Presidential Elections

STATELINE, Nev. - Former Vice President Dan Quayle gives President Barack Obama high marks for surrounding himself with quality advisers on national security and the economy. But Quayle says it's not yet clear whether Obama's Democratic administration will govern more liberally than he campaigned.

NEW YORK - Might that Midas magic be dulling for President Barack Obama, even among fellow Democrats?

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has called Indonesia's leader to express support for the Indonesian government and people after suicide attacks at two hotels killed seven people.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama told the nation Saturday that his health care overhaul is financially sound and Congress should not squander the chance to make meaningful change. Republicans didn't relent in their criticism of his plan as a costly burden unwisely on a fast track.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama appealed to Americans on Saturday to back his ambitious revamp of the U.S. health care system, seeking to regain momentum amid growing worries among lawmakers over how to pay for it.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is using a touch-all-bases approach to try push through his health care overhaul, a struggle that might demand deep concessions.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian hardliners hit back at former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Saturday for criticizing the conduct of last month's election and its aftermath, highlighting deepening establishment divisions.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Saturday called for Congress to pass his health care reform, arguing that the stability of the entire US economy was at stake.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama praised broadcasting icon Walter Cronkite as a newsman who "never let us down."

Through his first six months as president, Barack Obama has tended to shy away from the historical significance and potential influence of his role as the nation's first black president.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama, worried about growing resistance to his health care plan, exhorted Congress not to "lose heart" Friday and urged deeper cost cuts to calm concern over the huge expense of covering millions of uninsured Americans.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's high-speed rail initiative would get an enormous boost under a spending bill that a House committee approved Friday.

Walter Cronkite, the broadcast giant known as "the most trusted man in America" during the golden age of television news, has died at the age of 92 after battling cerebrovascular disease.

WASHINGTON - The White House is asking Congress to give the executive branch more power to limit Medicare's rising costs.

The Obama administration’s $50 billion program to curb foreclosures isn’t working, and the White House knows it. 

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will host the Apollo 11 crew on Monday, the 40th anniversary of man's first landing on the moon.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden travels to Georgia and Ukraine next week to reassure the two U.S. allies that the Obama administration has not abandoned them in its efforts to "reset" ties with Russia.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, facing a revolt by centrist Democrats in Congress over the cost of overhauling the health care system, warned Friday that "now is not the time to slow down."

Republican senators spent hours at Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing this week trying to discern her true views on the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

President Obama on Friday tried to maintain momentum for his plan to overhaul the U.S. health system while skeptics in Congress signalled growing unease over the cost and aggressive timetable.

WASHINGTON - The White House has announced on its Twitter page that President Barack Obama will have a prime-time news conference on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will hold a news conference on July 22, the White House said, taking the unusual step of announcing it on its Twitter page.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says Americans may find it impossible to obtain health insurance if the nation's medical care system is not overhauled this year.

WASHINGTON - The White House says President Barack Obama will travel to Mexico next month to meet with North American leaders.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional committee approved a resolution on Friday seeking documents and other information from the Obama administration's autos task force regarding major decisions made on the restructuring of General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC.

TEHRAN (AFP) - Defiant opposition supporters staged fresh protests in Tehran on Friday, witnesses said, after powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani called for detainees held in a post-election crackdown to be freed.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is condemning a pair of suicide bombings at American hotels in Indonesia on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday rejected suggestions she had been sidelined by President Barack Obama, her rival for last year's Democratic presidential nomination.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama had a tough-love message for fellow African-Americans on Thursday, urging black parents to push their children to think beyond dreams of being sports stars or rap music performers.