expected to meet Friday afternoon with chief executives from Johnson & Johnson, Wells Fargo & Co, US Bank, Xerox Corp, BlackRock Inc, according to a source familiar with the plans.

He also is meeting with the CEO of Silver Lake Partners.

Obama is expected to talk about global financial turmoil, the state of the U.S. economy, and job growth with the executives.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Friday that Obama was constantly "on the hunt" for new job creation ideas and that would be on the agenda for the CEO meeting.

The White House has not yet released the names of CEOs slated to attend.

Obama's hopes for reelection in 2012 will hinge on his success in lowering unemployment, currently pinned above 9 percent, boosting sluggish growth and restoring confidence lost from the Standard & Poor's downgrade and fractious debt talks.

(Reporting by Karey Wutkowski, with additional reporting by Matt Spetalnick; editing by Gerald E. McCormick)

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Fri, August 12, 2011

Appeals court rules against Obama healthcare law

By Jeremy Pelofsky and James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law suffered a setback on Friday when an appeals court ...

Thu, August 11, 2011

VIDEO: Obama Calls for Change in Political Tone During Holland Visit

HOLLAND (WKZO) -- President Obama is calling for a change in the political tone in Washington, DC.  Speaking at automotive supplier Johnson Controls in Holland ...

Thu, August 11, 2011

Obama says political divide is hurting economy

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday that bitter fights between Democrats and Republicans in Washington were hurting the economy ...

Thu, August 11, 2011

Obama: European debt woes hitting shores

HOLLAND, Michigan (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday that Europe's debt problems were "lapping up on our shores."

Obama, speaking to workers ...

Thu, August 11, 2011

Group gives Obama only C grade for helping Hispanics

By Molly O'Toole

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The credit rating is not the only thing being downgraded. Lack of action on federal immigration reform prompted ...

Thu, August 11, 2011

Striking Verizon workers boost jobless claims

By Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Striking workers at Verizon Communications pushed up new U.S. jobless claims last week, but there was little evidence ...

Wed, August 10, 2011

Romney, on rare visit to Iowa, rips Obama on economy

By John Whitesides

PELLA, Iowa (Reuters) - Mitt Romney, on a rare visit to Iowa on Wednesday, said Americans were "fearful, but not panicked" about ...

Wed, August 10, 2011

Obama to meet Bernanke on economy later Wednesday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to discuss the economy later on Wednesday, the White House said ...

Wed, August 10, 2011

President Obama to Visit Johnson Controls Thursday in Holland

HOLLAND, MI (WKZO) --- President Obama is coming to Holland Thursday for the second time in 13 months, to visit the new Johnson Controls/Saft ...

Tue, August 09, 2011

Obama car czar Bloom to step down end-August

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's top manufacturing adviser Ron Bloom will step down at the end of August, the White House said on ...

Tue, August 09, 2011

Obama pays respects, questions remain in Afghan crash

By Jeff Mason

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Delaware (Reuters) - President Barack Obama honored 30 U.S. soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan ...

Tue, August 09, 2011

Obama to set fuel standards for heavy vehicles

By Lily Kuo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday will finalize the first ever fuel efficiency and emissions standards for commercial trucks, vans ...

Mon, August 08, 2011

Obama says he inherited economic problems

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday he inherited many of the country's problems with high debt and deficits ...

Mon, August 08, 2011

Obama speaks with Spanish, Italy leaders on eurozone

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday welcomed measures by Spain and Italy aimed at addressing their economic crisis, the White House said.

Obama ...

Mon, August 08, 2011

Snap analysis: Obama fails to reassure markets after S&P move

By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - What should a U.S. president say to stop stock markets from falling and reassure Americans ...

Mon, August 08, 2011

Obama to offer states waivers on school-aid law

By Molly O'Toole

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration will allow U.S. states to opt out of some of the No Child Left ...

Mon, August 08, 2011

Obama to offer No Child Left Behind waivers

By Molly O'Toole

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The administration will provide qualifying states waivers from No Child Left Behind after Congressional inaction on reforming the ...

Mon, August 08, 2011

Obama says U.S. is still a AAA country

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday blamed a downgrade in the United States' credit rating on political gridlock in Washington and said he ...

Mon, August 08, 2011

Obama statement delayed to 1:30 pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday that President Barack Obama's statement to reporters about the economy would be delayed by half ...

Mon, August 08, 2011

Obama administration to offer No Child Left Behind waivers

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration will provide qualifying states a waiver from No Child Left Behind after Congressional inaction on reforming the program, the ...

Mon, August 08, 2011

Weinstein hosting Obama fundraiser

Weinstein is teaming up with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour to host a dinner on Thursday (11Aug11) for the American president, who is hoping to ...

Sun, August 07, 2011

Weinstein hosting Obama fundraiser

Weinstein is teaming up with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour to host a dinner on Thursday (11Aug11) for the American president, who is hoping to ...

Sat, August 06, 2011

Obama pledges to press on in Afghan war

By Phil Stewart and David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pledged Monday to forge ahead with his Afghan war strategy and the Pentagon ...

Sat, August 06, 2011

Weinstein hosting Obama fundraiser

Weinstein is teaming up with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour to host a dinner on Thursday (11Aug11) for the American president, who is hoping to ...

Fri, August 05, 2011

More work ahead to get finances in order: Obama

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged lawmakers on Saturday to set aside partisan politics after a fierce debt battle, saying they ...

Thu, August 04, 2011

Obama proposes tax credits for hiring veterans

By Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday proposed $120 million in new tax credits for businesses that hire U.S. veterans ...

Thu, August 04, 2011

President Obama To Tour Facility in Michigan

HOLLAND (WKZO) -- President Obama is slated to return to Michigan next week to tour the Johnson Controls advanced battery facility in Holland.

Reportedly the ...

Thu, August 04, 2011

Obama orders measures to help U.S. stop atrocities

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama ordered new measures on Thursday to boost the U.S. ability to stop mass atrocities such as genocide and ...

Thu, August 04, 2011

Obama urges Geithner to stay as Treasury chief

By Glenn Somerville

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has asked Timothy Geithner to stay on as Treasury secretary and a decision is expected soon ...

Wed, August 03, 2011

Obama turns 50th birthday into campaign fundraiser

By Steve Holland

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama turned his 50th birthday into a 2012 campaign fundraising bonanza on Wednesday, buoyed by a hometown ...

Wed, August 03, 2011

Analysis: Obama, Bernanke out of ammo to boost jobs, growth

By Alister Bull and Jonathan Spicer

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States has a jobs problem and there's not a lot President ...

Wed, August 03, 2011

Obama urges Russia to wrap up WTO bid by year end

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged Russia to resolve issues blocking its entry into the World Trade Organization by the end of ...

Wed, August 03, 2011

Obama to head out on "listening" bus tour for jobs

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will take a three-day campaign-style bus tour through the American Midwest this month, as he tries ...

Wed, August 03, 2011

Obama urges Russia to work with WTO members

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged Russia to work with other World Trade Organization members to conclude talks to join the group ...

Tue, August 02, 2011

Obama to visit September 11 sites to mark 10 years

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will visit all three sites of the September 11 plane crashes on the 10-year anniversary of the al Qaeda ...

Tue, August 02, 2011

White House: Obama has signed deficit bill into law

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has signed a deficit-reduction measure into law to cut spending and raise the U.S. debt ceiling and avert ...

Tue, August 02, 2011

Snapshot: Obama signs debt limit bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just hours ahead of a deadline to avert an unprecedented default, President Barack Obama, without public ceremony, signs a bill that raises ...

Tue, August 02, 2011

Obama to sign debt bill right away: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will sign into law a bill raising the government's debt ceiling and cutting spending as soon as it ...

Tue, August 02, 2011

Obama to speak after Senate vote on debt deal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will make a statement at the White House after the Senate votes on a bill to raise the debt ...

Mon, August 01, 2011

Obama administration sues to block Alabama immigration law

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday sued to block enforcement of Alabama's new immigration law, widely considered to be the toughest measure ...

Mon, August 01, 2011

Obama to keep pushing payroll tax cut extension

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will continue to push for an extension of the payroll tax cut despite that not being part of a ...

Mon, August 01, 2011

Text: Obama statement announcing debt deal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama announced on Sunday a last-minute deal to raise the U.S. borrowing limit and avoid default. Here is the ...

