Barack Obama

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March 17, 2010

Obama’s new partner: Al Sharpton

President Barack Obama has turned to Mr. Sharpton in recent weeks to answer increasingly public criticism in the black community…
March 16, 2010

Obama woos wavering Dems on health vote

VIDEO - Days away from a make-or-break vote on his fiercely contested health care overhaul, President Obama is turning up…
March 16, 2010

It’s ‘do or die’ week for health care reform – how did we get here?

OPINION - While it may feel like déjà vu all over again, democrats actually are closer than ever to passing…
March 16, 2010

Indonesia remembers young Barack Obama

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Somewhat bluntly, Barack Obama's former teacher sums up the neighborhood thinking when the future American president…
March 15, 2010

Obama seeks to reassure seniors on health care

VIDEO - With a fresh sense of urgency, President Obama sought to reassure seniors Monday about health care legislation approaching…
March 15, 2010

Obama portrait removal is a prank to some, prejudice to others

VIDEO - Oklahoma state lawmakers are investigating a presidential mystery. A portrait of President Obama keeps moving from a wall…
March 15, 2010

A look at Democrats’ health care overhaul

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama and congressional Democrats are pulling together a final version of a health care overhaul bill and…
March 14, 2010

Clarence Thomas’ wife launches ‘Tea Party’ group

As Virginia Thomas tells it in her soft-spoken, Midwestern cadence, the story of her involvement in the "tea party" movement…
March 12, 2010

Democrats look to resurrect ambitious college aid plan

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Democrats want a stalled overhaul of college aid programs to get strapped onto a fast-track health…
March 12, 2010

Pelosi promises swift passage of health care reform

WASHINGTON (AP) - At the White House, officials worked to maximize Obama's influence over lawmakers who control the fate of…
March 12, 2010

Rev. Jeremiah Wright discusses Obama controversy, history of his church

President Obama's former pastor Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. on Wednesday compared the president to a son who was being…
March 12, 2010

Tempe students scrap walkout over Obama essay contest

The Marcos de Niza seniors, who wrote essays and made a video for the Race to the Top Commencement Challenge...
March 12, 2010

Desirée Rogers ran into sharp elbows at White House

Desirée Rogers began to understand she was in trouble when David Axelrod summoned her to his office last spring to…
March 12, 2010

Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama has delayed his first international trip of the year to focus attention on the final…
March 11, 2010

Black Caucus wants more from Obama

VIDEO - Several caucus members feel strongly that the president is not listening to their concerns...
March 11, 2010

Obama gives $1.4 million Nobel prize to charity

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama will give $200,000 to the Bush-Clinton Haiti Fund to help the country recover from the earthquake...
March 11, 2010

Foreclosure rates up by smallest amount in years

WASHINGTON (AP) - The foreclosure crisis in the U.S. isn't over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing…
March 11, 2010

Congressional Black Caucus: President Obama’s not listening

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are headed to the White House for a meeting on jobs Thursday, and they'll…
March 10, 2010

Obama renews support for Haiti, warns that ‘dire’ crisis isn’t over

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama said the challenge now is "to prevent a second disaster" with the start of the rainy…
March 10, 2010

Despite setbacks, Obama remains more popular than Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty…