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President Obama takes health pitch to California after rate row

YoopyaJun 8, 2013August 4, 20240

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama insisted on Friday his healthcare overhaul is already proving worthwhile as he promoted the plan in California, where an argument is raging

Was IRS targeting limited to Cincinnati office?

YoopyaJun 7, 2013August 18, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional investigators are starting to see cracks in the Internal Revenue Service argument that a small group of agents in the Cincinnati

Obama to name Susan Rice as national security adviser

YoopyaJun 5, 2013September 2, 20240

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama conducted a major shakeup of his foreign policy team on Wednesday, naming Susan Rice as his new White House national

Obama calls Oklahoma tornado’s toll ‘hard to comprehend’

YoopyaMay 27, 2013August 11, 20240

(Reuters) – Standing by a pile of debris that once was an elementary school, President Barack Obama on Sunday called the destruction last week’s tornado wrought in

GOP eyes Clinton ’92 win as it ponders how to reach new voters without angering its base

YoopyaMay 27, 2013August 11, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican Party, having lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections, confronts a dilemma that’s easier to

FACT CHECK: On drones, climate change and more, Kerry dishes some iffy claims on foreign trip

YoopyaMay 27, 2013September 2, 20240

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry straddled the diplomatic boundary this weekend between presenting the best face of America and

Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor

YoopyaMay 22, 2013August 18, 20240

NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Weiner’s run for a renaissance is officially on. The ex-congressman whose career imploded in a rash of raunchy tweets two

Senate panel passes immigration bill; Obama praises move

YoopyaMay 22, 2013August 18, 20240

(Reuters) – A Senate panel on Tuesday approved legislation to give millions of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, setting up a spirited debate next

Ouster of IRS official isn’t ending investigations

YoopyaMay 16, 2013September 5, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — Don’t look for the outcry over the Internal Revenue Service’s improper targeting of tea party groups to subside with the ouster of

Analysis: Controversies give Obama new governing headaches

YoopyaMay 14, 2013August 18, 20240

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama learned on Monday what can happen to presidents caught up in allegations of scandal: they have to address them instead of anything