As marathon talks open in Copenhagen on climate change, US President Barack Obama is investing heavily in their success but is walking a tightrope as he weathers criticism both at home and abroad.
But the US Congress has not finished legislation to cut emissions blamed for global warming and his opponents have been emboldened by a [...]
Casting health care overhaul as a legacy for the American people and failure as politically unthinkable, President Barack Obama on Sunday rallied Senate Democrats to deliver on their party’s half-century quest to expand the social safety net by providing access for all.
“They’re going to get it done,” Obama said as he left.
President Barack Obama told Bruce Springsteen that the rocker was indeed “the Boss,” at an awards ceremony that also honored actor Robert De Niro, film director Mel Brooks, composer Dave Brubeck and opera singer Grace Bumbry.
“On a day like this I remember, Im the president, but hes the Boss,” Obama told some 300 attendants at [...]
President Barack Obama urged SenateDemocrats today to agree on health-care legislation as U.S.lawmakers struggle to resolve disputes over issues including aproposed government-run insurance plan.
We are working toward consensus; we are not there,Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. He said thepresident stressed the historical significance of the health-care plan and said that 10, 20, 30, [...]
Senate Democrats emerged from a meeting with President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Sunday afternoon still mired in intraparty disagreements over health care overhaul legislation but committed to resolving their differences before Christmas Day.
Senators confirmed that the president didnt discuss policy matters or provide direction on the key issues dividing the [...]
Sarah Palin, promoting her memoir,made her first trip to Iowa since she ran last year as the vice-presidential candidate on the losing Republican ticket.
I see a lot of excitement for someone who has championedthe conservative ideals, both the moral and fiscal issues,said Rosener, who invited Palin to return for a political event.
President Barack Obama encouraged fellow Democrats in the US Senate on Sunday to overcome their divisions and pass sweeping health care reform legislation, in a rare closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill.
Senators were holed up in Congress over the weekend to debate the health care overhaul, Obamas top domestic priority, which aims to provide coverage to [...]
A week after President Barack Obama issued new orders for the war in Afghanistan, the White House is retroactively pulling away the curtain in front of his decision-making process, dispatching top officials to the Sunday shows to discuss it and offering top newspaper reports details for tick-tocks. Here’s what we know about his administration and [...]
When President Barack Obama pairedhis decision to add 30,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan with adeadline to begin a withdrawal, he committed himself to anoncommittal strategy.
It has always struck me that the president believes inbig goals but not bright lines, said Bill Galston, a scholarat the Washington-based Brookings Institution.
The White House says President Barack Obama has told Democratic senators to keep up the fight on health care legislation.
Deputy White House press secretary Bill Burton says Obama thanked Democrats for their hard work and encouraged them to keep at it.
Obama meet with Democrats on Sunday afternoon as the Senate worked through the weekend on [...]
