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President Obama and House minority leader John Boehner, R-Ohio. File photo/Getty images. It's not often that a House minority leader's schedule can dictate the president's schedule. But that's precisely what is happening Wednesday. White House press secretary Robert…

In President Obama's latest attempt to boost the economy, he plans to propose allowing businesses to write off new capital investments through 2011. However, new polls paint a grim picture for him and congressional Democrats. Political editor David Chalian examines…

It took more than two weeks of horse trading to win the votes of independent members of parliament, but Australia now has a government with the narrowest of majorities. And that is an accurate reflection of the election last…

President Obama walks to the Oval Office on Monday after returning from a trip to Milwaukee. Photo by Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images. The new Washington Post/ABC News and Wall Street Journal/NBC News polls released Tuesday provide a double whammy…