WASHINGTON – Anxious to jolt the economy back to life, President-elect Barack Obama appears to be zeroing in on a stimulus package of about $850 billion, dwarfing last spring's tax rebates and rivaling drastic government actions to fight the Great ...Read More
GINOWAN, Japan (Reuters) - Thousands of Japanese gathered in sweltering heat on the southern island of Okinawa on Sunday to demand that a U.S. Marine base be moved out of the region, days ahead of a visit by President Barack ...Read More
Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama paid tributeyesterday to soldiers and civilians who rushed to the aid offallen comrades during a deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood,Texas, that he called “a crime against our nation.” The president and Michelle Obama ...Read More
TOKYO -- Japan's foreign minister said Sunday that no deal on relocating U.S. troops on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa can be expected during President Barack Obama's visit this week, saying the issue needs more time to resolve.
Obama is ...Read More
* Obama decision on troops, strategy near * Final options include roughly 30,000-troop increase WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is wrapping up deliberations on war strategy in Afghanistan and is considering final Pentagon options that include sending about ...Read More
President Barack Obama summoned Democrats to "answer the call of history" Saturday as the House pushed toward a vote on a landmark health care bill holding out the promise of coverage for tens of millions who lack it. After months of ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama summoned Democrats to "answer the call of history" Saturday as the House pushed toward a vote on a landmark health care bill holding out the promise of coverage for tens of millions who lack it. After ...Read More
These are, more or less, the ground rules that have been laid down for us by U.S. President Barack Obama: The Israel Navy is permitted to intercept weapons shipments from Iran to Hezbollah and Israel Defense Forces Military Intelligence may ...Read More
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama has ended his Capitol Hill meeting with House Democrats as he tries to round up Democratic votes for his health care overhaul. The House plans to vote Saturday evening. Republicans are voting against the bill, but Democrats who ...Read More
In a private meeting on Capitol Hill and from the presidential podium in the Rose Garden, President Barack Obama on Saturday pressed for House passage of a health overhaul bill and told lawmakers "to rise to this moment" and "answer ...Read More
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia ...Read More
ST ANDREWS, Scotland, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Group of 20 financeministers and central bankers pledged on Saturday to preparestrategies to end emergency support for their economies, but tokeep the aid flowing until recovery was assured. The world's biggest economies -- the ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting. The White House announced the trip on Saturday. Obama is scheduled to depart on ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--President Barack Obama urged the U.S. House to pass far-reaching health-care overhaul legislation in a brief address at the White House Saturday, saying Americans "urgently" needed changes to the existing health-care system. "This is our moment to live up ...Read More
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul moved toward a vote in the House Saturday after anti-abortion lawmakers won a chance to knock out language that would let federally subsidized health care plans cover abortions. Democratic leaders were hopeful they could ...Read More
Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithnersaid the U.S. economy requires “continued policy support” torecover from a financial and economic crisis that has pushedunemployment to its highest level since 1983. “Yesterday’s jobs numbers in the United States reinforcedthat this is ...Read More
A year ago Wednesday, then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stood by while her Republican running mate, Sen. John McCain, delivered his concession speech outside the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix. Turns out Palin would have liked to give a little speech too, thanking ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a close vote looming, the U.S. House of Representatives was expected to open debate on Saturday on a sweeping reform bill that would spark the biggest healthcare changes in four decades. President Barack Obama planned to visit ...Read More
GINOWAN, Japan (Reuters) - The United States and Japan look set to avoid a collision over where to relocate a Marine base when President Barack Obama visits Tokyo next week, but the row could still fray security ties in the ...Read More
SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. -- The Democratic victory in a heavily Republican upstate New York district hinged more on local concerns and quirks of the race than broader political issues, according to voter interviews.
Bill Owens' win in the special election to ...Read More
I had arranged to meet David Plouffe on Saturday afternoon at a Starbucks on Wisconsin Avenue in Washington. The night before, a copy of his new book, The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic ...Read More