Mon, August 01, 2011

Harris used comedy writers to make Obama fundraiser fun

Earlier this year (11), the star was asked to emcee an event for America's Democratic National Committee in honour of Obama.

He was ...

Mon, August 01, 2011

For Obama, Bush tax cuts shadow further debt talks

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has one important tool in its arsenal to influence congressional talks over further deficit reduction measures ...

Sun, July 31, 2011

Obama says cuts will not come too quickly

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday that spending cuts included in deal to raise the debt ceiling will not happen so quickly ...

Sun, July 31, 2011

Obama urges members of both parties to support deal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday urged Republicans and Democrats to "do the right thing" and vote to support the compromise proposal to ...

Sun, July 31, 2011

Obama announces deal reached to end debt crisis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama announced on Sunday that Democrats and Republicans leaders have reached an agreement to reduce the U.S. deficit and ...

Sun, July 31, 2011

Obama, Senate leaders reach debt ceiling agreement

WASHINGTON (WSAU) Several sources say Democratic and Republican leaders have reached a final agreement on raising the debt ceiling, avoiding a U.S. Treasury ...

Sun, July 31, 2011

Obama says U.S. appalled by Syria brutality

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday he was appalled by the Syrian government's use of violence against its people in the ...

Sun, July 31, 2011

Obama adviser Sperling sees no "double dip" recession

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House economic adviser Gene Sperling said on "Fox News Sunday" he was "not worried the U.S. will have a double-dip ...

Sat, July 30, 2011

Republican leaders say fully engaged with Obama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republicans in the Senate and House of Representatives said on Saturday that after a week of stalemate they are now ...

Sat, July 30, 2011

Harris used comedy writers to make Obama fundraiser fun

Earlier this year (11), the star was asked to emcee an event for America's Democratic National Committee in honour of Obama.

He was ...

Fri, July 29, 2011

Obama unveils sharp increase in auto fuel economy

By Ayesha Rascoe and Deepa Seetharaman

WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - Several major auto makers on Friday embraced the Obama administration's proposal to push the ...

Fri, July 29, 2011

Obama calls for compromise on debt ceiling

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday called for a compromise to resolve the debt limit crisis, saying a bill put forward by House ...

Thu, July 28, 2011

Obama says debt ceiling crisis hurt economy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. debt ceiling crisis had an unnecessary negative impact on the economy, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday, while a ...

Thu, July 28, 2011

Obama aide says premature to say if U.S. will prioritize debt

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett said it was too early to say if the government would prioritize debt payments if Congress ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Obama healthcare battle appealed to Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Michigan-based legal group on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to review and overturn a decision that found President Barack Obama's ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Analysis: Obama's leadership image on the line in debt saga

By Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's credibility as a leader hangs in the balance along with America's gold-plated credit rating ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Obama to announce new fuel economy standards Friday

By Ayesha Rascoe and Deepa Seetharaman

WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - The Obama administration has reached a compromise with automakers on a new fuel economy target ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Americans answer Obama's call, contact lawmakers

By Christopher Doering

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans wasted little time on Tuesday answering President Barack Obama's request to make their voice heard on the ...

Mon, July 25, 2011

WATCH LIVE: President Obama Addresses the Nation

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO) -- President Barack Obama is expected to address the nation beginning at 9pm this evening. Watch live here on wkzo.com ...

Mon, July 25, 2011

Obama says will keep fighting for immigration reform

By Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told Hispanic voters on Monday he would keep fighting to make the U.S. immigration system ...

Mon, July 25, 2011

Debt talks rain on Obama 50th birthday parade

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rancorous negotiations with congressional Republicans over how best to deal with the U.S. budget deficit may keep President Barack Obama away ...

Sun, July 24, 2011

Obama cannot raise debt ceiling on his own: Geithner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Sunday that after careful review it was not an option for President Barack Obama to raise ...

Sat, July 23, 2011

Obama offers condolences to Norway over deaths

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on Saturday to offer U.S. condolences over the killing of dozens of ...

Fri, July 22, 2011

Boehner breaks off debt limit talks with Obama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner broke off talks with President Barack Obama on Friday and said he will begin negotiations with ...

Fri, July 22, 2011

U.S. military's ban on gays to end on September 20

By Phil Stewart and Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday announced the U.S. military's ban on gays will end ...

Fri, July 22, 2011

Presidential hopeful Huntsman says Obama out of ideas

By Tom Brown

MIAMI (Reuters) - Republican presidential contender Jon Huntsman pilloried President Barack Obama on Wednesday, saying his former boss was "out of ideas ...

Thu, July 21, 2011

Lawmaker presses Obama to back trade deals plan

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican lawmaker on Wednesday outlined a plan for winning approval of three long-delayed trade agreements and a ...

Thu, July 21, 2011

Analysis: Rick Perry run would test Romney's mettle

By Ros Krasny

BOSTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney has been on a glide path toward the 2012 primary elections, serving up a ...

Thu, July 21, 2011

Obama says his "stewardship" to decide '12 election

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that the deciding factor for voters next year in his re-election campaign will be their verdict ...

Wed, July 20, 2011

Analysis: Under fire, Obama struggles to instill confidence

By Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is getting hammered on all sides for a stumbling U.S. economy and his uneven response ...

Wed, July 20, 2011

Analysis: Tough fight for Obama in 2012 in some key states

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama bucked decades-old electoral trends to win the White House in 2008, taking nine states that had ...

Wed, July 20, 2011

Obama to meet House Republican leaders Wednesday: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet with Republican House of Representatives leader John Boehner and House Republican number two Eric Cantor at 5 ...

Wed, July 20, 2011

Michelle Obama to appear on TV's "Extreme Makeover"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - First lady Michelle Obama will appear on ABC show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" as part of her initiative to support military ...

Tue, July 19, 2011

Obama backs emerging bipartisan debt plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama threw his support on Tuesday behind efforts by a bipartisan group of senators to negotiate a new deficit-reduction plan ...

Mon, July 18, 2011

Wall Street ends worst week in year on debt stalemate

By Caroline Valetkevitch

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks ended the worst week in a year as time runs out on Washington to reach agreement before ...

Sun, July 17, 2011

Obama to discuss progress on U.S. financial reform

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet on Monday with top U.S. regulators to discuss progress on implementing the legislation he signed a ...

Sun, July 17, 2011

Obama vows fight with pick for consumer agency chief

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned the financial industry on Monday to stop fighting his administration's reforms to help consumers ...

Sat, July 16, 2011

Analysis:In Iowa, Hispanics upset with Obama, lack other choices

By James B. Kelleher

WEST LIBERTY, Iowa (Reuters) - Back in 2008, when Barack Obama was fighting for the Democratic presidential nomination, local Hispanics like ...

Sat, July 16, 2011

Obama to nominate consumer agency chief next week: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House plans to nominate a new director to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau next week but is unlikely to name ...

Sat, July 16, 2011

Two-thirds of Obama campaign cash from small donors

By Eric Johnson and Kim Dixon

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly two-thirds of the $86 million cash haul raised by President Barack Obama for his ...

Fri, July 15, 2011

White House stands behind Obama on mother's insurance

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The story of President Barack Obama's mother's fight with insurance companies as she suffered from cancer is still compelling, despite ...

Fri, July 15, 2011

Obama rejects $2.4 trillion plan without tax hikes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday said he would not support a $2.4 trillion plan to reduce the federal deficit without some ...

Fri, July 15, 2011

Obama says time running out for debt ceiling deal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Time is running out to come up with a deal to raise the debt limit, President Barack Obama warned lawmakers on Friday ...

Fri, July 15, 2011

Obama: deficit deal should have been done early

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday that deficit negotiations should have been taken care of early rather than allowed to run this close ...

Fri, July 15, 2011

Obama said ready to move on South Korea trade bill

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will soon send a free trade pact with South Korea to Congress for approval despite Republican ...

Thu, July 14, 2011

Obama urges lawmakers to gauge support for debt deal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged congressional lawmakers on Thursday to go back to their party members and gauge support for components of a ...

Thu, July 14, 2011

Boehner, Pelosi resist Camp David budget retreat

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional leaders on Thursday resisted the idea of a weekend country retreat with President Barack Obama to break a budget deadlock that ...

Wed, July 13, 2011

Obama 2012 campaign breaks cash goal, records

By Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama raised a record-shattering $86 million for his re-election campaign from April to June, exceeding a $60 ...

