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  1. President Barack Obama smiles as a reporter asks a question about Afghanistan during a joint news conference with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, not pictured, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
    Obama expects support for more Afghanistan troops AP - 7 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama expects Americans to support more U.S. troops in Afghanistan once they understand the perils of losing, and he is preparing to make his case to the nation next week.

  2. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wait to welcome India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur to the State Dinner at the North Portico of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
    Evening gowns, saris at Obama's first state dinner AP - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Traditional evening gowns and vibrantly colored saris mixed with banded-collar dinner jackets and tuxedos at President Barack Obama's first state dinner.

  3. The US Republican party, whose platform condemns abortion as an "assault on the sanctity of innocent human life," will no longer offer health insurance that covers the procedure, the party confirmed Friday. "I don't know why this policy existed in the past, but it will not exist under my administration. Consider this issue settled," said RNC Chairman Michael Steele.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)
    Republicans considering ideological purity test for candidates The Yahoo! Newsroom - Tue Nov 24, 3:57 PM ET

    Ten members of the Republican National Committee are proposing a resolution demanding candidates embrace at least eight of 10 conservative principles if they hope to receive financial support and an official endorsement from the RNC. The "Proposed RNC Resolution on Reagan's Unity Principle for Support of Candidates," is designed to force candidates to prove that they support "conservative principles" while opposing "Obama's socialist agenda," according to The New York Times' Caucus blog. The proposal highlights the ongoing tug-of-war for the ideological soul of the Republican party, and has been met with skepticism both inside and outside of the party.

  4. President Barack Obama welcomes India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a State Arrival in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
    Obama hails US-India ties amid talks with Singh AP - Tue Nov 24, 9:38 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Seeking firmer footing for U.S.-India relations, President Barack Obama tried Tuesday to calm India's fears about Asian rival China, salving bruised feelings in the world's largest democracy with an elaborate state visit and assurances of India's "rightful place as a global leader."

  5. Iraqi special anti-terror forces stage a raid during a military exercise in Baghdad in August 2009. A new poll Tuesday found Americans deeply divided about deploying more US troops to Afghanistan, just days before President Barack Obama was to announce his decision on sending reinforcements.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)
    US public divided on more troops to Afghanistan: poll AFP - Tue Nov 24, 9:23 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - A new poll Tuesday found Americans deeply divided about deploying more US troops to Afghanistan, just days before President Barack Obama was to announce his decision on sending reinforcements.

  6. US President Barack Obama (R) and Indian Prime Minister counterpart Manmohan Singh toast each other during the first official State Dinner of Obama's administration at the White House in Washington. Obama on Tuesday threw the biggest party of his presidency for Singh, hailing the world's largest democracy as "indispensable" and pledging to work out a range of thorny issues.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)
    Obama toasts 'indispensable' India AFP - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Barack Obama on Tuesday threw the biggest party of his presidency for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, hailing the world's largest democracy as "indispensable" and pledging to work out a range of thorny issues.

  7. US Marines fire mortar rounds from their forward operating base in Mian Poshteh in Helmand Province. President Barack Obama, vowing to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, promised he would soon announce his decision on sending tens of thousands more US troops to battle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban(AFP/Manpreet Romana)
    Obama vows to 'finish the job' in Afghanistan AFP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama, vowing to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, promised he would soon announce his decision on sending tens of thousands more US troops to battle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

  8. Obama Prepares to Unveil Plan to ‘Finish the Job’ in Afghan War Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 12:01 AM ET

    Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama is preparing to lay out for the American public his strategy for the Afghanistan war next week and said he intends to “finish the job” there.

  9. U.S. retailers expect weak holiday sales again McClatchy Newspapers - Tue Nov 24, 3:35 PM ET

    WASHINGTON — Most economists agree that the nation's deep recession is over, yet that isn't bringing much cheer to retailers. For the second consecutive holiday season, they're bracing for declining sales.

  10. US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, pictured in September 2009, blasted big oil trade groups Tuesday, accusing them of barring the way to a balanced US energy system that would create thousands of jobs.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)
    US official blasts big oil over Obama energy program AFP - Tue Nov 24, 7:21 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar blasted big oil trade groups Tuesday, accusing them of barring the way to a balanced US energy system that would create thousands of jobs.

  11. Feds: Phila. plot to buy weapons for Hezbollah AP - Tue Nov 24, 6:24 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A grand jury in Philadelphia indicted four men Tuesday for an alleged plot to support the Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah through illegal schemes, including buying the group more than a thousand machine guns.

  12. FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2009 file photo, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to work together to boost the number of African-Americans at its 1,000-cadet service academy, the annual enrollment and graduation figures for blacks remain in single digits. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
    Despite pact, few blacks at Coast Guard school AP - Wed Nov 25, 12:11 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to work together to boost the number of African-Americans at its 1,000-cadet service academy, the annual enrollment and graduation figures for blacks remain in single digits.

