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Obama calls Romney; congratulates him on GOP nod
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called Mitt Romney to congratulate him on winning the Republican nomination on Wednesday, just as the Democrat's campaign opened a new critique of Romney by focusing attention on his economic record as governor of Massachusetts.
Date: 05/29/2012 | Nation & World
'America will be there for you,' Obama tells veterans
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama paid tribute Monday to the men and women who have died defending America, and pointed out Vietnam veterans as a sometimes-maligned group of war heroes who remained true to their nation despite an unwelcome homecoming.
Date: 05/28/2012 | Nation & World
Obama seeks repeat of Iowa 2008 magic
DES MOINES, Iowa -- President Barack Obama delivered his harshest rebuttal yet to rival Mitt Romney on Thursday, dismissing his challenger's claims as "a cowpie of distortions" while seeking to rekindle the all-but-faded Iowa magic that launched him in 2008. Escalating his criticism of Romney's...
Date: 05/24/2012 | Nation & World
Obama team trumpets new polling on gay marriage
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is beginning to express some confidence that the president's historic, yet politically risky, embrace of gay marriage may not hurt him in the November election.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Nation & World
Mitt Romney all but cedes Massachusetts
BELMONT, Mass. -- Don't bet on Mitt Romney winning his home state. Or even trying."That's not been a topic of discussion," Romney campaign adviser Kevin Madden said when asked if the Republican former Massachusetts governor would compete in the heavily Democratic state.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Nation & World
GI killed in Vietnam War gets Medal of Honor
WASHINGTON — Leslie Sabo's Vietnam War ended in the flash of his own grenade, hurled at an enemy bunker in Cambodia to save surrounded comrades. Forty years later — and a dozen years after the long-lost paperwork turned up in military archives — he was honored by President Obama...
Date: 05/16/2012 | Nation & World
F-16 jets intercept small plane as Obama leaves L.A.
LOS ANGELES — Two F-16 fighter jets intercepted a small private plane that violated restricted airspace Friday as President Barack Obama was about to depart from Los Angeles International Airport aboard Air Force One, authorities said.
Date: 05/11/2012 | Nation & World
Crowds welcome Obama
President visits Seattle for fundraisers (photo gallery)
Date: 05/10/2012 | Northwest
Franklin Graham: Obama is shaking his fist at God
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- In another provocative comment aimed at Barack Obama, evangelist Franklin Graham on Thursday accused the president of having "shaken his fist" at God by changing his position on same-sex marriage.
Date: 05/10/2012 | Nation & World
Obama dives into campaign, rips into Romney (video)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Plunging into his campaign for a new term, President Barack Obama tore into Mitt Romney on Saturday as a willing and eager "rubber stamp" for conservative Republicans in Congress and an agenda to cut taxes for the rich, reduce spending on education and Medicare and enhance power...
Date: 05/05/2012 | Nation & World
U.S. may sell new fighter jets to Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The administration of President Barack Obama is raising the possibility that it could sell new jet fighter aircraft to Taiwan to help redress the island's air power deficit with China.
Date: 04/28/2012 | Nation & World
House puts imprint on Obama's defense budget
WASHINGTON -- Domestic military base closings are out. The Global Hawk drone is back in.
Date: 04/28/2012 | Nation & World
New Secret Service rules limit alcohol, unsavory bars
WASHINGTON — Seeking to shake the disgrace of a prostitution scandal, the Secret Service late Friday tightened conduct rules for its agents to prohibit them from drinking excessively, visiting disreputable establishments while traveling or bringing foreigners to their hotel rooms.
Date: 04/27/2012 | Nation & World
Obamacare rule delivering rebates to 3 million
WASHINGTON -- More than 3 million health insurance policyholders and thousands of employers will share $1.3 billion in rebates this year, thanks to President Barack Obama's health care law, a nonpartisan research group said Thursday.
Date: 04/26/2012 | Business
Canada pushes new route for Keystone pipeline
TransCanada has revealed the route it would like to use to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline through Nebraska, where the $7 billion project has become mired in concerns over the nation's most important agricultural aquifer.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Nation & World
25% of adults in U.S. lack health insurance
WASHINGTON -- With the future of the health care law emerging as a major campaign issue this fall, a new survey has found that more than a quarter of adults ages 19 to 64 in the United States lacked health insurance for at least some time in 2011.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Nation & World
Buffett Rule might be fair, but it’s not the answer
The "Buffett rule" tax bill failed in the Senate by a vote of 51-45. Mark Twain once described composer Richard Wagner's music as "better than it sounds." The Buffett Rule legislation is just the opposite: It sounds better than it really is.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Business
States asked to apply for unemployment test plan
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is looking for states that will experiment with unemployment insurance programs by letting people test a job while still receiving benefits.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Business
President Obama: Republicans are wrong on economy
ELYRIA, Ohio -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday that his Republican rivals are sincere, patriotic and absolutely wrong about how to reinvigorate the economy. He said they "don't seem to remember how America was built."
