The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency met Friday with Vatican officials who helped draft Pope Francis’ upcoming encyclical on ecology, evidence that the Obama administration is seeking to…
Officials: Detainee swapped for Bergdahl suspected of militant activities – Republicans believe national security will be a key issue in the upcoming presidential campaign, and see an opening for attack…
READ: Obama cracks ‘Deflategate’ joke, jabs at Romney – “I’m launching a new Precision Medicine Initiative to bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes — and to…
Declaring an end to “mindless austerity,” President Barack Obama called for a surge in government spending Thursday, and asked Congress to throw out the sweeping budget cuts both parties agreed…
“I want to just remind the New England and Pacific Northwest contingentsthis is the city of brotherly love, so regardless of what you think about Sunday, I want you all…
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday passed a bill to force approval of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, which President Obama is certain to veto in his first official…
But don’t expect Thursday’s vote to lead to construction permits for the contentious pipeline project that would ship crude oil from Canada to U.S. refineries on the Gulf Coast. The…
Menendez and the bill’s Democratic supporters, including the Senate’s No. 3 Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer, promised President Barack Obama in a letter Tuesday they would wait until after the March…
Building off his pitch for “middle class economics” in the State of the Union address last week, Obama called on Congress to take up budget proposals he claimed will help…
Sen. Jeff Sessions, incoming chair of the Senate immigration subcommittee, is ready to go to war with Obama. Read the whole story at Mother Jones
Senators weigh Loretta Lynch’s nomination for attorney general for a second day at a hearing certain to pile criticism on President Barack Obama and Eric Holder, the current occupant of…
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Open Source By ROBERT MACKEY As images of President Obama and the first lady, Michelle Obama, with the new Saudi leader, King Salman, circulated online after their brief visit to…
PHILADELPHIA, Jan 28 (Reuters) – U.S. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday she would like to find a way to grant the Obama administration “fast-track” trade negotiating authority…
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) publicly praised first lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday. Yes, really. – View the Facebook post here.
Here comes spendageddon! To influence the 2016 elections, oil barons Charles and David Koch have pledged that their political network will spend $889 million, media reports say. Basically — wrap…
President Barack Obama says he will not meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in March because his trip to Washington comes too close to Israel’s upcoming elections. “I’m declining…
READ: Obama proposes scaling back benefits of 529 college savings plans “Given it has become such a distraction, we’re not going to ask Congress to pass the 529 provision so…
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Tuesday offered to help President Barack Obama pass a sweeping trade package, while pressing for measures to deregulate finance and raise the price of prescription…
BEIJING — When Chinese troops provoked a standoff with Indian forces on a disputed border high in the Himalayas just before President Xi Jinping of China arrived in India last…
It is ironic that a drone could strike down near the White Houseas one did Monday morningsince the issue of drone strikes is one that will follow President Barack Obama…
You know, the things that REALLY grab global headlines. President Barack Obama’s arrival to New Delhi kicked off with a bang and hug, when India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself…
President Barack Obama released a statement Tuesday on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, citing the recent attacks in Paris as “a painful reminder of our obligation to…
Obama approval hits a milestone on Gallup’s daily tracking. Open-ended questions show two very different nomination contests brewing. And the nation is bitterly divided by those who think the Patriots…
WASHINGTON — When the House of Representatives opens hearings on Tuesday about imposing new sanctions against Iran — a step that President Obama said would undermine nuclear talks with Tehran…
But even as the U.S. works closely with the Saudis on common strategic goals like counterterrorism, Obama said he and his administration continue to apply “steady, consistent pressure” on issues…
READ: Obama keeps the lights on bulb bright ideas – The White House’s budget request heads to Capitol Hill on Feb. 2.
NEW DELHI — President Obama left here on Tuesday after a three-day visit to India and headed to Saudi Arabia, where he and a bipartisan delegation of prominent current and…
NEW DELHI — President Obama pressed India on Tuesday to do more to curb the pollution that is choking its capital and contributing to global climate change, as he wrapped…
Speaking to an audience of students and activists in New Delhi, Obama declared the U.S. was India’s best-suited partner as it makes rapid economic advances and appears poised to overtake…