President Obama will propose a budget on Monday that forecasts a $901 billion deficit in 2013, and includes plans to make targeted investments in areas like infrastructure while hiking taxes on the rich.
A man from Uzbekistan living in Alabama has pleaded guilty to charges related to a plot to assassinate President Barack Obama, prosecutors said Friday.
On Friday the Obama administration offered an "accommodation" in reaction to the furor over a health care mandate that would have compelled Catholic hospitals and universities to cover contraception in their employee health insurance plans -- a policy that had drawn criticism from bishops on theological grounds. President Obama's move may have, for a moment, calmed the political shouting that had pushed the issue into the headlines. But for whom has this problem been addressed? Where are the voices of the employees of these Catholic institutions, many of whom are non-Catholic women of childbearing age?
President Obama announced a compromise over whether to require contraception insurance coverage.
Here is a statement the White House issued Friday on President Barack Obama's compromise over the controversy swirling around a plan to require full contraception insurance coverage for female employees at religiously affiliated institutions:
Former Gov. Jeb Bush recently argued in an op-ed that Hispanic voters will represent the margin of victory in the 15 swing states that will decide who will win the race for the White House. Is his political intuition right? And if it is, how do both parties significantly increase their chances of winning the Hispanic vote?
The $26 billion mortgage settlement had a lot of support -- as evidenced by the 49 out of 50 state attorneys general that signed on to it.
Congressional Democrats and Republicans escalated their rhetorical war Thursday over a pending federal rule requiring religiously affiliated employers to provide full contraception coverage to women -- one day after hints emerged of a possible compromise between the White House and conservative religious critics.
President Obama announces 10 states will be exempt from "No Child Left Behind" rules in exchange for new reforms.
Ten states are being granted waivers to free them from some requirements of the No Child Left Behind education reform law, with President Barack Obama explaining Thursday that the move aims to "combine greater freedom with greater accountability."
Republicans looking to take back the White House in November face a challenging political environment, a trio of conservative political observers said Thursday at an annual gathering of conservative activists.
President Obama just couldn't resist a marshmallow cannon while touring science fair projects at the White House.
Presidential candidate Rick Santorum hopes to capitalize on Tuesday's victory by courting tea party members in Texas.
President Barack Obama may be happy that the Republicans continue to battle it out over who will be their nominee. There is, however, a fact that he should consider: No matter who wins the nomination, the GOP candidate is likely to be acceptable to Catholic voters. This may well be crucial during the general election campaign.
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign said Tuesday it is returning about $200,000 in donations collected by two Chicago men after a newspaper report described their brother as a fugitive with alleged links to violence and corruption in Mexico.
The Obama administration will push for a $156 million increase in funding for Alzheimer's research over the next two years, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday.
President Barack Obama and Oval Office hopefuls Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have all released at least one year of tax returns. And they all gave big money to charity.
Suppose they held an election, and the economy got better. Just last month, the jobless rate fell to its lowest level in almost three years.
The Catholic church is outraged at new contraception rules. CNN's Brianna Keilar has more.
Recently, the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Religious Liberty argued that the Obama administration's requirement that most health insurance plans cover contraception goes against "the mandate of Jesus Christ."
President Barack Obama unveiled a new $5 billion veterans jobs plan Friday that the administration says will put thousands of men and women who once wore their country's uniform back to work.
At a fire station in Virginia, President Obama introduces his jobs plan for veterans.
The January jobs report contains a slew of numbers that are likely to put a twinkle in the eye of Obama campaign staffers.
That loud noise you heard Friday morning? Cheers from the White House and President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters in Chicago.
For some time now, Republican hawks like Sen. John McCain and Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon have been saying that our military budget is inadequate for the threats we face. They like to gripe that President Barack Obama is orchestrating the decline of American power.
The Obama administration proposed new rules Thursday to help retirees make their savings last throughout their lifetime -- by investing in annuities.
Just one day after President Obama detailed a proposal to enable millions of homeowners to refinance to record-low mortgage rates, those rates notched another record.
David Axelrod tries to draw a line between President Obama and the GOP candidates saying Obama doesn't "lack empathy."
