AP - Listen to Republican voters and you’re likely to hear a reluctance to embrace Mitt Romney’s White House bid. At least at first.[Read more...]
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration is ready for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the fate of last year’s health-care overhaul, its signature legislative achievement. The Justice Department on Wednesday filed a petition asking the high court to review an August decision from the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that ruled unconstitutional the law’s [...]
AP - The U.S. and its allies changed tactics Tuesday on how to avert a crisis over a Palestinian statehood bid, as the White House announced that President Barack Obama would meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. At the same time, U.S. officials conceded they could not stop Abbas from officially launching his case for the [...]
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The Obama administration now says U.S. unemployment could persist at its current stubbornly high level around 9% well into 2012. A new economic forecast released Thursday suggests the White House is bracing for a weak economy in the coming election year, while bolstering President Barack Obama’s calls for more government action to boost [...]
AP - The tiff over the timing of President Barack Obama’s jobs speech to Congress offers little hope that Republicans and the White House will now find common ground on how to reduce the nation’s painfully high unemployment. In fact, some Democrats say it’s time Obama stopped trying so hard to negotiate.[Read more...]
AP - President Barack Obama has chosen labor economist Alan Krueger for a top administration post as the White House scrambles for solutions to boost a fragile economy with the 2012 election looming.[Read more...]
AP - Urging everyone in Hurricane Irene’s path to get ready, President Barack Obama decided to cut his vacation short Friday and return to the White House for a storm he described as potentially historic.[Read more...]
AP - The White House is urging people living in the path of Hurricane Irene to follow the advice and warning of state and local officials as the storm approaches.[Read more...]
AP - The most powerful earthquake to strike the East Coast in 67 years shook buildings and rattled nerves from Georgia to Maine on Tuesday. Frightened office workers spilled into the streets in New York, and parts of the White House, Capitol and Pentagon were evacuated.[Read more...]
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Senate OKs payroll tax cut, huge spending bill
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