Date: 04/19/2012 | Nation & World
Secret Service satisfied Ted Nugent did not threaten Obama
WASHINGTON -- Rocker Ted Nugent said he had an amicable meeting with the Secret Service on Thursday, seemingly ending the dustup over controversial comments Nugent made at the National Rifle Association convention last weekend.
Date: 04/18/2012 | Nation & World
Obama wants to target oil market manipulation
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama pushed Congress on Tuesday to give oil market regulators more muscle to deter price manipulation by speculators, the latest White House response to determined Republican attacks on administration energy policies amid high gas prices at the pump.
Date: 04/17/2012 | Business
Secret Service hooker scandal deepens; 11 suspended
CARTAGENA, Colombia — An embarrassing scandal involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents deepened Saturday as 11 agents were placed on leave, and the agency designed to protect President Barack Obama had to offer regret for the mess overshadowing his diplomatic mission to Latin...
Date: 04/15/2012 | Nation & World
Secret Service hooker scandal deepens; 11 placed on leave
CARTAGENA, Colombia — An embarrassing scandal involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents deepened Saturday as 11 agents were placed on leave, and the agency designed to protect President Barack Obama had to offer regret for the mess overshadowing his diplomatic mission to Latin...
Date: 04/13/2012 | Nation & World
Mitt Romney lashes Obama at NRA convention (video)
ST. LOUIS -- Mitt Romney drew a warm reception from the National Rifle Association on Friday as he attacked President Barack Obama for "employing every imaginable ruse and ploy" to restrict gun rights, which Romney pledged not to do if elected in November.
Date: 04/13/2012 | Nation & World
Obama tax return shows 2011 earnings of $789,674
WASHINGTON -- The White House says President Barack Obama and his family paid more than $160,000 in federal taxes last year.
Date: 04/13/2012 | Nation & World
JOBS Act’s merits unclear, but it can’t hurt
One balmy day last week in the Rose Garden, President Barack Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act into law. He was surrounded by a cheerful group of Democratic and Republican senators and representatives -- the main supporters of the legislation who had held its hand and...
Date: 04/13/2012 | Business
Obama to visit Seattle on May 10
SEATTLE -- President Barack Obama is coming back to Seattle.A state Democratic official said that Obama will be in the state May 10th. No other details were available Tuesday. Obama last visited the state in February, part of a West Coast fundraising tour.
Date: 04/10/2012 | Northwest
Study: Obama's health care law would add $340B to deficit
WASHINGTON -- Reigniting a debate about the bottom line for President Barack Obama's health care law, a leading conservative economist estimates in a study to be released Tuesday that the overhaul will add at least $340 billion to the deficit, not reduce it.
Date: 04/09/2012 | Nation & World
Judge won't block discharge of Marine critical of president
SAN DIEGO -- For a second time, a federal judge Friday refused to order a halt to the Marine Corps' process of discharging a sergeant who made comments critical of President Barack Obama on Facebook.
Date: 04/06/2012 | Nation & World
Obama signs small business legislation
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama signed bipartisan jobs legislation Thursday that will help small businesses and make it easier for startups to raise capital, saying it could be a "game-changer" for entrepreneurs dreaming of founding the next Microsoft or Facebook.
Date: 04/05/2012 | Business
Obama rule would ease immigration for illegals
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is proposing to make it easier for illegal immigrants who are immediate family members of American citizens to apply for permanent residency, a move that could affect as many as 1 million of the estimated 11 million immigrants living illegally here.
Date: 03/30/2012 | Nation & World
Senate rejects Obama's call to end big oil's tax breaks
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's plea to Congress to end $4 billion in tax subsidies to oil companies was rebuffed Thursday as the Senate turned back a Democratic bill to repeal the tax breaks.