As Republican candidates attack one another on the campaign trail, Republican outside spending groups are taking aim at President Barack Obama over failed energy company Solyndra.
Don Lemon talks to Raul Reyes and Jennifer Korn on the "self-deportation" topic heating up the Florida campaign trail.
As Mitt Romney dominated the Florida Republican primary Tuesday night, he also captured the bulk of the votes from Latinos in the state, with 54% of their ballots. But how did he pull that off?
The Obama administration on Wednesday detailed its latest plan to help millions of homeowners refinance their mortgages to today's historically-low rates.
President Barack Obama's public acknowledgment of drone attacks in Pakistan was no accident, a senior administration official said Tuesday.
While reaching out to supporters through one of the latest high-tech means, President Obama expanded his social media experience by holding a Google+ video chat room interview Monday afternoon.
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Republicans portray President Obama as the tax-hiker-in-chief.
President Obama's half dozen energy proposals will, by and large, benefit nearly all players in the energy space and result in lower prices for consumers, analysts say.
President Barack Obama unveiled a new college affordability plan Friday, proposing to further expand student financial aid while providing more assistance to schools that hold tuition down and cutting aid to those that do not.
President Obama announces changes to make college more affordable to prepare young Americans for the future.
When it comes to courting the Latino demographic, there's a demo within that demo that might be worth listening to.
Mitt Romney has made much of President Barack Obama playing what he considers an inordinate amount of golf. I've even read blogs likening it to Nero fiddling while Rome burned.
Obama told Defense Secretary Leon Panetta "good job" at the State of the Union ahead of news of a rescue in Somalia.
Electric car battery maker Ener1 filed for bankruptcy Thursday, three years after receiving a $118.5 million grant from the U.S. government.
President Barack Obama took his push for increased federal investment in clean energy on the road Thursday, telling crowds in Las Vegas and at a Colorado military base that America must be able to compete in a global growth industry of coming decades.
Three years after the Obama administration killed controversial plans to store the nation's nuclear waste permanently at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, a presidential commission said Thursday that the nation needs to adopt a "consent-based approach" to position disposal facilities, gaining the approval of any community before moving forward with future sites.
The federal government Thursday announced plans to sell off oil and gas leases on 38 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico seafloor in a new domestic energy push by the Obama administration.
President Obama this week defined what he believes should be the minimum "fair share" for millionaires and billionaires to pay in taxes. His answer: At least 30% of their income.
President Barack Obama on Wednesday launched a three-day visit to five battleground states in the November election by pressing State of the Union themes of core American values and having the wealthy pay more taxes.
President Obama has an encounter with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer while on a tour of election states. Ninette Sosa reports.
A new special task force to investigate and prosecute those responsible for bad mortgages during the housing boom will be part of President Obama's 2012 agenda.
The president says that in the last 22 months, businesses have created more than three million jobs.
On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama laid out an encouraging reminder of what America is all about: a country that succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot, when everyone does his or her fair share, and when everyone plays by the same rules. He talked about an America where hard work pays off, so that you can raise a family, save for the future, and create even better opportunities for your children.
The first half of President Obama's State of the Union Address.
President Barack Obama launches a three-day swing through key election states Wednesday after declaring in what could be his final State of the Union address that the nation was strengthening but must confront the defining issue of preserving the American dream.
Herman Cain called President Obama's State of the Union Address a "hodgepodge of little ideas"
Republicans said Tuesday night that President Barack Obama's "trickle-down government" has held back, rather than speeded up, economic recovery.
President Obama takes aim at China's trade practices in his State of the Union Address. CNN's Stan Grant reports.
President Barack Obama announced Tuesday the creation of a new trade enforcement unit that will be tasked with investigating unfair trade practices in countries, he said, "like China."
President Obama = big government.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will head a task force to investigate housing practices, a senior administration official said early Wednesday.
As President Barack Obama was about to deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday, his prospective Republican challengers were busy laying the groundwork for their efforts to challenge the incumbent.
President Barack Obama outlined his election year agenda in his third State of the Union address.
President Obama used the State of the Union address to outline an agenda for the coming year and, more importantly, to define what his goals would be should he be re-elected in November.
