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Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Americans have grown gloomier about both the economy and the nation’s direction over the past three months even as the U.S. shows signs of moving from recession to recovery. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The White House gate-crashers plan to invoke their Fifth Amendment rights and refuse to testify if they are subpoenaed to appear on Capitol Hill about the security breach. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - A top official of the Bowl Championship Series says there are more important things for Congress to worry about than pressing for a playoff system for college football. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is questioning whether the United States is focusing on the right country in it's war against the Taliban and the al-Qaida terrorist network. Full Story »

Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The proposal drawing the most attention and criticism at the United Nations climate-change talks in Copenhagen never got put on the table. Full Story »

COPENHAGEN — Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, a U.N. climate conference delegate from Bangladesh, says “the world expects a lot from President Obama” and that he “should make sure he does not disappoint the world.” Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday offered modest steps to spur jobs and defended his push to get the U.S. economy growing, amid deep public dismay over double-digit unemployment that has eroded his popularity. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama packed an economic speech with a political punch on Tuesday, blaming Republicans for creating high deficits, mismanaging bank bailouts and obstructing efforts to reform healthcare. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party end the year far weaker than they started it, according to a McClatchy-Ipsos poll released Tuesday. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's call Tuesday to spend much of the $200 billion in "extra" bank bailout funds on job creation efforts embodies Democrats' strategy to make a second economic stimulus more palatable to wary taxpayers. Full Story »

Key elements of the job creation package President Barack Obama outlined Tuesday: Full Story »

Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama was elected on a promise to fix the problems at home. Americans praise him instead for escalating the war in Afghanistan and disapprove of his handling of the economy and health care. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Republican lawmakers critical of efforts to battle climate change vowed to fly next week to the Copenhagen summit to undercut President Barack Obama's promises of strong US action. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - Congressional negotiators sealed agreement Tuesday night on sweeping spending legislation that boosts housing and heating subsidies but curbs President Barack Obama's requests for aid to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he will allocate nearly $600 million from the $787 billion economic stimulus plan to help create jobs at 85 community health centers. Full Story »

President Barack Obama will meet with chief executives of major banks on Monday and is expected to urge them face-to-face to lend more money to help promote economic recovery, banking sources tell POLITICO. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama keeps his focus on economic issues Wednesday before an evening departure for Europe. Full Story »

COLOMBO (Reuters) - The U.S. diplomat responsible for south Asia landed in Sri Lanka on Tuesday after a U.S. Senate committee urged the United States not to "lose" its relationship with the strategically located island nation. Full Story »