Hawaii law bars release of Obama birth info
HONOLULU A privacy law that shields birth certificates has prompted Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie to abandon efforts to dispel claims that President Barack Obama was born outside Hawaii, his office...
View ArticleOfficial: Obama to call for 5-year spending freeze in speech tonight
WASHINGTON (AP) A White House official says President Barack Obama will call for a five-year freeze in non-security, discretionary spending during his State of the Union address. Continue Reading
View ArticleObama arrives in New York to honor the fallen at Ground Zero by marking the...
President Barack Obama has arrived in New York for a solemn visit to Ground Zero where he will try to bury the memory of Osama bin Laden by honoring those who died in the Sept. 11 attacks on the World...
View ArticleObama traveling to Texas to push for immigration overhaul legislation,...
President Barack Obama is making his first trip as president to the U.S.-Mexico border, using the setting to sharpen his call for a remake of the nation’s immigration laws and try to cast the GOP as...
View ArticleUnemployment rates falls to lowest since March 2009
The U.S. unemployment rate fell last month to its lowest level in more than 2½ years. More people out of work either found jobs or gave up looking and were no longer counted as unemployed. The Labor...
View ArticleClinton, Suu Kyi promote closer US-Burma ties
In a striking display of solidarity and sisterhood between two of the world’s most recognizable women, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi...
View ArticleObama: Help is on the way to hurricane zone
President Barack Obama insisted on Monday that the federal government can help Americans in crisis, whether they’re autoworkers fearful that their company will disappear or Gulf Coast residents picking...
View ArticleRyan says Obama misleading on Libya questions
WASHINGTON (AP) Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan slammed President Barack Obama on Friday for describing response to the deadly attack in Libya as “not optimal” and said the White House...
View ArticleCandidates seek foreign policy edge in third and final debate
WASHINGTON (AP) Still neck-and-neck after all these months, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney head into their third and final debate with each man eager to project an aura of personal strength and...
View ArticleConfident Obama congratulates Romney, shoots hoops on Election Day
CHICAGO (AP) Expressing confidence but leaving nothing to chance, President Barack Obama indulged his superstitions by engaging in a traditional Election Day basketball game with friends as the race...
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