Tue, July 12, 2011

Analysis: Obama's tilt right could sting in 2012

By Kim Dixon and Eric Johnson

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's tilt to the right in debt talks is denting enthusiasm within ...

Tue, July 12, 2011

McConnell wants to force Obama's hand on debt

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican Mitch McConnell plans to offer legislation to force President Barack Obama to formally request an increase in the fast-approaching $14 ...

Tue, July 12, 2011

Michelle Obama to attend Ford service in California

By Mary Slosson

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - First lady Michelle Obama will attend a memorial service for former first lady Betty Ford in California on ...

Sun, July 10, 2011

Obama won't "back off" on debt-reduction effort

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will not back off in his efforts to solve U.S. debt problems and will make the case to ...

Sun, July 10, 2011

Fighter jets intercept third plane near Camp David

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fighter jets intercepted a private plane near Camp David on Sunday, the third civilian plane this weekend to fly the restricted air ...

Sat, July 09, 2011

Freshman senator gives Obama debt-limit fits

By Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As a freshman senator, Republican Pat Toomey punches above his weight in the high-stakes fight over increasing the U ...

Sat, July 09, 2011

Obama grants U.S. recognition of South Sudan

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama granted U.S. recognition of South Sudan as an independent state after it formally seceded from ...

Sat, July 09, 2011

Obama taps insider as fossil energy chief

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has tapped the current chief operating officer at the Energy Department's office of fossil energy to lead the ...

Thu, July 07, 2011

Democrats challenge Obama's Afghan withdrawal plan

By David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers fed up with the lingering war in Afghanistan launched a new challenge to President Barack Obama's ...

Thu, July 07, 2011

Man who said he planned to kill Obama held over murder

By Brendan O'Brien

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A 41-year-old man who told investigators he planned to eventually assassinate President Barack Obama awaited possible extradition to ...

Tue, July 05, 2011

Default avoided but fears on economy remain

By Andy Sullivan and Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States stepped back from the brink of default on Tuesday but congressional approval of ...

Tue, July 05, 2011

McConnell will meet at White House with Obama: aides

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell accepted an invitation to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday amid efforts ...

Tue, July 05, 2011

Obama says talked with leaders on debt, cites progress

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that he spoke over the weekend with both Democratic and Republican congressional leaders on their impasse ...

Tue, July 05, 2011

Hackers falsely claim Obama dead on Fox Twitter feed

By Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hackers took control of a FoxNews.com Twitter account on Monday and sent six false tweets saying that U ...

Mon, July 04, 2011

National teachers' group endorses Obama for 2nd term

By Mary Wisniewski

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The nation's largest teachers union voted on Monday to recommend that President Barack Obama be elected for another ...

Sat, July 02, 2011

Small plane strays into Camp David airspace while Obama there

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A small plane wandered into the airspace around Camp David, Maryland, on Saturday while President Barack Obama was there, prompting an F-15 ...

Sat, July 02, 2011

Obama expects "bottom lines" on debt limit on Sunday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional leaders are still far apart on a wide range of budget issues but agree on the need to raise the debt ...

Fri, July 01, 2011

White House: Geithner has not told Obama he wants to go

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has not told President Barack Obama he would like to leave after a debt ceiling deal is reached ...

Fri, July 01, 2011

Obama taps Curry, Miller for top financial posts

By Dave Clarke

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama moved to fill two key posts in the ranks of financial regulators as officials work to ...

Thu, June 30, 2011

Obama awards Defense chief Gates Medal of Freedom

By Molly O'Toole

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama awarded retiring Secretary of Defense Robert Gates the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a farewell ...

Thu, June 30, 2011

Romney blasts Obama on jobs in key swing state

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized President Barack Obama's jobs record in a key swing state on Thursday by spotlighting a ...

Thu, June 30, 2011

Obama adviser expects new debt ceiling guidance

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House senior adviser David Plouffe said on Thursday the Treasury Department could provide new guidance on the deadline for raising the ...

Thu, June 30, 2011

Obama weighed military and political risk for Afghan plan

By Missy Ryan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's plan for pulling U.S. troops from Afghanistan will intensify risks in the thick of ...

Thu, June 30, 2011

Analysis: Weak economy shadows Obama in bright areas

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bright spot for President Barack Obama in the bleak economic picture should be that many of the "swing ...

Thu, June 30, 2011

Obama praises NY gay marriage law, won't endorse it

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday praised New York's move to legalize same-sex marriage but stopped short of endorsing ...

Wed, June 29, 2011

Obama aide claims big gains against al Qaeda

By Mark Hosenball

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Recent successes against al Qaeda by the United States and its foreign partners, including the killing of Osama bin ...

Wed, June 29, 2011

Obama administration wants Guantanamo suit tossed

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Wednesday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a Syrian man who sought compensation for alleged ...

Wed, June 29, 2011

Obama says Libya campaign legal, making progress

By Andrew Quinn and Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday strongly defended his decision to intervene in Libya, saying he consulted ...

Wed, June 29, 2011

Obama praises NY gay marriage law, won't endorse it

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday praised New York's move to legalize same-sex marriage but stopped short of endorsing ...

Wed, June 29, 2011

Obama wins first appeals court healthcare ruling

By Jeremy Pelofsky and James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, handing ...

Wed, June 29, 2011

Libya actions do not violate War Powers Act: Obama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said Wednesday his administration's actions on Libya do not violate the War Powers Act and that it has ...

Wed, June 29, 2011

Obama optimistic on debt deal, end to tax breaks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pressed his case Wednesday that tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans must be ended as part of a deficit ...

Wed, June 29, 2011

Obama's oil reserves plan took shape in May: official

By Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was on May 2, the day U.S. oil prices peaked at nearly $115 a barrel, that President ...

Tue, June 28, 2011

Pawlenty hits Obama on "Arab Spring"

By Michelle Nichols

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty accused President Barack Obama on Tuesday of a timid and incoherent response to ...

Mon, June 27, 2011

Analysis: Hugs, politics: Michelle Obama's savvy helps husband

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - She does not consider herself a "secret weapon," but Michelle Obama's trip to Africa showed the first lady ...

Sat, June 25, 2011

Obama says committed to working to cut debt

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday he remained committed to working with Congress to find a solution to the ...

Fri, June 24, 2011

Michelle Obama says husband is committed to Africa

By Jeff Mason

GABORONE (Reuters) - First Lady Michelle Obama rejected criticism that her husband's administration had not paid enough attention to Africa, saying ...

Fri, June 24, 2011

Obama launches technology partnership to spur jobs

By Laura MacInnis

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday launched an initiative to develop new U.S. manufacturing jobs by teaming up government ...

Thu, June 23, 2011

Michelle Obama meets Oprah in South Africa

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - First lady Michelle Obama met media mogul and friend Oprah Winfrey on Tuesday evening in South Africa, a White House official ...

Thu, June 23, 2011

Reid says he, Obama and Boehner to handle debt talks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid will take over stalled budget talks but ...

Wed, June 22, 2011

Obama touts efforts to advance gay rights

By Laura MacInnis

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday touted his efforts to advance gay rights and promised further progress, but stopped ...

Wed, June 22, 2011

Afghan drawdown poses risk, U.S. military warns

By Phil Stewart and Andrew Quinn

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military commanders distanced themselves on Thursday from President Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawing ...

Tue, June 21, 2011

Obama Commerce nominee tries to reassure Republicans

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former energy company executive John Bryson on Tuesday sought to persuade Republicans he would be a strong voice for ...

Tue, June 21, 2011

Obama's Afghan plan to start with 5,000-troop cut

By Matt Spetalnick and Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is expected to unveil plans to remove about 5,000 U.S. troops ...

Tue, June 21, 2011

Obama tells Jewish donors he strongly backs Israel

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama reassured Jewish donors on Monday he strongly supports Israel, stressing close ties between the United States ...

Mon, June 20, 2011

Obama to unveil Afghan troop cut plan on Wednesday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is finalizing his decision on how many U.S. troops to withdraw from Afghanistan starting next month and is ...

Mon, June 20, 2011

Obama speaks with Turkey's Erdogan on Syria: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama spoke with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Monday about the situation in Syria, the White House said.

"The ...

Mon, June 20, 2011

Analysis: Economy, independents key to Obama v. Romney race

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While it is still very early, indications are that the most likely match up in the 2012 presidential election ...

