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Obama sends Congress $3.8 trillion spending plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sent Congress a $3.8 trillion spending blueprint on Wednesday that strives to achieve a "grand bargain" to tame runaway deficits, raising taxes on the...

news Wed, Apr 10, 2013 - 11:16am

Obama to urge court to overturn gay marriage ban

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Thursday will ask the Supreme Court to overturn California's ban on gay marriage and take a skeptical view of similar bans elsewhere, according...

news Thu, Feb 28, 2013 - 4:59pm

In this photo from last year, President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington. As President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, Feb. 12, 2013, he presides over an economy much healthier than the one he inherited four years ago. Yet growth remains slow and unemployment high. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Obama to announce 34K troops to be home in 1 year

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will announce in his State of the Union address that 34,000 U.S. troops will be home from Afghanistan within a year, two people familiar...

news Tue, Feb 12, 2013 - 8:50am

Official: Outdoor retail exec picked for Interior

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has picked Sally Jewell, a business executive who has earned national recognition for her support of outdoor recreation and habitat conservation, to lead the...

news Wed, Feb 06, 2013 - 11:25am

Obama to ask for short term budget plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will ask Congress to come up with tens of billions of dollars in short-term spending cuts and tax revenue to put off the automatic...

news Tue, Feb 05, 2013 - 9:58am

President Barack Obama speaks to Minnesota law enforcement officials, lawmakers and local leaders Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, at the Minneapolis Police Department Special Operations Center about his plan to curb gun violence. (Forum News Service photo by Danielle Killey)

Obama pushes gun control plan during Minnesota visit Monday

MINNEAPOLIS - President Barack Obama emphasized background checks and a ban on military assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in a speech to Minnesota law enforcement officials and local leaders Monday...

news / region Mon, Feb 04, 2013 - 2:58pm

Bob Franken: The warm and fuzzy Barack and Hillary interview

Will somebody please tell me what that Hillary Clinton-Barack Obama joint interview — no, make that love-fest — on “60 Minutes” was about? The two of them were almost giggling...

opinion / commentary Thu, Jan 31, 2013 - 1:03am

Obama making first trip to pitch for gun proposals, plans Minneapolis visit Monday

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will travel to Minneapolis Monday to pitch his proposals for reducing gun violence. It will be the president's first trip outside of Washington centered...

news / region Wed, Jan 30, 2013 - 6:08pm

Obama unveils $500 million gun violence package

WASHINGTON (AP) — Without waiting for Congress, President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced a sweeping $500 million program to curb gun violence, setting up a fight over universal background checks...

news Wed, Jan 16, 2013 - 11:21am

President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands last May with with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, during their meeting at the NATO Summit in Chicago. The Obama administration gave the first explicit signal Tuesday that it might leave no troops in Afghanistan after December 2014. Karzai is scheduled to meet with Obama at the White House on Friday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama, Karzai agree to speed military transition

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Friday they have agreed to speed up slightly the schedule for moving Afghanistan's security forces into the lead...

news Fri, Jan 11, 2013 - 12:47pm

US may leave no troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says it might leave no troops in Afghanistan after December 2014, an option that defies the Pentagon's view that thousands of troops may be...

news Wed, Jan 09, 2013 - 11:31am

President Barack Obama will nominate former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary. The selection of the decorated Vietnam combat veteran sets up a potentially contentious confirmation hearing because Hagel has come under scrutiny from his former colleagues over his positions on Israel and Iran. Some Republicans already have declared their public opposition to Hagel replacing Pentagon chief Leon Panetta in Obama's second-term Cabinet. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver, File)

Obama defense pick faces rough going in Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's pick of Chuck Hagel to run the Pentagon faces rough going in the Senate as a handful of Republicans quickly announced their opposition to...

news Tue, Jan 08, 2013 - 8:30am

Springsteen explains why he's supporting Obama

NEW YORK (AP) — After vowing not to get involved in this year's presidential election, Bruce Springsteen is supporting Barack Obama again, saying he believes Obama is the best person...

news Thu, Oct 18, 2012 - 3:57pm

Obama: Egypt not an ally or enemy

WASHINGTON (AP) — With anti-U.S. protests spreading in the Arab world, President Barack Obama says the U.S. would not consider Egypt an ally, "but we don't consider them an enemy."...

news Thu, Sep 13, 2012 - 2:55pm

Obama, Romney campaigns to discuss Great Lakes

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Representatives of Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are scheduled to outline their policies on Great Lakes protection this week. Both campaigns...

news Tue, Sep 11, 2012 - 1:44pm

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