ACCRA, Ghana -- President Barack Obama isn't descended from slaves; his father was from Kenya, his mother from Kansas. However, his visit to Ghana, where slaves once were captured and shipped to America, could be an emotional trek, particularly for first ...Read More
The United States reportedly has begun helping anti-Taliban militias in Afghanistan to promote tribal rebellion against the militants.
According to the New York Times, the US hopes this could supplement American and Afghan forces already in place, as well as any ...Read More
Updated at 11:17 p.m. EST Invoking the name of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack ...Read More
WASHINGTON - -- By admitting over the weekend that the world will have to wait at least until next year for a legally binding treaty to curb global warming, President Barack Obama and fellow Pacific Rim government leaders dramatically lowered ...Read More
Nov 21 (Reuters) - The debate over U.S. healthcare reformis full of terms familiar to lawmakers and lobbyists but oftenobscure to the public. Here is a glossary of words and phrases being bandied aboutas Congress considers President Barack Obama's top domesticpriority: ...Read More
WASHINGTON -Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was ...Read More
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — When tickets to see Sarah Palin in Michigan ran out, people drove to her appearance here, three hours away. Thousands had lined up overnight, starting nearly 24 hours before she was to begin signing books, camping out ...Read More
President Barack Obama is considering setting a provisional target for cutting America's huge greenhouse gas emissions, removing the greatest single obstacle to a landmark global agreement to fight climate change.
The Observer has learnt that administration officials have been consulting international ...Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for ...Read More
This is a RUSH transcript from "The O'Reilly Factor," November 20, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. Watch "The O'Reilly Factor" weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! BILL O'REILLY, HOST: President Obama, ...Read More
WASHINGTON--U.S. President Barack Obama, fresh from his first presidential trip to Asia, called for the U.S. to increase exports to that region, saying even small gains would help put many unemployed Americans back on the job. "As we emerge from the ...Read More
A crucial first Senate vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in a rare Saturday night session looms as a test of Democratic unity and the president's prestige.
Democratic leaders are optimistic of success, but they need every Democrat and ...Read More
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said hefocused much of his recent week-long trip to Asia on exploringways to increase U.S. exports and thereby create jobs. Obama returned Nov. 19 from a trip to Japan, China andSouth Korea. In his ...Read More
NU Board of Regent Jim McClurg of Lincoln, left, takes notes during public testimony Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, at the regent's monthly meeting in Lincoln, Neb., regarding the expansion or restriction of embryonic stem cell research as Regent Brad Bohn ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Nov. 21) - A crucial first Senate vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in a rare Saturday night session looms as a test of Democratic unity and the president's prestige. Democratic leaders are optimistic of success, but they ...Read More
WASHINGTON -President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods ...Read More
Mahmoud Abbas is in a bind. Faced with a seemingly insurmountable impasse to negotiations with Israel, the Palestinian Authority president can either resign from his PLO chairmanship or come up with some serious, unilateral action to break the deadlock. With ...Read More
WASHINGTON—A crucial first Senate vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in a rare Saturday night session looms as a test of Democratic unity and the president's prestige.
Democratic leaders are optimistic of success, but they need every Democrat and ...Read More
LINCOLN, Neb. -- The University of Nebraska's governing board voted yesterday not to place tighter restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research than those outlined under federal guidelines, which were expanded after President Barack Obama took office. The Board of Regents, which is ...Read More
WASHINGTON: US President BarackObama's job approval rating has dipped below the 50% mark, the first time afterhe was sworn in January this year. The latest Gallup Daily trackingresults, released yesterday said that 49% of Americans approve of the job Obamais doing ...Read More
China , Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia,Afghanistan, Pakistan... US president Barack Obama ran through the gamut ofnations as he articulated another elegant Asia policy speech in Tokyo this week.Conspicuous by its absence was India. Was India not on his radar? Or was ...Read More