Mon, June 20, 2011

Michelle Obama urges Africa to advance women's rights

By Jeff Mason

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - First Lady Michelle Obama urged young Africans Wednesday to fight for women's rights and battle the stigma of ...

Sun, June 19, 2011

Obama adviser blasts Republican "partisan platitudes"

By Eric Johnson

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A campaign adviser to Barack Obama defended the Democratic's president's record as a pragmatic leader and champion ...

Sat, June 18, 2011

Obama impersonator cut off at Republican conference

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A comedian impersonating President Barack Obama was cut short and ushered off the stage at a gathering of Republican activists on ...

Sat, June 18, 2011

Obama says still wonders about his absent father

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama, whose Kenyan father left his family when the future U.S. president was 2 years old, said Saturday he still ...

Sat, June 18, 2011

Obama ignored top legal advice on Libya: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama ignored legal advice from top Pentagon and Justice Department lawyers, siding with other advisers who said he had legal ...

Fri, June 17, 2011

Republicans: focus on beating Obama, not ideology

By John Whitesides

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Sometimes fractious Republican loyalists agreed on Friday on at least one thing about the 2012 White House race ...

Thu, June 16, 2011

Obama hears from Petraeus on Afghan troop options

By Laura MacInnis and Missy Ryan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan has laid out several options for President Barack Obama ...

Wed, June 15, 2011

Obama signs disaster aid for tornado-hit Massachusetts

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a disaster declaration for the Massachusetts counties hit by the June 1 tornadoes that killed three ...

Wed, June 15, 2011

Boehner says Congress could cut Libya funds

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday that Congress could cut funding for U.S. military involvement ...

Wed, June 15, 2011

Obama, Boehner team up in golf match

By Andrew Seaman and Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republican House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner teamed up in a golf ...

Tue, June 14, 2011

House Republican leader Boehner warns Obama over Libya

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Speaker John Boehner warned President Barack Obama on Tuesday that he was skating on thin legal ice by ...

Tue, June 14, 2011

Obama: If debt limit not raised, financial crisis possible

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned on Tuesday there could be another global financial crisis if Congress failed to raise the national debt ceiling ...

Tue, June 14, 2011

Obama to mull pulling surge force from Afghanistan

By Missy Ryan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration will consider a plan to withdraw its 30,000-troop surge force from Afghanistan over the next ...

Mon, June 13, 2011

Obama returns to Puerto Rico, courting Hispanic vote

By Alister Bull

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Barack Obama paid Puerto Rico its first official U.S. presidential visit in 50 years on ...

Fri, June 10, 2011

Obama to nominate Gruenberg to head FDIC: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to nominate Martin Gruenberg to be the next chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, a top banking ...

Fri, June 10, 2011

Obama urges Gabon's Bongo to root out corruption

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday pressed Gabon's ruler Ali Bongo Ondimba in a White House meeting to do more to fight ...

Thu, June 09, 2011

First lady Michelle Obama to appear on "iCarly"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - First lady Michelle Obama will appear on children's TV show "iCarly," -- a favorite program of her daughters -- to promote her ...

Wed, June 08, 2011

Obama holds big 2012 lead over Republicans

By John Whitesides

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama retains a big lead over possible Republican rivals in the 2012 election despite anxiety about the ...

Wed, June 08, 2011

Healthcare battle unfolds in Atlanta court

By Matthew Bigg and Karen Jacobs

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Lawyers for President Barack Obama on Wednesday sought to stave off the biggest legal challenge yet ...

Tue, June 07, 2011

Obama urges Bahrain hold rights abusers accountable

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Bahrain's rulers to hold accountable those responsible for human rights abuses in a crackdown on ...

Tue, June 07, 2011

Pawlenty blasts Obama on "class warfare"

By Ann Saphir

CHICAGO (Reuters) - White House candidate Tim Pawlenty on Tuesday unveiled a plan he said would supercharge the economy and accused president ...

Tue, June 07, 2011

Obama backs Ban Ki-moon for new term as U.N. chief

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama supports U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's bid for a second term and believes he has made important reforms ...

Tue, June 07, 2011

Obama's rating on economy hits new low: poll

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans' disapproval of how President Barack Obama is handling the economy and its growing budget deficit has reached new highs amid broad ...

Tue, June 07, 2011

Debt crisis and Libya to dominate Obama, Merkel talks

By Jeff Mason and Andreas Rinke

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel began to air differences over fiscal policy, the ...

Mon, June 06, 2011

Gas prices, Europe may be weighing on jobs: Obama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, in his first direct comments about May's weak U.S. jobs data that alarmed financial markets, said on ...

Sun, June 05, 2011

Obama praises Germany ahead of Merkel visit

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama praised Germany's environment policies and success at taming unemployment in an interview released ...

Sat, June 04, 2011

Obama: Japan, Europe and fuel pose economic risks

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is pointing to problems in Japan and Europe as challenges for the U.S. economy, placing ...

Sat, June 04, 2011

Michelle Obama to visit South Africa, Botswana

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - First lady Michelle Obama will visit South Africa and Botswana later this month on an official visit to promote issues such as ...

Fri, June 03, 2011

Budget opponents Obama and Boehner make golf date

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and John Boehner will play golf together on June 18, an administration official said on Friday.

Boehner has criticized ...

Fri, June 03, 2011

Obama defends record and cites auto success in Ohio

By Alister Bull

TOLEDO, Ohio (Reuters) - Under pressure from high unemployment, President Barack Obama reminded voters that his 2009 auto bailout saved thousands of ...

Wed, June 01, 2011

Obama campaign sets goal of raising $60 million in quarter

By Eric Johnson

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's campaign on Wednesday set a goal of raising $60 million in the quarter to benefit ...

Wed, June 01, 2011

Here come the judges - Obama moves to the benches

By Carlyn Kolker

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some of the empty seats on the bench in federal courthouses across the United States may finally be ...

Wed, June 01, 2011

Republicans say had frank talk with Obama on debt

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans said on Wednesday they had a frank and productive conversation with President Barack Obama during a meeting on the deficit and ...

Tue, May 31, 2011

Obama taps energy executive Bryson as Commerce chief

By Jeff Mason and Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he will nominate former Edison International chief executive John Bryson ...

Mon, May 30, 2011

Obama picks warrior-scholar Dempsey for top military job

By Caren Bohan and Phil Stewart

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Army General Martin Dempsey, a warrior-scholar who commanded troops in ...

Sun, May 29, 2011

Obama vows national response to Missouri tornado

By Caren Bohan

JOPLIN, Missouri (Reuters) - President Barack Obama promised victims of the deadliest U.S. tornado in 65 years that the federal government ...

Sun, May 29, 2011

Obama picks Russian adviser for Moscow job

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to nominate Michael McFaul, his top adviser on Russian policy, to be the next U.S. ambassador to ...

Sat, May 28, 2011

Obama back in Washington after European tour

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Maryland (Reuters) - President Barack Obama arrived back in the Washington area late Saturday afternoon following a weeklong tour that took ...

Sat, May 28, 2011

Obama supports easing visa requirements for Poles

By Gabriela Baczynska and Jeff Mason

WARSAW (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday threw his weight behind efforts in Congress to ease visa restrictions ...

Fri, May 27, 2011

Obama reaffirms U.S. security pledge to ally Poland

By Steve Holland and Gabriela Baczynska

WARSAW (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pledged close U.S. cooperation with Poland on Saturday on missile defense, the ...

Fri, May 27, 2011

Obama condemns jailing of Belarus activists

WARSAW (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday condemned jail sentences imposed on Belarussian opposition politicians shortly before his arrival in Poland for talks on ...

Thu, May 26, 2011

Obama and Medvedev press for quick Russia WTO entry

DEAUVILLE, France (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pressed Thursday to speed up Russia's bid to join the World Trade ...

Wed, May 25, 2011

War-weary lawmakers push Obama to end Afghan war

By David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - War-weary lawmakers pushed President Barack Obama to wind down the 10-year-old conflict in Afghanistan on Wednesday as the House ...

Wed, May 25, 2011

Obama's transportation plan to shrink in the Senate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's sweeping spending plan for roads, rail and bridges is shrinking as it travels through Congress.

In the next ...

