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April 12, 2010

Obama election-year jobs agenda stalls in Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) - The election-year jobs agenda promised by President Barack Obama and Democrats has stalled seven months before voters…
April 12, 2010

Obama, world leaders work to stop nuclear spread

WASHINGTON (AP) - Presidents, prime ministers and other leaders from 47 countries start work Monday on a battle plan to…
April 9, 2010

Obama promises quick court replacement for Stevens

WASHINGTON (AP) - The retirement of John Paul Stevens, the Supreme Court's leading liberal, will set off an election-year political…
April 9, 2010

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens retiring

WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Stevens, the court's oldest member and leader of its liberal bloc, is retiring. Obama now has…
April 9, 2010

Obama's top 10 Supreme Court prospects

SLIDESHOW - These individuals represent a range of intellectual and judicial heavyweights reflecting a range of personal perspectives very much…
April 9, 2010

Republicans expected to get behind Obama's new START

WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite near gridlock in the U.S. Senate, Republicans were expected to swing behind a new arms control…
April 9, 2010

Obama on Palin's nuke rebuke: 'She's not much of an expert'

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama snapped back at Sarah Palin and her criticisms about his nuclear defense policy, calling the…
April 9, 2010

Gingrich: Obama is 'most radical president ever'

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Gingrich reminded conservative activists why he was one of the nation's most polarizing leaders in the…
April 8, 2010

Obama, Medvedev sign treaty to cut nuclear arms

PRAGUE (AP) - Seeking to end years of rancor, President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday signed…
April 8, 2010

Disarmament is Obama's only nuclear option

OPINION - Obama's nuclear plan will make America capable of destroying the world fifty times over instead of one hundred…
April 7, 2010

Obama seeks new tone in outreach to Muslims

WASHINGTON (AP) - Less talk about "Islamic radicalism" and a lot more about doing business...
April 7, 2010

Obama's American agenda benefits black America, too

President Obama's historic status as the nation's first black president hasn't spared him criticism from some black commentators and members…
April 7, 2010

Why Michael Steele will stay at the RNC

OPINION - The RNC still needs Steele for the very reason he was plucked for the lead role in the…
April 6, 2010

Obama calls new nuclear strategy 'significant step'

VIDEO - President Obama vowed Tuesday to constrain the use of the nation's Cold War-era nuclear arsenal, part of a…
April 6, 2010

Politics as usual: Obama embraces black church for a boost

OPINION - President Obama has shown a tendency to only acknowledge and meet with those who are most supportive of…
April 6, 2010

Obamas welcome openly gay couple and their children to egg hunt

VIDEO - The White House honored the family at the center of Florida's battle over same-sex adoptions on Monday...
April 6, 2010

'Short selling' could help homeowners facing foreclosure

VIDEO - This is a recognition that many Americans just can't afford the house they bought...
April 6, 2010

An open letter to black America

OPINION - Black America, we've been surviving for 400 years in this nation. The question for the twenty-first century is…
April 5, 2010

First family kicks off annual Easter Egg Roll

VIDEO - The Obama family welcomed thousands of children to the sun-soaked South Lawn of the White House for the…
April 5, 2010

Anti-Obama billboards hit the highways in Atlanta

VIDEO - A group of Atlanta business owners are taking their anti-Obama message to the streets...