Politics Mar 23 In Buenos Aires, Obama aims to boost Argentina’s new leader BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — After years of anti-American posturing by its leader, Argentina has a new president whose outstretched hand has been eagerly accepted by the United States. President Barack Obama on Wednesday rewarded the South American nation with a…
World Mar 17 U.S. eases security for ships visiting Cuba WASHINGTON — The United States removed Cuba on Thursday from its list of countries deemed to have insufficient security in their ports, eliminating a major impediment to free flow of ships in the Florida Straits. The move marks one more…
Politics Mar 14 RNC launches campaign to oppose Obama’s Supreme Court pick WASHINGTON -- The Republican Party is launching a campaign to try to derail President Barack Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court, teaming up with a conservative opposition research group to target vulnerable Democrats and impugn whomever Obama picks.
Politics Mar 10 Obama says he’s proud of pulling back from Syria airstrikes President Barack Obama said he's proud of the moment he pulled the U.S. from the brink of launching airstrikes against the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, calling it the right decision to make.
World Mar 07 Obama to shore up credibility for U.S. drone program with casualty report WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will disclose how many people have been killed by U.S. drones and counterterrorism strikes since 2009, the White House said Monday, lifting one element of secrecy shrouding the controversial counterterrorism program.
Nation Feb 18 Biden: Obama seeking court nominee who enjoys GOP support President Barack Obama is looking for a Supreme Court nominee with past Republican support, Vice President Joe Biden said, offering some of the first indications of the White House criteria in trying to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
Nation Feb 16 The intrusive investigation behind Supreme Court nominations White House lawyers are scouring a life's worth of information about President Barack Obama's potential picks for the Supreme Court, from the mundane to the intensely personal.
Health Feb 01 Price tag for Biden cancer ‘moonshot’ at $1 billion in Obama budget WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will ask Congress for $755 million for cancer research in next year's budget, bringing the total price tag for Vice President Joe Biden's cancer initiative to $1 billion.
Politics Jan 29 Obama: More work needed to close the pay gap for women, minorities WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is expanding a data collection program aimed at ferreting out abuses of equal pay laws.
Politics Jan 15 Biden sees politics of cancer as an obstacle to curing it WASHINGTON — Four weeks after announcing he wouldn't run for president, Joe Biden returned to the world-renowned cancer center in Texas where doctors had tried to save his son's life.