Everyone knows House Republicans (along with three Democrats) voted Wednesday to repeal Obamacare. But fewer people know what those same House Republicans -- this time, with 14 Democrats -- did Thursday.
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Buoyed by rising poll numbers and a boost in the nation's financial outlook, President Obama is refocusing on the economy as he prepares to formally announce his re-election bid.
Saying Obama is likely to file papers soon for 2012, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs -- departing the administration to consult for the campaign -- said Obama hopes to build on recent improvements.
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Buoyed by rising poll numbers and a boost in the nation's financial outlook, President Obama is refocusing on the economy as he prepares to formally announce his re-election bid.
Saying Obama is likely to file papers soon for 2012, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs -- departing the administration to consult for the campaign -- said Obama hopes to build on recent improvements.
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Where can the new Congress start cutting spending? Here's one obvious answer: high-speed rail. The Obama administration is sending billions of stimulus dollars around the country for rail projects that make no sense and that, if they are ever built, will be a drag on taxpayers indefinitely.
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Just ahead of what promises to be an especially thorny budget season, President Obama on Tuesday called for a governmentwide review of federal regulations.
In a flurry of documents from the Oval Office, the White House is directing federal agencies to embrace regulatory policies that "impose the least burden on society," to make the process more transparent and consider the effect of regulation on small business. The president capped the initiative with an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal
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What happens when a country declares war on its deadly illegal drug cartels and loses? The violent deaths of nearly 35,000 in Mexico in the past four years symbolize a growing crisis for the United States as its southern neighbor is increasingly destabilized by competing drug organizations that have infiltrated every level of government, according to numerous U.S. officials.
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Amid new polling that shows Americans prefer compromise to battle in Congress, the White House is stepping up efforts to thwart a Republican attempt to repeal health care reform. A USA Today/Gallup poll released Monday found 80 percent believe President Obama should work to pass legislation on various matters that Democrats and Republicans can agree on. Just 32 percent want the health care reform law dismantled.
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By all accounts, an Internet documentary named "Zeitgeist" was the favorite movie of accused Tucson shooter Jared Loughner. Created in 2007 by New York-based conspiracy merchant Peter Joseph, "Zeitgeist" is a two-hour mash-up of old and new conspiracy theories involving religion, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and the Federal Reserve system. Its message is simple: "We've been lied to. We've been lied to by every institution."
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Honoring the victims of the Tucson massacre, President Obama on Wednesday urged Americans to resist turning on each other in anger, but instead talk "in a way that heals."
Directly confronting the agonized and at times piercing public debates that have followed last weekend's attack, Obama aimed to diffuse some of the bitterness, saying it was not a "lack of civility" that led to the rampage.
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Iowa's Tom Harkin took to the Senate floor at the close of the 111th Congress to lament a retiring colleague. "I will lose a kindred spirit and a fellow progressive populist, Byron Dorgan," Harkin intoned about the senior senator from North Dakota.
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