  13. Salazar fires back at oil industry 'untruths' AP - Tue Nov 24, 5:30 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar lashed out at the oil and gas industry Tuesday, accusing some industry trade groups of acting like an arm of the Republican Party in criticizing the Obama administration's record on energy production.

  14. Hoffman: Owens the Winner in New York 23 CQPolitics.com - Tue Nov 24, 4:10 PM ET

    Doug Hoffman will not contest the results of New York's 23rd District special election, the state Conservative Party candidate announced in a release Tuesday afternoon.

  15. Salazar blasts critics of U.S. energy policy Reuters - Tue Nov 24, 5:03 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Tuesday fired back at critics who claim he's not supportive enough of domestic energy production, saying their accusations have the same "poison and substance of election-year politics."

  16. No jail time for figure in Abramoff scandal AP - Tue Nov 24, 4:25 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A tearful former Justice Department attorney was spared a jail sentence Tuesday for his role in the influence peddling scandal surrounding former lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

  17. Broder: Reid's no Mike Mansfield Politico - Tue Nov 24, 6:24 PM ET

    David Broder has never been a big fan of Harry Reid.

  18. CNN host Lou Dobbs (C) is confronted by protesters (L) and escorted by police during a march on the holiday for slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in New York in this January 21, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Chip East/Files
    Dobbs mulls White House bid Politico - Tue Nov 24, 12:32 AM ET

    Former CNN host Lou Dobbs fueled already rampant speculation about his political future Monday, sending the clearest signals yet that he's mulling a bid for president — and leaving third-party political operatives salivating over the possibility of a celebrity recruit for the 2012 campaign.

  19. U.S. Army Sergeant Salei Sale (L) of A-BTRY 2/377 PFAR Task Force Steel looks on as other soldiers fire their weapons during a training session at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Tillman, November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos
    Obama says will "finish the job" in Afghanistan Reuters - Tue Nov 24, 6:38 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to "finish the job" of an unpopular and costly eight-year war in Afghanistan, and officials said he could announce an increase of around 30,000 troops next week.

  20. Obama will send 34,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan McClatchy Newspapers - Mon Nov 23, 10:35 PM ET

    WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama met Monday evening with his national security team to finalize a plan to dispatch some 34,000 additional U.S. troops over the next year to what he's called "a war of necessity" in Afghanistan, U.S. officials told McClatchy.

  21. Obama takes his leave a bit early, then returns AP - Mon Nov 23, 8:05 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is getting used to leaving events before they end — even when he doesn't have to.

  22. President Barack Obama presents the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award to Magodonga Mahlangu of Zimbabwe and her organization Women of Zimbabwe Arise during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed
    Obama honors Mugabe foes for defying a "dictator" Reuters - Tue Nov 24, 12:55 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama honored a group of women Monday who have confronted Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and said they had defied a dictator.

  23. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., embraces Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn as he speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul at Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, as Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa  looks on. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
    For Reid, Dodd, clout on big issues cuts both ways AP - Mon Nov 23, 8:11 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Two Senate leaders trying to steer a pair of President Barack Obama's high-stakes initiatives through Congress are being dogged by re-election worries, and it's not clear whether their legislative prominence will help or hurt them.

  24. Senator's affair revealed in text message AP - Tue Nov 24, 11:46 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - A Nevada man whose wife had an affair with Sen. John Ensign said he discovered the relationship after intercepting a text message around Christmas in 2007.

  25. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India walk down the Cross Hall during a State Arrival ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
    CAPITAL CULTURE: 60 years of US meals for India AP - Tue Nov 24, 3:32 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - In the history of U.S.-India relations, there's been plenty of broken bread and even a few crumbled Triscuits.

  26. War surtax: 'Pay as you fight' Politico - Mon Nov 23, 7:08 PM ET

    Call it “pay as you fight.”

  27. U.S Marines check a road for explosives in Golestan district of Farah province May 4, 2009. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
    U.S. will not join treaty banning landmines Reuters - Tue Nov 24, 10:40 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has no plans to join a global treaty banning landmines because a policy review found the United States could not meet its security commitments without them, the State Department said on Tuesday.

  28. White House, AARP Seek to Build on Senate Health Vote (Correct) Bloomberg - Tue Nov 24, 8:26 PM ET

    Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration and two major lobbying groups are seeking to spur momentum for a health- care overhaul after the U.S. Senate cleared the way for a floor debate that is likely to extend to Christmas or beyond.

  29. President Barack Obama listens while India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks during a welcome ceremony at the White House in Washington November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing
    Obama seeks to reassure Singh on U.S.-India ties Reuters - Tue Nov 24, 10:03 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought to reassure Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday of his commitment to boosting U.S. ties with India even as his administration has set its rivals, China and Pakistan, as top priorities.