Barack Obama

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April 27, 2010

GOP strategy to re-take Congress: ‘A heaping plate of soul’

President Obama has helped inspire an historic batch of black Americans to run for Congress - against his own party...
April 27, 2010

Unemployment challenges Obama’s economic push

FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) - The unemployment rate, perhaps the most recognizable economic indicator, has held steady at 9.7 percent…
April 27, 2010

Asheville arrest triggers old fears for African-Americans

OPINION - Any other time and with any other president, the puzzling escapade at the North Carolina airport might be…
April 27, 2010

Arizona pushes Congress into immigration minefield

WASHINGTON (AP) - Backed into a corner by border state Arizona's tough new immigration law, Democrats and Republicans alike find…
April 26, 2010

Nebraska courthouse finally replace Obama cigarette photo with official portrait

The portrait will hang in a spot that had held a framed black-and-white photo showing the president with a cigarette…
April 26, 2010

Armed potential threat to Obama behind bars

VIDEO - Joseph Sean McVey had a note in his car with formulas used for firing a rifle with a…
April 26, 2010

Public to help pick high school for Obama speech

WASHINGTON (AP) - Six high schools are competing to land a memorable commencement speaker: President Obama...
April 26, 2010

Texas lawmaker: Obama is ‘God’s punishment on us’

On Saturday, Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) and several other elected officials boosted Fox News host Glenn Beck at an event…
April 26, 2010

Protesters urge Obama to overturn Ariz. immigration law

PHOENIX (AP) - The conflict intensified Monday as vandals smeared refried beans in the shape of swastikas on the state…
April 26, 2010

Obama asks 2008 coalition to help in 2010 midterms

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama is urging his 2008 campaign supporters - first-time voters, young people, blacks, Hispanics, and independents…
April 26, 2010

Obama: W.Va. miners died in pursuit of better life

BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) - The president told the families of the workers killed in the Upper Big Branch mine, about…
April 26, 2010

Armed man attempts to greet Obama at airport

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (AP) - When an officer asked him what he was doing, McVey told him he heard the…
April 25, 2010

The Obamas meet with ailing evangelist Billy Graham

MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - President Barack Obama made a pilgrimage Sunday to Billy Graham's mountainside home, concluding his North Carolina…
April 24, 2010

Ariz. immigration law puts Obama in tight spot

OPINION - Arizona may have taken the option of watch and wait caution off the White House table...
April 23, 2010

Obama hasn’t changed, but where’s the country that elected him?

He hasn't changed. But the country that elected him has. We seem to have lost our collective nerve....
April 23, 2010

Obamas kickoff vacation with BBQ cookout

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - President Obama and the first lady begin their North Carolina vacation with barbecued ribs...
April 23, 2010

Democrats set showdown vote on Wall Street bill

VIDEO - Opinion polls show the public is receptive to new federal curbs on Wall Street after twin catastrophes...
April 23, 2010

Obama on Ariz. immigration bill: ‘Misguided’

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama says the government must enact changes in immigration law at the national level or leave…
April 23, 2010

Obamas head to North Carolina for quick vacation

WASHINGTON (AP) - The last time Barack Obama was in Asheville, North Carolina, he complained he was too busy to…
April 22, 2010

Obama slams Wall Street ways while asking support

VIDEO - President Obama rebuked Wall Street for risky practices Thursday even as he sought its leaders' help for "updated,…