Date: 03/30/2012 | Business
Obama confronts nuke threat on N. Korea front line
OBSERVATION POST OUELLETTE, South Korea -- President Barack Obama made a symbolic visit to the world's most militarized border on Sunday, striding into the surreal Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea and telling U.S. forces stationed along the DMZ they serve on "freedom's...
Date: 03/24/2012 | Nation & World
Former president of transitional Somali government dies
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Abdullahi Yusuf, who rose from a guerrilla warrior to president of Somalia only to watch his administration crumble under a ferocious Islamic insurgency, died Friday in Dubai. He was 78.
Date: 03/23/2012 | Nation & World
Obama: 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon'
WASHINGTON -- Urging Americans to "do some soul searching," President Barack Obama injected himself into the emotional debate over the fatal shooting of a teenager in Florida, turning the racially charged case into a personal matter for the nation's first black president.
Date: 03/23/2012 | Nation & World
Analyst: Obama ups taxes for 1 in 4, mostly rich
WASHINGTON -- A nonpartisan research group estimates that President Barack Obama's budget would raise taxes next year on 1 in 4 households, but have little impact on families earning under $200,000 a year.The Tax Policy Center analysis also says about 1 in 8 households would get tax cuts.
Date: 03/23/2012 | Business
Obama defends handling of Keystone pipeline
CUSHING, Okla. -- President Barack Obama firmly defended his record on oil drilling Thursday, ordering the government to fast-track an Oklahoma pipeline while accusing Congress of playing politics with a larger Canada-to-Gulf Coast project.
Date: 03/22/2012 | Nation & World
Obama defends handling of Keystone pipeline
CUSHING, Okla. -- President Barack Obama firmly defended his record on oil drilling Thursday, ordering the government to fast-track an Oklahoma pipeline while accusing Congress of playing politics with a larger Canada-to-Gulf Coast project.
Date: 03/22/2012 | Nation & World
Obama defends handling of Keystone pipeline
CUSHING, Okla. -- President Barack Obama firmly defended his record on oil drilling Thursday, ordering the government to fast-track an Oklahoma pipeline while accusing Congress of playing politics with a larger Canada-to-Gulf Coast project.
Date: 03/22/2012 | Nation & World
'Buffet rule' tax would bring in $31 billion in 11 years
WASHINGTON -- A bill designed to enact President Barack Obama's plan for a "Buffett rule" tax on the wealthy would rake in just $31 billion over the next 11 years, according to an estimate by Congress' official tax analysts obtained by The Associated Press.
Date: 03/20/2012 | Business
Wearing of the green
Revelers across U.S. celebrate St. Patrick's Day
Date: 03/17/2012 | Nation & World
CBO: Obama budget produces 2013 deficit of $977 billion
WASHINGTON -- A new analysis of President Barack Obama's budget for next year says the deficit scenario for next year isn't as rosy as the White House figured last month.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Business
Bin Laden plotted to kill Obama, documents show
WASHINGTON -- Osama bin Laden in his final days schemed over an effort to kill President Barack Obama as well as other top U.S. officials, documents recovered from his compound show.
Date: 03/16/2012 | Nation & World
Unions work to mend divisions over Keystone pipeline
WASHINGTON -- Unions may be united in working to re-elect President Barack Obama, but their leaders also are trying to repair bitter divisions over his rejection of an oil pipeline from Canada to Texas.
Date: 03/11/2012 | Nation & World
Q&A: A look at Obama’s latest mortgage-aid plan
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is offering some relief to homeowners who have government-backed mortgages. Under a program President Barack Obama unveiled Tuesday, the government would cut the fees it charges to insure those borrowers.
Date: 03/07/2012 | Business
What Obama's visit cost
The tally of police, fire staff for the president's trip to Everett
Date: 03/05/2012 | Need to Know
Rush Limbaugh apologizes to law student for 'slut' insult
WASHINGTON — Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh apologized Saturday to a Georgetown University law student he had branded a "slut" and "prostitute" after fellow Republicans as well as Democrats criticized him and several advertisers left his program.
Date: 03/02/2012 | Nation & World
Obama, Congress leaders considering cooperation on jobs
WASHINGTON -- After quarreling for months, President Barack Obama and the top two Republicans in Congress expressed optimism Wednesday about finding a common jobs and energy agenda, prodded by political reality to show results in an election year.
Date: 03/01/2012 | Nation & World
Obama approves bill for Quileute tribal move
LA PUSH, Wash. -- President Barack Obama has approved a bill that will allow the Quileute Tribe to move its buildings out of a tsunami zone on the Washington coast to higher ground in Olympic National Park.