Wed, May 25, 2011

Obama was out to destroy coal miner Massey: lawsuit

By Steve James

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Executives of Massey Energy Co believed President Barack Obama had a secret agenda to bring down the coal ...

Wed, May 25, 2011

Obama confident of Mideast two-state solution

By Matt Falloon

LONDON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he believed a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine was achievable but urged ...

Wed, May 25, 2011

Obama and Cameron vow no let-up on Libya's Gaddafi

LONDON (Reuters) - There will be no "let-up" in pressure on the government of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, U.S. President Barack Obama said on ...

Wed, May 25, 2011

Missile defense, shale gas top Obama agenda in Poland

By Gareth Jones

WARSAW (Reuters) - From missile defense to shale gas, President Barack Obama will reaffirm a U.S. commitment to Poland's security ...

Wed, May 25, 2011

Obama will discuss democracy in Middle East with G8

LONDON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he will discuss with the G8 how to support moves toward democracy in the Middle East ...

Tue, May 24, 2011

Obama reelection campaign seeks places to sleep

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's deputy campaign manager on Tuesday sent an email asking supporters for an unusual favor -- Can you spare a ...

Tue, May 24, 2011

Obama, Bush only U.S. presidents given UK state visit

LONDON (Reuters) - Plenty have been over and met British royalty, but Barack Obama and George W. Bush are the only U.S. presidents to ...

Mon, May 23, 2011

Obama and Cameron to stress united effort on Libya

By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason

LONDON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday will stress a united effort ...

Mon, May 23, 2011

Obama, not Biden, must seal final debt deal: Cantor

By Andy Sullivan and Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, not Vice President Joe Biden, will have to cement a final deal that ...

Mon, May 23, 2011

Senate Democrats back Obama on trade deals delay

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Forty-one Senate Democrats told President Barack Obama on Monday they agreed with his decision to not send three free-trade agreements with South ...

Mon, May 23, 2011

Obama's "Beast" gets snagged on ramp in Dublin

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The Presidential Cadillac, nicknamed "The Beast" for its bomb-proof features, failed to make it out of the U.S. Embassy in Dublin ...

Sun, May 22, 2011

Obama visits family roots in Ireland

By Jeff Mason and Padraic Halpin

DUBLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama declared solidarity between the United States and economically struggling Ireland with a symbolic ...

Sun, May 22, 2011

Netanyahu vows to work with Obama to renew peace talks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Sunday to work alongside President Barak Obama for a way to renew frozen peace talks with ...

Sun, May 22, 2011

Obama sticks to Mideast vision, seeks to calm Israel

By Matt Spetalnick and Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday refused to back away from his new Middle East peacemaking vision ...

Sun, May 22, 2011

Obama: would raid Pakistan again if militant found

LONDON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama would approve a new incursion into Pakistan if the United States found another leading militant there, he said in ...

Sun, May 22, 2011

Obama eases Israeli anger on Mideast peace vision

By Matt Spetalnick and Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday eased Israeli anger over his new Middle East peace proposals when ...

Sat, May 21, 2011

Top Jewish Americans ponder support for Obama

By Eric Johnson

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some prominent Jewish Americans are rethinking their support for President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election bid after he effectively ...

Sat, May 21, 2011

Palestinians seek Arab consultation on Obama speech

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked the Arab League Saturday to convene a discussion of President Barack Obama's vision for ...

Fri, May 20, 2011

Obama, on Libya deadline, welcomes Congress support

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, facing criticism from some lawmakers that U.S. military action against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is ...

Fri, May 20, 2011

Minister slams Obama in prayer opening Minnesota House

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A minister offering the opening prayer at the Minnesota House on Friday appeared to question President Barack Obama's belief in Jesus ...

Fri, May 20, 2011

Obama thanks CIA for helping track down Bin Laden

By Patricia Zengerle

LANGLEY, Virginia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama thanked the U.S. intelligence community on Friday for helping track down and kill Osama ...

Fri, May 20, 2011

Obama faces narrower path to 2012 re-election

By John Whitesides

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's path to re-election in 2012 is likely to be narrower than in his first campaign ...

Fri, May 20, 2011

Obama brings Mideast policy push on Europe, G8 trip

By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will use a European tour next week to urge U.S. allies to ...

Thu, May 19, 2011

Israeli rebuke of Obama exposes divide on Mideast

By Jeffrey Heller and Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bluntly told President Barack Obama on Friday his vision of how ...

Thu, May 19, 2011

Obama says U.S. will oppose U.N. acts against Israel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday rejected what he called an effort to isolate Israel at the United Nations in September.

In a ...

Thu, May 19, 2011

Republicans to push Obama on "hidden" lobbyist meetings

By Tim Reid

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans will examine claims that President Barack Obama's aides held hundreds of meetings with lobbyists away from the ...

Wed, May 18, 2011

Obama nominates SEC's Aguilar to another term

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to nominate Democrat Luis Aguilar to another term as a commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission, the ...

Wed, May 18, 2011

Obama Approval Up in Michigan, Snyder Approval Down

LANSING -- President Obama may have only gotten a modest bump in the national polls follow the raid to kill Osama Bin Laden, but the ...

Wed, May 18, 2011

Obama nominates Gallagher as SEC commissioner

By Sarah N. Lynch and Karey Wutkowski

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to nominate Republican Daniel Gallagher and Democrat Luis Aguilar as commissioners ...

Wed, May 18, 2011

Obama campaign turns tables on birthers with t-shirts

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign took a light-hearted line against "birthers" on Wednesday by hawking "Made in the USA" t-shirts and ...

Wed, May 18, 2011

Obama 2012 using birth flap as fund-raising tool

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is having some fun -- and raising some money -- from a flap over whether Obama was born ...

Wed, May 18, 2011

Protecting America demands ongoing sacrifice: Obama

By Alister Bull

NEW LONDON, Connecticut (Reuters) - President Barack Obama reminded America on Wednesday that the fight to protect the country would demand continued ...

Wed, May 18, 2011

Obama plane needs two attempts to land; no danger

EAST GRANBY, Connecticut (Reuters) - Air Force One had to pull out of its first landing attempt at a Connecticut airport with President Barack Obama ...

Mon, May 16, 2011

Obama oil plan aims to hush rancor in Congress

By Timothy Gardner and Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's new plan to expand oil production in the Gulf of Mexico and ...

Mon, May 16, 2011

Obama worth millions, mainly due to book royalties

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama was worth millions of dollars in 2010, mostly due to royalties from the sale of his books, financial disclosure ...

Sun, May 15, 2011

Obama warns of worse crisis if no debt ceiling rise

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned Congress that failing to raise the debt limit could lead to a worse financial crisis ...

Sat, May 14, 2011

Obama seeks more drilling in Alaska and Gulf of Mexico

By Jeff Mason and Tom Doggett

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama, under pressure from Republicans and the public to bring down gasoline ...

Fri, May 13, 2011

Bush tells Obama on bin Laden: "Good call"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President George W. Bush, who spent years searching for Osama bin Laden, had two words for President Barack Obama when Obama ...

Fri, May 13, 2011

Obama wants "real change" in Cuba before normal ties

MIAMI (Reuters) - The United States needs to see "real change" in Cuba before there can be normal relations between the two neighbors, President Barack ...

Thu, May 12, 2011

"Respect. Empower. Include. Win" is motto at Obama campaign

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The sign at the entrance to President Barack Obama's new 2012 campaign headquarters says: "Respect. Empower. Include. Win."

A swarm of ...

Thu, May 12, 2011

Obama makes surprise request that FBI chief stay

By Jeremy Pelofsky and James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday proposed extending the 10-year term for FBI Director Robert Mueller by ...

Thu, May 12, 2011

Obama presses Congress on cybersecurity measures

By Diane Bartz

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday pressed Congress to pass strong cybersecurity measures to protect consumers' personal information and safeguard ...

Thu, May 12, 2011

Obama urges companies to hire, studies housing moves

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged businesses to "step up" and hire workers, pressing banks and other corporations to do more ...

Wed, May 11, 2011

Newt Gingrich launches 2012 challenge to Obama

By Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Newt Gingrich sharply criticized President Barack Obama's handling of the U.S. economy on Wednesday as he ...

Wed, May 11, 2011

Obama way ahead of Republicans for 2012 election

By Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has a wide lead over potential Republican rivals for the presidential election in 2012, but faces ...

