Obama Addresses Drones, Gitmo in Speech on Refocusing Strategy on Terrorism

A trio of scandals has put President Barack Obama and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on the hot seat.

A trio of controversies is giving President Barack Obama's critics plenty of fodder for investigations that will likely pull the White House away from the issues it would like to see championed this spring and summer.

Monday's joint news conference by President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron will likely be consumed by questions regarding the targeting of conservative groups by the IRS and the Obama administration's handling of last year's attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya.

The White House says President Barack Obama is "willing to try anything" with Republicans to find a solution to the nation's fiscal problems. Monday, that meant venturing out to Andrews Air Force Base on a drizzly day in Washington to hit the links.

In other news Thursday, President Barack Obama nominated a new trade representative and head of the Commerce Department, leaving only one position left to fill in his second term cabinet. Also, reports indicate Syrian government troops and gunmen killed 50 to 100 people in a village near the Mediterranean coast.

President Barack Obama makes a stop in Mexico City to shore up relations with the U.S.'s southern neighbor. Judy Woodruff talks with Shannon O'Neil of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Brookings Institution's Diana Negroponte about shared concerns between Mexico and the United States over trade and border issues.

Most presidents I've covered have struggled with a recalcitrant Congress. But does President Obama have the "juice" -- as ABC's Jonathan Karl put it Tuesday at the White House press conference -- to translate his relatively strong popularity ratings into legislative success?

President Barack Obama marked the 100th day of his second term Tuesday with a customary news conference that highlighted the fresh challenges and unresolved business facing his administration.

How does the current relationship between the White House and Congress affect major points of business like spending cuts and immigration reform? Judy Woodruff gets analysis from Glenn Thrush of Politico and Dan Balz of The Washington Post.

In a White House news conference, President Barack Obama renewed a pledge to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, where more than half of the prisoners have recently been on hunger strike to protest their legal limbo. Gwen Ifill talks to Charlie Savage of The New York Times.