Republicans focused on the Obama administration's job record during their rebuttal to Tuesday night's State of the Union address.
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords took a few steps into the House chamber and absorbed a 90-second standing ovation before the State of the Union address Tuesday night, the eve of her resignation to focus on recovering from her shooting last year.
President Barack Obama discussed job numbers before and after he took office during Tuesday night's State of the Union address.
President Barack Obama made a pitch for continued federal support of energy research during Tuesday night's State of the Union address.
President Obama delivered a State of the Union address Tuesday that was deeply saturated with the message of income inequality, a populist idea that the White House hopes will resonate on the campaign trail.
For the third year in a row energy played a central role in President Obama's State of the Union address, with the president leaning hard this year on the twin themes of increased domestic oil and gas production and the need to invest more in renewable sources.
When President Obama delivers his third, and possibly final, State of the Union address Tuesday, will the economy be issue no. 1?
In what could be his final State of the Union address, President Barack Obama on Tuesday will call keeping alive the American dream "the defining issue of our time" and pledge to fight obstruction by congressional Republicans.
Rep. James Clyburn (D) South Carolina assesses the S.C. primary results and talks about President Obama's reelection.
President Obama got very vocal on the campaign trail..Candy has some guesses why.
If history is any guide, President Barack Obama will reach for the stars during his State of the Union address Tuesday night. But in the end, reality will bring his plans back down to Earth.
Tom Foreman explores whether President Obama kept his 2011 promise to change the way Washington does business.
Count on it. President Obama will devote three sentences to immigration reform in the State of the Union.
President Obama is expected to once again offer ways to help the beleaguered housing market in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night.
President Barack Obama will use Tuesday's State of the Union address to frame the message of his re-election campaign.
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum criticized President Barack Obama, saying he has cut benefits for the country's veterans while leaving social welfare programs untouched, during Thursday night's CNN presidential debate in South Carolina.
The hopes of some small business owners in the Nebraskan towns of Fairbury and Steele City were crushed when the Obama administration rejected a proposed expansion of the Keystone oil sands pipeline.
The Obama administration rejected a bid to expand the controversial Keystone oil sands pipeline Wednesday, saying the deadline imposed by Congress did not leave sufficient time to conduct the necessary review.
In a political gesture Wednesday, the U.S. House voted to "disapprove" the Obama administration's recent request to raise the nation's debt ceiling by $1.2 trillion.
President Obama's jobs council on Tuesday released its latest round of recommendations detailing how the United States can be more competitive.
The president's efforts to revive the housing market have largely failed. But is that entirely Obama's fault?
How do the candidates match up vs. Obama? Gloria Borger has the brand new CNN ORC International Polls and the analysis.
U.S. officials confirm a downed drone was spying on Iran's nuclear facilities. CNN's Chris Lawrence reports.
An Iranian non-profit company says it will honor U.S. President Barack Obama's request that Iran return a drone that crashed there last year.
Jordan's King Abdullah met Tuesday with U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the conflict in Syria, which borders Jordan.
A record 44.7 million people -- or 1 in 7 Americans -- were on food stamps last year. But does that make Barack Obama the "food stamp president?"
President Obama announced on Friday his plan to trim the federal government. CNN's Dan Lothian reports.
Small business is not to be trifled with. President Barack Obama's announcement last week of a proposal to temporarily elevate the Small Business Administration to Cabinet rank is a move in the right direction.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was asked about his previous statements concerning the food stamp program during Monday's presidential debate.
In his weekly address Saturday, President Barack Obama encouraged congressional leaders to grant him executive branch reorganization powers.
President Barack Obama's proposal to consolidate several agencies, including the Small Business Administration, aims to streamline government, but some worry about tossing big and small companies together.
President Barack Obama asked Congress Friday for more power to streamline and reorganize the federal government, a move designed to claim the political middle ground in an election likely to be dominated by questions about Washington's role in the economy.
Oprah Winfrey explains there's no reason for her to endorse Pres. Obama because everyone know who he is.
Daytime TV doyenne Oprah Winfrey said Friday she is "100%" behind President Obama as he campaigns for re-election this year -- and that the man she backed four years ago for president is doing a great job.
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