Wed, May 11, 2011

Obama, in Arab outreach, shifts on Mideast peace

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday backed a key Palestinian demand on the borders of a future state with Israel ...

Wed, May 11, 2011

Governor Daniels Says He Could Beat President Obama In 2012

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (WIBQ)  --  Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels still has not decided whether he'll make a run for the White House, but says he ...

Tue, May 10, 2011

Obama broaches bin Laden death at campaign event

By Patricia Zengerle

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama brought up the killing of Osama bin Laden at a fundraiser in Texas on Tuesday ...

Tue, May 10, 2011

Top Democrat opposes Obama campaign disclosure plan

By Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of President Barack Obama's fellow top Democrats in Congress said on Tuesday he opposes Obama's plans ...

Tue, May 10, 2011

Obama administration to push for test ban treaty

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration said on Tuesday it was preparing a push for approval of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban ...

Tue, May 10, 2011

Mitch Daniels says he can beat Obama in 2012

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Mitch Daniels, who is considering a run for the White House in 2012, said on Tuesday he thinks he can beat ...

Tue, May 10, 2011

Memphis school races to the top of Obama's list for speech

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will speak at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, Tennessee, for its commencement after it won a national ...

Tue, May 10, 2011

Appeals court questions Obama healthcare lawsuit

By Jeremy Pelofsky and Lisa Lambert

RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday sharply questioned whether the state of Virginia could ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

Obama stresses immigration benefits at Mexico border

By Patricia Zengerle

EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama issued an impassioned call for immigration reform in a speech at the U.S ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

Obama to host Jordan king for Middle East talks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will host Jordan's King Abdullah on May 17 to discuss unrest across the Middle East and the quest ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

Republicans block Obama's nomination of Cole

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans on Monday blocked President Barack Obama's nomination of James Cole as deputy U.S. attorney general, the No. 2 ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

Obama "likely" to bring up rights with Chinese

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It is "possible, even likely" that President Barack Obama will bring up the human rights issue when he meets with Chinese officials ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

Obama, Republicans discuss need to raise debt ceiling

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans agreed in a meeting on Thursday on the need to raise the national debt ceiling, and ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

U.S. hopes to build on Hu-Obama progress: Geithner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States hopes high-level talks this week with China will build on a commitment to fairer trade that President Barack Obama ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

Obama On 60 Minutes

KALAMAZOO -- President Obama told 60-minutes last night that he more than anyone else would like to know if the Pakistani’s are telling the ...

Sun, May 08, 2011

Majority agree with Obama decision on bin Laden photos: poll

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Nearly two-thirds of Americans agree with President Barack Obama's decision not to release graphic photos of the dead al Qaeda leader ...

Sat, May 07, 2011

Republican answers critics of service under Obama

By John Whitesides

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican Jon Huntsman, a potential White House contender and former ambassador to China, used his first public ...

Sat, May 07, 2011

Obama pivots from bin Laden's death to economy

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama turned on Saturday from national elation over the killing of America's most wanted foe to ...

Fri, May 06, 2011

Bin Laden likely had some support in Pakistan: Obama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden likely had support within Pakistan, but the nature of ...

Fri, May 06, 2011

Obama, taking aim at Big Oil, says gas prices hurt

By Matt Spetalnick

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday that high gasoline prices are sapping the spending power of Americans, as he ...

Thu, May 05, 2011

Obama defends bin Laden sea burial as "respectful"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said U.S. forces were "respectful of the body" of Osama bin Laden when they buried his remains at ...

Thu, May 05, 2011

Obama to thank unit involved in bin Laden operation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday will privately thank some members of the elite special forces team involved in the raid that killed ...

Thu, May 05, 2011

After bin Laden death, Obama visits Ground Zero

By Mark Egan and Jeff Mason

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Days after the killing of Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama met New York firefighters ...

Thu, May 05, 2011

Boehner says Obama push needed to pass trade deals

By Doug Palmer and Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives hopes to pass long-delayed free-trade agreements with Colombia, South Korea ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Blagojevich irked Obama didn't offer plum post for seat

By Janan Hanna

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich erupted in profanity when he learned in 2008 that President Barack Obama was not ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Obama administration urged to raise threat level

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Wednesday came under fire for its decision to leave the national threat level unchanged after ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Obama won't release bin Laden photos, cites risks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said in a television interview on Wednesday he decided not to release photos of Osama bin Laden's body ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Obama Will Not Release Bin Laden Photos

(Washington, DC)  --  President Obama won't allow the release of photos of the slain Osama bin Laden.  He made the comment in an interview ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Obama will not release bin Laden photos

(Washington, DC)  --  President Obama won't allow the release of photos of the slain Osama bin Laden. 

He made the comment in an interview ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Obama won't release bin Laden photos, cites risks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said in a television interview on Wednesday he decided not to release photos of Osama bin Laden's body ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Bin Laden death boosts Obama, fears of attack: polls

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's job approval rating jumped 11 points to 57 percent after the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

Bush declines Obama's invitation to "Ground Zero"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President George W. Bush has declined an invitation from President Barack Obama to attend a New York ceremony on Thursday to ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

U.S. views of Obama improve with bin Laden death: Reuters/Ipsos poll

By John Whitesides

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The killing of Osama bin Laden sharply boosted President Barack Obama's image, improving Americans' views of his leadership ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

Obama aides were divided on bin Laden raid

By Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama held a crucial meeting last week in which his advisers debated three options for dealing with ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Obama friend pleads no contest to soliciting sex

By Jorene Barut

HONOLULU (Reuters) - A longtime friend and golfing buddy of President Barack Obama pleaded no contest on Monday to a misdemeanor charge ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Obama says world a better place with bin Laden dead

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday the world was a better place after the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Obama will speak at White House dinner Monday evening

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will make public remarks at a bipartisan dinner on Monday evening that he and First lady Michelle are hosting ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Obama vows relief on gas prices

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said he was seeking ways to provide "immediate relief" for high U.S. gasoline prices as ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Snap analysis: Bin Laden death a political victory for Obama

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama has had many defining moments as U.S. president. The death of Osama bin Laden may become ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Text of President Obama's statement to U.S. people

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday that the mastermind of the September 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people has been ...

Sun, May 01, 2011

Obama On Bin Laden Death: "Justice Has Been Done"

WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - Confirming the death of notorious terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, President Obama says justice has been done. 

In a hastily-scheduled ...

Sun, May 01, 2011

VIDEO: Obama Announces Death of Osama Bin Laden

May 1 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's elusive leader Osama bin Laden is dead and his body has been recovered by U.S. authorities, CNN ...

Sun, May 01, 2011

Trump shows no hard feelings over Obama jokes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Real estate mogul and possible Republican presidential contender Donald Trump said on Sunday that President Barack Obama did a "pretty good" job ...

Sun, May 01, 2011

Yin to Obama's yang, Huntsman eyes presidential run

By John Whitesides

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Republican Jon Huntsman headed to China as ambassador nearly two years ago he praised his new boss, U ...

Sun, May 01, 2011

Obama makes jokes about Trump at journalists' dinner

By Jim Wolf

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told jokes at the expense of real estate mogul Donald Trump Saturday night, mocking his possible ...

Sat, April 30, 2011

Obama seeks end to oil industry tax breaks

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday kept pressure on the Congress to end tax breaks for oil and gas companies ...

Fri, April 29, 2011

Obama says will keep pushing immigration reform

By Alister Bull

MIAMI (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday vowed to fight for immigration reform, a goal that has eluded him and which ...

Fri, April 29, 2011

Obama signs order for new sanctions on Syria

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Friday imposing new sanctions against Syria's intelligence agency and two relatives of President ...

Thu, April 28, 2011

Governor says Obama leaving Texas in the dust

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry criticized the Obama administration on Thursday for not responding to a request for a ...

Thu, April 28, 2011

Obama gambles on remake of national security team

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama reshuffled his top national security aides on Thursday, altering the chemistry of a team that will ...

Thu, April 28, 2011

Obama administration seeks more comments on rifle sale plan

By Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday will seek another round of comments on its controversial proposal to require gun dealers ...

Thu, April 28, 2011

Obama to visit Alabama tornado zone Friday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will visit Alabama on Friday to view the damage from deadly tornadoes, the White House said.

Obama received an ...

Wed, April 27, 2011

Obama: Republicans push vision of "shrunken America"

By Matt Spetalnick

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday accused Republicans of using their cost-cutting proposals to push a vision of a ...

