Woman killed same day sister sat behind Obama
CHICAGO (AP) - An 18-year-old Chicago woman was killed on the same day her sister sat on the stage behind President Barack Obama, listening to him push for gun control legislation...
4 years into Obama era, a complicated state of our union
ANALYSIS - President Obama is likely to say America is 'getting stronger,' as he did last year, or use some other optimistic phrase when he delivers his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday...
Obama delivers strong defense of modern liberalism
ANALYSIS - The president highlighted immigration reform, defending the rights of gay Americans, making it easier to vote and passing climate change legislation, all major Democratic Party priorities...
Obama says 'America's possibilities are limitless'
WASHINGTON (AP) - The president didn't dwell on any first-term accomplishments but looked to hard work ahead in a country still grappling with a sluggish economy....
Obama's final pitch: 'It's out of my hands now'
VIDEO - For the final campaign event of the 2012 cycle, President Barack Obama returned to where his bid for presidency began...
Obama DNC speech gets 35.7 million viewers
NEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama can beat rival Mitt Romney as a television draw, but can't eclipse his old self...
Obama eager to sketch path forward for nation
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - President Barack Obama pronounced himself eager to go before the Democratic National Convention and the nation Thursday to share his vision for the future in a capstone speech designed not just to persuade undecided voters but to put fire in the belly of his supporters...
What's changed since Obama's '04 DNC speech?
OPINION - Now, eight years later, Obama returns to the podium tonight to deliver yet another speech at the Democratic National Convention. In the intervening eight years, the nation is so much is different and, in many ways, not so changed at all...
Paul Ryan takes factual shortcuts in RNC speech
WASHINGTON (AP) - Laying out the first plans for his party's presidential ticket, GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan took some factual shortcuts Wednesday night when he attacked President Barack Obama's policies on Medicare, the economic stimulus and the budget deficit...
Eric Holder to speak at NAACP convention
HOUSTON (AP) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to speak at the NAACP convention in Houston...