Date: 02/27/2012 | Northwest
Obama apologizes to Afghans for Quran incident
KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Barack Obama apologized to Afghans on Thursday for the burning of Qurans at a U.S. military base, trying to assuage rising anti-American sentiment as an Afghan soldier gunned down two American troops during another day of angry protests.
Date: 02/24/2012 | Nation & World
Increased drilling alone is not an energy plan, Obama says in addressing gas price increases
MIAMI -- President Barack Obama on Thursday assailed Republicans for what he described as a flawed and dishonest strategy for reducing gas prices, predicting his rivals would offer nothing but more drilling and political promises of $2-a-gallon gas. Said the president: "The American people aren't...
Date: 02/23/2012 | Business
With Republicans bent on attacking Obama, his position improves
PHILADELPHIA -- For months, Republicans fighting for their party's nomination have dominated the political discussion with a grim narrative of American decline: a sluggish economy worsened by a Democratic president bent on creating a European-style social-welfare state on this side of the Atlantic,...
Date: 02/18/2012 | Nation & World
The cost of presidential travel irks some opponents
EVERETT -- President Barack Obama spent the better part of the last week rubbing elbows with the Hollywood and tech industry A-list and being serenaded by Grammy winners on an $8 million-plus fundraising tour of the West Coast that helps explain why he is on track to set a record for campaign...
Date: 02/18/2012 | Nation & World
787’s technology draws admiration from the president
EVERETT -- President Barack Obama on Friday got the ultimate VIP tour of the Boeing Co.'s 787 production line at Paine Field.And Boeing got the ultimate praise.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Local News
Obama praises 787 in Everett
President highlights Boeing, American manufacturing
Date: 02/17/2012 | Local News
Text of President Obama's speech to Boeing workers
Here is the final transcript of President Barack Obama's speech to Boeing workers, as released by the White House.Hello, Everett! (Applause.) It is great to be in Washington -- not Washington, D.C., in Washington State. (Applause.) And it is great to be here at Boeing. (Applause.)
Date: 02/17/2012 | Local News
Was Reardon snubbed at presidential receiving line, or just late?
In politics, perception can raise more questions than reality can clearly answer.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Local News
Photos: Obama in Everett
Updated gallery: Photos from the president's visit to Boeing
Date: 02/17/2012 | Local News
Obama visits Boeing today
But don't count on getting much of a glimpse of him
Date: 02/17/2012 | Local News
In Everett, Obama to announce export help for small businesses
With President Barack Obama visiting the Boeing factory in Everett today, the White House has issued
Date: 02/17/2012 | Bizblog
Two visits, similar themes
President Clinton talked jobs, trade in '93 visit to Boeing
Date: 02/17/2012 | Business
It's time to cut our dependency on other people's money
President Barack Obama's budget is a good fit for the dysfunctional fiscal policy process. By most accounts it is a totally meaningless document, which even the U.S. Senate isn't likely to take seriously.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Business
Plane carrying pot forced to land after violating President Obama airspace
LOS ANGELES -- A small private plane carrying a load of marijuana strayed into President Barack Obama's no-fly zone over Los Angeles on Thursday and was forced to land at Long Beach Airport after being intercepted by U.S. Air Force jet fighters, authorities said.
Date: 02/16/2012 | Nation & World
Homecoming at Boeing
Air Force One returns Friday to factory where it was built
Date: 02/16/2012 | Local News
Boeing on upswing provides Obama with a backdrop for jobs message
EVERETT -- When President Barack Obama arrives Friday at the Boeing Co.'s factory here, he'll see a manufacturer on the upswing, with jet orders galore and new employees coming in the door every week.
Date: 02/16/2012 | Local News
Tentative deal reached to extend payroll tax cut for rest of year
WASHINGTON -- House-Senate talks on renewing a payroll tax cut that delivers about $20 a week to the average worker yielded a tentative agreement Tuesday, with lawmakers hopeful of unveiling the pact Wednesday and sending the measure to President Barack Obama as early as this week.
Date: 02/14/2012 | Business
Planned defense cuts won't leave a ‘hollow force,' congressional report says
The Congressional Research Service has a message for those who suggest planned defense budget cuts and military compensation curbs will return America to the "hollow force" era of the 1970s.