Wed, April 27, 2011

BREAKING NEWS: President Obama Releases Birth Certificate

President Obama has released his birth certificate, proving that he was born in Hawaii.

Wed, April 27, 2011

White House Releases Obama's Birth Certificate

The White House has released President Obama's long-form birth certificate.  Get the details from Fox News here.

Wed, April 27, 2011

To quell debate, Obama issues birth document

By Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday released a longer version of his birth certificate to answer Republican charges he was ...

Wed, April 27, 2011

Obama to address personnel questions Thursday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will address questions about personnel changes on Thursday, his spokesman said.

U.S. officials said there were plans for ...

Wed, April 27, 2011

Obama to shake up security team, Leon Panetta to Pentagon

By Phil Stewart and Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will on Thursday name CIA Director Leon Panetta to become defense secretary and ...

Wed, April 27, 2011

Republicans turn up heat on Obama over oil prices

By Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With Americans upset about rising gasoline prices, Republicans in Congress aim to fix the blame on one person when ...

Tue, April 26, 2011

Obama criticizes new Georgia immigration law

ATLANTA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday criticized an immigration bill passed by Georgia's Legislature that would give police authority to question suspects ...

Tue, April 26, 2011

Obama leaning toward Crocker as Afghan envoy: source

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is likely to nominate veteran diplomat Ryan Crocker as the next U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, a source familiar ...

Tue, April 26, 2011

Oil subsidies could go to trim deficit: Obama adviser

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House economic adviser Gene Sperling on Tuesday said subsidies to the oil and gas industry could be used ...

Tue, April 26, 2011

Obama urges oil producers to increase output

By Alister Bull and David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged world oil producers to lift crude output, as he sought ...

Sun, April 24, 2011

Obama says Syria's Assad must reform or go

By Nazih Siddiqi

BOQAYA, Lebanon (Reuters) - Syria deployed tanks in a border village on Thursday, witnesses said, ignoring growing pressure from Washington which called ...

Sat, April 23, 2011

Obama sees no magic bullet to push down gas prices

By Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama told Americans on Saturday there is no "magic bullet" to bring down high gasoline prices and said ...

Fri, April 22, 2011

Obama blasts Syria's Assad for "outrageous" violence

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on the Syrian government on Friday to stop using "outrageous" violence against demonstrators and accused President Bashar al-Assad ...

Fri, April 22, 2011

Obama tells Syria that violence must end now

By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told Syria on Friday that its bloody crackdown on protesters "must come to ...

Fri, April 22, 2011

Arab Emirates crown prince to visit Obama on Tuesday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The crown prince of the United Arab Emirates will visit President Barack Obama at the White House next Tuesday to discuss relations ...

Thu, April 21, 2011

Team to probe oil market fraud, manipulation: Obama

RENO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday the U.S. attorney general was assembling a team to root out any fraud and manipulation ...

Thu, April 21, 2011

Supporters of WikiLeaks soldier heckle Obama

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Protesters interrupted President Barack Obama at a campaign fund-raiser on Thursday to complain about the treatment in detention of a U ...

Thu, April 21, 2011

Obama attendance at shuttle launch "awesome": Giffords

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Told that President Barack Obama is to attend the launch of the space shuttle skippered by her husband, wounded Arizona Democratic Representative ...

Thu, April 21, 2011

Obama administration eyes energy markets for fraud

By Jeff Mason

RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - With U.S. gasoline pump prices soaring, the Obama administration on Thursday unveiled a working group of federal ...

Wed, April 20, 2011

Gingrich derides Obama over energy policy

By Ros Krasny

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republican former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich, mulling a run for the White House, on Wednesday ...

Wed, April 20, 2011

Obama administration backs FAA despite uproar

By John Crawley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has full confidence in the top U.S. aviation safety official and his agency following a ...

Wed, April 20, 2011

Obama says spending cuts could trigger second recession

PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he believes the U.S. economy could lapse back into recession if government spending ...

Wed, April 20, 2011

Obama: housing biggest drag on U.S. economy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday said the sluggish housing market is probably the biggest drag on the U.S. economy right now ...

Wed, April 20, 2011

New Jersey's Christie says he is Obama ally on education

By Dave Warner

PRINCETON, New Jersey (Reuters) - New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie on Wednesday declared himself an ally of President Obama and his ...

Wed, April 20, 2011

Obama administration backs FAA despite uproar

By John Crawley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has full confidence in the top U.S. aviation safety official and his agency following a ...

Wed, April 20, 2011

Obama seeks contractor campaign donation disclosure

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama wants to require federal contractors to publicly disclose donations to political campaigns, the White House said ...

Wed, April 20, 2011

Polls: Obama edges Romney, New Jersey rejects Christie

By Jonathan Allen

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has a razor-thin lead with voters over potential 2012 Republican challenger Mitt Romney, according to ...

Wed, April 20, 2011

Obama to attend April 29 space shuttle launch

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to attend the April 29 launch of the space shuttle Endeavour at Cape Canaveral, Florida, a White House ...

Wed, April 20, 2011

Obama blames speculators for rising U.S. fuel prices

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday blamed speculators for driving gasoline prices higher and straining American consumers, saying ...

Wed, April 20, 2011

At Facebook headquarters, Obama seeks 2008 energy

By Jeff Mason

PALO ALTO, Calif (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought to reignite the youthful energy that propelled his 2008 election Wednesday with a ...

Wed, April 20, 2011

Obama urges pressure on Congress to act on immigration

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that he cannot reform U.S. immigration laws alone and pressure must be brought to bear ...

Tue, April 19, 2011

Obama takes tax plan to Facebook billionaires

By Peter Henderson

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama may face a tough audience when he brings his tax-hike-for- billionaires message to Facebook on ...

Tue, April 19, 2011

Obama backs lifting income cap for Social Security

By Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that boosting the amount of individual income subject to Social Security taxes should ...

Tue, April 19, 2011

Obama blames speculators for rising U.S. fuel prices

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday blamed speculators for driving gasoline prices higher and straining American consumers, saying there was ...

Tue, April 19, 2011

Trump: My tax returns for Obama birth certificate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Potential presidential candidate Donald Trump, at or near the top of some recent polls of Republican contenders, said he might release his ...

Mon, April 18, 2011

Obama to discuss trade with Panama's president

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will discuss a long-stalled free trade agreement when he meets with Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli on April ...

Mon, April 18, 2011

Top court takes no action on Obama healthcare case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court took no action Monday on a request to speed up a ruling on President Barack Obama's ...

Mon, April 18, 2011

Obama to Republicans: 'You think we're stupid?'

By Steve Holland

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said he challenged Republicans to try to repeal his landmark healthcare reform in private budget talks ...

Mon, April 18, 2011

Obama administration pushes back against S&P downgrade

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is prepared to take the steps needed to reduce its ballooning budget deficits and both political parties agree now ...

Sat, April 16, 2011

Obama committed to South Korea trade deal: Clinton

By Matt Spetalnick

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday that concluding a long-delayed free trade agreement with South ...

Fri, April 15, 2011

Michelle Obama to appear on Gayle King's show

By Lindsay Powers

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Michelle Obama will appear live on the "Gayle King Show" on April 19.

In their first appearance ...

Fri, April 15, 2011

Supreme Court won't speed up Obama healthcare law ruling

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court refused on Monday to speed up a ruling on President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul, his ...

Fri, April 15, 2011

Obama says little he can do about high oil prices

By Timothy Gardner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said there are no quick fixes to bring down rising gasoline prices and urged caution about ...

Thu, April 14, 2011

Senate confirms two members of Obama economic team

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Thursday confirmed two new members of President Barack Obama's economic team.

Carl Shapiro, an economist in the antitrust ...

Thu, April 14, 2011

Obama urges Democrats help him "finish the job"

By Steve Holland

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged Democrats on Thursday to help him "finish the job" at the first events of his ...

Thu, April 14, 2011

Baucus, Inouye named for Obama budget talks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Senators Daniel Inouye and Max Baucus will sit on a bipartisan negotiating team tasked with hammering out a plan to cut ...

Thu, April 14, 2011

Obama praises Qatar leader for Libya coalition help

By Patricia Zengerle and Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama heaped praise on Qatar's ruler on Thursday, saying Washington could not have ...

