President Barack Obama has landed in Ghana on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office. Greeted by a rush of excitement on his arrival here, America's first black president planned a speech to Ghana's Parliament on Saturday outlining his ...Read More
March 16 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will tomorrow be interviewed by the Fox News Channel, his second appearance on a network since administration officials last year singled out Fox for being critical of his policies. Obama is in a final ...Read More
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's choice to be the first U.S. ambassador to Syria in five years told his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday he'll deliver "unfiltered straight talk" to Damascus about its support of terror groups. "They need to hear directly ...Read More
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission officially released the nation's first national broadband plan Tuesday, but the document will be just the start of a long process to extend broadband service to millions of U.S. residents. The broadband plan, about 360 pages ...Read More
WASHINGTON - Federal agencies haven't lived up to President Barack Obama's promise of a more open government, increasing their use of legal exemptions to keep records secret during his first year in office. An Associated Press review of Freedom of Information ...Read More
WASHINGTON, March 16 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will spend Tuesday conducting several meetings out of the public eye, the White House said.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will join Biden for a breakfast meeting ...Read More
WASHINGTON-The government's use of legal exemptions to keep records secret rose during President Barack Obama's first year in office, despite promises of increased openness, an Associated Press review found. The review of annual Freedom of Information Act reports filed by ...Read More
WASHINGTON-Just back from a recent day trip to Georgia, President Barack Obama walked into the Oval Office and told his senior staff to get a grip. "We all rise and fall together," he declared that afternoon, as Washington neared fever pitch ...Read More
To mark Sunshine Week, when news organizations promote open government and freedom of information, The Associated Press reviewed annual Freedom of Information Act reports filed by 17 agencies. The review included the 2008 and 2009 budget year FOIA reports from the ...Read More
Health Care 101: A consumer primer on Obama's bill
WASHINGTON — It took lawmakers a year to shape President Barack Obama's health care bill. If it finally passes Congress, it'll take the better part of a decade to write the user ...Read More
TV show host Jay Leno made a cruel joke last week that will have hurt the White House more than a hundred critical comment pieces in the New York Times or Washington Post.
Leno, host of the Tonight Show, said a ...Read More
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Somewhat bluntly, Barack Obama's former teacher sums up the neighborhood thinking when the future American president turned up with his family in Indonesia's capital more than 40 years ago. "His mother was white, his father was Indonesian, ...Read More
Traveling to the Cleveland area to make yet another major speech for passing health care reform into law, President Barack Obama chose as a travel companion one very skeptical lawmaker. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) is from the area where Obama is ...Read More
STORRS, Conn.-If President Barack Obama is looking for a partner to play U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and his daughter in basketball, Connecticut's Maya Moore says she's prepared to serve. Brown, the Massachusetts Republican who had an upset win in a special ...Read More
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected any curbs on Jewish settlement in and around Jerusalem, defying Washington in Israel's deepening crisis with U.S. President Barack Obama's administration.
"For the past 40 years, no Israeli government ever limited ...Read More
When the U.S. Federal Communications Commission officially releases the nation's first national broadband plan on Tuesday, the document will be just the start of a long process to extend broadband service to millions of U.S. residents. The broadband plan, about ...Read More
WASHINGTON-President Barack Obama's second trip to Asia since taking office is unlikely to result in tangible accomplishments, but the two-country sojourn could be an important step in restoring U.S. influence in the region. The economy, terrorism and climate change all figure ...Read More
March 16 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic lawmakers, prodding President Barack Obama to take a tougher line on China's currency, are drawing up legislation and convening hearings on the yuan's effects on U.S. companies. Senators Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Debbie Stabenow of ...Read More
The United States thwarted an Israeli attempt to play down a diplomatic rift on Sunday by renewing its condemnation of plans to build settler homes in occupied East Jerusalem. After days of uncharacteristically caustic criticism from Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...Read More
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama put the personal touch on his healthcare lobbying last week, inviting U.S. Rep. Suzanne Kosmas, D-New Smyrna Beach, to the White House for a 15-20 minute discussion, according to congressional Democrats.
The Thursday morning powwow wasn't ...Read More
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama flies to Ohio as he tries to drum up more support for his health insurance overhaul. He'll speak Monday at a recreation and senior center in Strongsville, outside Cleveland. Strongsville is the home of cancer patient Natoma ...Read More