Date: 02/13/2012 | Business
Catholic bishops dismiss Obama's change on contraceptives
WASHINGTON -- Catholic bishops say they remain opposed to President Barack Obama's plan to require insurers to provide free birth control, even if religiously affiliated employers such as Catholic hospitals and universities aren't forced to pay for it.
Date: 02/12/2012 | Nation & World
Under fire, Obama adjusts his birth control policy (Video)
WASHINGTON — Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election foes. He demanded that...
Date: 02/10/2012 | Nation & World
U.S. could provide incentives to bring back manufacturing, but it should stop there
French author Victor Hugo once wrote that invading armies could be resisted, but invading ideas could not. The spirit of this remains in the English version, which is that "Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come."
Date: 02/10/2012 | Business
President Obama details broader home refinancing plan (Video)
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — President Barack Obama called on Congress Wednesday to make it easier for millions of additional homeowners to refinance their mortgages at lower interest rates even if they owe more than their homes are worth. He conceded that his administration's housing plans so far...
Date: 02/01/2012 | Nation & World
Obama details broader housing plan to encourage refinancing
FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- President Barack Obama called on Congress Wednesday to make it easier for millions of additional homeowners to refinance their mortgages at lower interest rates even if they owe more than their homes are worth. He conceded that his administration's housing plans so far have not...
Date: 02/01/2012 | Business
Obama wrong on tuition, state university presidents say
SEATTLE -- The presidents of Washington's three largest universities said Friday that President Barack Obama should be talking to state governments about college tuition, not complaining to them.
Date: 01/27/2012 | Northwest
Obama-Arizona governor friction on display in tarmac tiff
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she meant no disrespect when she pointed a finger at President Barack Obama during an intense discussion on an airport tarmac. But the Republican governor says the Democratic president showed disrespect for her by abruptly ending their...
Date: 01/26/2012 | Nation & World
President Obama to visit Seattle Feb. 17
SEATTLE -- President Barack Obama will visit Seattle Feb. 17.The White House told KOMO he'll follow up on some of the topics in his State of the Union address.Obama last visited Seattle in September for fundraisers.
Date: 01/25/2012 | Northwest
U.S. to keep 11 aircraft carriers to show sea power
ABOARD THE USS ENTERPRISE — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told sailors aboard the country's oldest aircraft carrier that the U.S. is committed to maintaining a fleet of 11 of the formidable warships despite budget pressures, in part to project sea power against Iran.
Date: 01/21/2012 | Nation & World
Obama health reforms working to cover young adults, data show
A report released by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute notes what could be some really good news: The health care reform signed into law by President Barack Obama, which has been criticized by Republicans and challenged in court, appears to be improving the health insurance...
Date: 01/19/2012 | Business
Personal check Abraham Lincoln wrote day before being shot is found
BROOKLYN, Ohio — Dozens of personal checks from former U.S. presidents, authors and other famous people, including one written by President Abraham Lincoln the day before he was assassinated, are part of a collection that has been rediscovered by an Ohio bank and is being displayed to the...
Date: 01/14/2012 | Nation & World
Tuskegee Airmen film ‘Red Tails’ screened at White House
WASHINGTON -- Star Wars creator George Lucas may have had a tough time getting Hollywood interested in a movie about the Tuskegee Airmen, but he has the attention of President Barack Obama.
Date: 01/14/2012 | Nation & World
Obama seeks power to merge agencies, shrink government (Video)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is asking Congress for fast-track authority to shrink the federal government, creating an election-year talking point even if House Republicans reject his request.
Date: 01/13/2012 | Nation & World
Everett, Oak Harbor leaders wary of coming cuts to defense budget
EVERETT -- Mayor Ray Stephanson believes the Navy's presence in Everett will remain strong in the future, despite major cuts to the Pentagon's budget that seem likely in the coming years.
Date: 01/13/2012 | Local News
Obama aims to reward businesses that invest in U.S., bring jobs back
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday he wants to reward companies that invest in America and eliminate tax breaks for companies that don't, and he's planning new tax proposals to do it.
Date: 01/11/2012 | Business
Obama links congressional GOP with presidential candidates
WASHINGTON -- On the eve of the crucial New Hampshire primary, President Barack Obama told supporters Monday that the Republicans vying for his job out on the campaign trail are no different from the ones opposing his policies on Capitol Hill.
Date: 01/09/2012 | Nation & World
Book depicts tension between first lady, White House aides
WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama is a behind-the-scenes force in the White House whose opinions on policy and politics drew her into conflict with presidential advisers and who bristled at some of the demands and constraints of life as the president's wife, according to a detailed...