Thu, April 14, 2011

White man convicted over black church fire to protest Obama win

By Zach Howard

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (Reuters) - A white man was convicted on Thursday of setting fire to a mostly black church in November 2008 ...

Thu, April 14, 2011

Ex-Obama adviser Lawrence Summers: Don't race to cut deficit

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should wait to tackle its bulging deficit until after economic growth is strong enough to warrant higher interest rates ...

Thu, April 14, 2011

Fundraiser McAuliffe to help Obama re-election bid

By Eric Johnson

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former Democratic National Committee Chairman and major fundraiser Terry McAuliffe is ready to help President Barack Obama's nascent ...

Thu, April 14, 2011

Obama officials: Republicans see debt ceiling urgency

By Rachelle Younglai and Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration expressed confidence on Thursday that the United States would raise its debt ceiling ...

Wed, April 13, 2011

Obama aide held "comprehensive" talks with Saudi King

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top aide to President Barack Obama has held comprehensive talks with Saudi Arabia's ruler, the White House said on Wednesday ...

Wed, April 13, 2011

Obama lays out vision for curing U.S. fiscal woes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday laid out his long-term strategy to reduce the U.S. budget deficit by $4 trillion over 12 ...

Wed, April 13, 2011

Republicans would end Medicare "as we know it": Obama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that the vision of his Republican opponents to tackle the U.S. deficit unfairly penalized the ...

Wed, April 13, 2011

Obama targets $4 trillion cut in deficit

By Caren Bohan and Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama proposed cutting ballooning U.S. budget deficits by $4 trillion over 12 years ...

Wed, April 13, 2011

Republicans reject Obama plan: Reid spokesman

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A spokesman for the U.S. Senate Democratic leader accused Republicans of rejecting President Barack Obama's deficit-reduction plan out of hand ...

Wed, April 13, 2011

Obama meeting with congressional leaders under way

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said a meeting between President Barack Obama and congressional leaders to preview a speech he will deliver on curbing ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

Atop new poll, Trump slams China, OPEC and Obama

By Mark Egan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Call it the Trump Doctrine. The next time America is called upon to act as global policeman, expect ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

Obama offers support to Ivory Coast leader Ouattara

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday to congratulate him on assuming his duties and offer support ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

Questioning of Obama's birth in U.S. should stop: sister

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Talk that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States and therefore does not qualify to be president should stop ...

Mon, April 11, 2011

Missouri official splits with Obama over health law

By Kevin Murphy

KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - Missouri's Democratic Attorney General on Monday joined a largely Republican-led effort to have the healthcare reform law ...

Mon, April 11, 2011

Missouri's Democratic AG splits with Obama over health care

By Kevin Murphy

KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - Missouri's Democratic attorney general on Monday joined the largely Republican-led effort to have President Barack Obama's ...

Mon, April 11, 2011

Not tackling deficit will hurt economy: Obama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday a failure to tackle the U.S. budget deficit will cause serious damage to the economy ...

Sun, April 10, 2011

Obama to meet Qatar ruler at White House on Thursday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet the ruler of Qatar at the White House on Thursday, holding talks with an influential Arab supporter ...

Sun, April 10, 2011

Obama to announce plan to reduce long-term deficit

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will lay out his approach for long-term deficit reduction later this week, his senior adviser David Plouffe said on ...

Fri, April 08, 2011

Obama: government shut down avoided after budget deal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday that compromises by both Democrat and Republican lawmakers involving "painful" spending cuts had secured a budget ...

Fri, April 08, 2011

Obama to make statement on budget shortly: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will make a statement shortly on budget negotiations, the White House said on Friday, after U.S. lawmakers said ...

Fri, April 08, 2011

Obama, Boehner talk by phone, "no resolution": aide

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called House Speaker John Boehner at about 6:30 p.m. ET on Friday, and they "spoke for several ...

Fri, April 08, 2011

Obama condemns "abhorrent violence" of Syrian government

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sternly rebuked Syria on Friday about violence there in which sources said 22 pro-democracy protesters died.

"I strongly condemn ...

Fri, April 08, 2011

Obama calls Boehner on budget, talks ongoing: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama spoke to the top two leaders in Congress on Friday about the budget talks, which are continuing, the White ...

Thu, April 07, 2011

Obama, Congress leaders start U.S. budget meeting

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has begun a meeting with congressional leaders at the White House to discuss ways to avoid a government shutdown ...

Thu, April 07, 2011

Obama meeting with Congress leaders delayed one hour

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There will be a one-hour delay in a meeting on Thursday between President Barack Obama and congressional leaders, which is now set ...

Thu, April 07, 2011

Obama: labor deal paves way for U.S.-Colombia trade pact

By Alister Bull and Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said Thursday that a deal over labor rights had cleared the way to ...

Thu, April 07, 2011

Obama: Labor deal paves way for U.S.-Colombia trade pact

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday a U.S.-Colombian agreement on an action plan for addressing labor rights in Colombia formed ...

Thu, April 07, 2011

Obama friend charged with soliciting prostitute

HONOLULU (Reuters) - A long-time friend of President Barack Obama is due in court next month on suspicion of soliciting a prostitute in Honolulu, authorities ...

Thu, April 07, 2011

Obama and Boehner to hold budget meeting at 1 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will hold another meeting with congressional leaders on Thursday at 1 p.m. EDT to discuss negotiations on spending ...

Wed, April 06, 2011

Folksy Obama glides into campaign mode

By Jeff Mason

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dogged by a budget battle at home, President Barack Obama pitched energy plans and tested campaign themes on ...

Wed, April 06, 2011

How to spend a billion: Obama will lavish on ads

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - How do you spend a billion dollars?

President Barack Obama's campaign will lay out a huge amount of ...

Wed, April 06, 2011

Obama: Simplify tax code for individuals and firms

FAIRLESS HILLS, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that he was eager to simplify the U.S. tax code for individuals as ...

Wed, April 06, 2011

Obama, Karzai deplore Koran burning

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai deplored the burning of the Koran by a fundamentalist U.S. pastor in an ...

Wed, April 06, 2011

Obama may meet with lawmakers Wednesday: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said President Barack Obama may hold a second meeting with U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday to try to break ...

Tue, April 05, 2011

Obama reviews names to run consumer agency: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has not yet selected the head of a new consumer financial protection agency, the White House said.

A source ...

Tue, April 05, 2011

Obama: Mideast peace bid needed amid region's unrest

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday it was more urgent than ever to seize the opportunity to try to ...

Tue, April 05, 2011

Obama links to Facebook for economy townhall

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will visit Facebook's California headquarters on April 20 and hold a town hall forum on the economy with ...

Tue, April 05, 2011

Obama: Mideast peace bid needed amid region's unrest

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that with the winds of change sweeping the broader Middle East it was "more urgent than ...

Tue, April 05, 2011

Obama signs healthcare tax repeal into law

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a bill changing his signature healthcare legislation to repeal a tax measure that business ...

Tue, April 05, 2011

Obama: Economy cannot afford a government shutdown

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday warned that the economy could not afford the disruption that a government shutdown could inflict, but said ...

Tue, April 05, 2011

Obama 2012 team fears voter backlash on gas prices

By Tim Reid and Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House officials are increasingly worried that rising gasoline prices, and disruptions to the global oil ...

Tue, April 05, 2011

Obama asks Ivory Coast's Gbagbo to "stand down"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama called on Ivory Coast incumbent Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday to stand down immediately and order his fighters ...

Sun, April 03, 2011

Obama defends U.S. deficit plan, sees common ground

By Jeff Mason and Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama drew a sharp line on Tuesday between Republican and Democratic plans to cut ...

Sat, April 02, 2011

Obama calls killings in Afghanistan outrageous

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday the killings in Afghanistan after a fundamentalist Christian U.S. preacher burned a ...

Sat, April 02, 2011

Obama declares himself candidate for re-election

By Steve Holland and Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama declared himself a candidate for re-election in 2012 on Monday, jumping ahead of ...

Sat, April 02, 2011

Obama pushes for oil use reduction, clean fuel technology

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday curbing foreign oil dependence and investments in clean fuel technology are the main tenets of his ...

Fri, April 01, 2011

Obama condemns killing of U.N. workers in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States strongly condemned the killing of up to 20 U.N. employees in an attack in northern Afghanistan on Friday ...

Fri, April 01, 2011

Obama urges lawmakers to avoid government shutdown