Date: 01/06/2012 | Nation & World
President Obama unveils leaner Pentagon budget
WASHINGTON -- Outlining new military priorities after a costly decade of war, President Barack Obama called for shrinking the Army and Marines and refocusing Pentagon spending to counter dangers from China and Iran.
Date: 01/06/2012 | Nation & World
Obama launches reshaping, shrinking of U.S. military
WASHINGTON — Looking beyond the wars he inherited, President Barack Obama on Thursday launched a reshaping and shrinking of the military. He vowed to preserve U.S. pre-eminence even as the Army and Marine Corps shed troops and the administration considers reducing its arsenal of nuclear...
Date: 01/05/2012 | Nation & World
Stirring up a fight, Obama names consumer watchdog
SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio — Defying Republican lawmakers, President Barack Obama on Wednesday barreled by the Senate and installed a national consumer watchdog on his own, provoking GOP threats of a constitutional showdown in the courts. Setting a fierce tone in the election-year fight for...
Date: 01/05/2012 | Nation & World
More Americans are optimistic about 2012
WASHINGTON -- Americans are hopeful for what 2012 will bring for their families and the country, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll, though most say 2011 was a year they would rather forget.
Date: 12/30/2011 | Nation & World
Tax cut survives: Congress votes holiday approval
WASHINGTON — Barely beating Santa's sleigh, Congress delivered a last-minute holiday tax-cut extension to 160 million American wage-earners on Friday, just when it looked like they and millions of unemployed workers were going to be left with coal in their stockings.
Date: 12/23/2011 | Nation & World
Jobless claims fall: 'There is a recovery going on,' economist says
WASHINGTON -- In in the latest sign that the economy is surging at year's end, unemployment claims have dropped to the lowest level since April 2008, long before anyone realized that the nation was in a recession.
Date: 12/23/2011 | Business
House Republicans cave in on short-term payroll tax cut (video)
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Thursday caved to demands by President Barack Obama, congressional Democrats and fellow Republicans for a short-term renewal of payroll tax cuts for all workers. The breakthrough almost certainly spares workers an average $20 a week tax increase Jan.
Date: 12/22/2011 | Nation & World
Appeals court tosses Obama birthplace challenge
SAN FRANCISCO — The so-called birther movement was dealt another legal blow Thursday when a federal appeals court tossed out a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship and his eligibility to serve as commander in chief.
Date: 12/22/2011 | Nation & World
Rule caps mercury output from power plants
WASHINGTON _ The Obama administration has adopted tough new limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from power plants, winning praise from environmentalists and public health advocates but sparking warnings from industry groups that contend the new regulations are too expensive and will place...
Date: 12/22/2011 | Nation & World
Payroll tax increase generates GOP infighting
WASHINGTON _ The Senate is gone, the House is packing up, and for now that means working Americans will see their taxes rise in January.
Date: 12/21/2011 | Nation & World
Cuts to Medicare likely to hit on Jan. 18
WASHINGTON — Nearly 650,000 doctors caring for millions of seniors will get a steep cut in Medicare payments Jan. 18 unless a gridlocked Congress issues a reprieve, program officials said Tuesday.
Date: 12/21/2011 | Nation & World
Analysis: Democrats hope for campaign edge on tax issue
WASHINGTON -- Democrats feel they're closer than ever in their long-running bid to paint Republicans as being much more eager to cut taxes for the rich than for the working class.
Date: 12/20/2011 | Nation & World
Accused White House shooter to be held for trial
WASHINGTON -- A man accused of trying to kill President Barack Obama by firing several shots at the White House from long range must remain in custody to protect the public and the president, a federal judge said Monday.
Date: 12/19/2011 | Nation & World
Marines promoted inflated story for Medal of Honor winner
WASHINGTON — With Dakota Meyer standing at attention in his dress uniform, sweat glistening on his forehead under the television lights, President Barack Obama extolled the former Marine corporal for the "extraordinary actions" that had earned him the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest...
Date: 12/14/2011 | Nation & World
Obama says middle class faces 'make or break moment'
OSAWATOMIE, Kan. -- With a nod to Theodore Roosevelt, President Barack Obama positioned himself as the champion of the middle class while blasting the "you're-on-your-own economics" of the modern Republican Party, a message likely to form the basis of his re-election effort.
Date: 12/06/2011 | Nation & World
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