NBC NEWS - After the bruising debt-ceiling fight -- as well as Standard & Poor's subsequent downgrade of the nation's credit rating -- Obama's job approval...
DETROIT (AP) - Obama said that with widespread suffering, "the time for Washington games is over" and lawmakers must move quickly to create jobs...
President Barack Obama reviewed damage inflicted by Hurricane Irene in northern New Jersey on Sunday, promising residents, “We’ll be there to help.” Obama visited the towns...
OPINION - There is no reason to believe what Obama did in 2008 can't be replicated at the state-level for a man like Johnny DuPree, who...
Obama is still a favorite. That being said, he is dangerously close to the tipping point between a clear favorite and a struggling contender. Obama’s has...
If there’s anything close to a political certainty in 2012, it’s that Barack Obama will get more than 90 percent of the African-American vote. But that...
WASHINGTON (AP) - He says his administration's improved emergency readiness was evident over the weekend in reaction to Hurricane Irene...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The president noted that the effects of Irene are still being felt in much of the country, especially New England and states like...
CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) - "I cannot stress this highly enough, if you are in the projected path of this hurricane you have to take precautions now,"...
ABUJA, Nigeria — Rescue official: At least 7 dead in car bomb attack on UN building in Nigeria’s capital. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Facing high unemployment and a jittery Wall Street, Obama has had to confront questions over his handling of the economy more than a...
MIAMI (AP) - The mounting frustration over jobs is beginning to have political repercussions in the black community...
OPINION - If President Obama cannot afford open displays of anger, let Maxine Waters do the job. If the Tea Party can fight, so can we...
The president next month plans to unveil a job creation package, looking to address the top concern on Americans’ minds. Though details remain scarce, some of...
Caribbean nationals, including Jamaicans who are illegal immigrants living in the United States (US), are to benefit from a new immigration policy by the Obama administration...
President Obama on Thursday for the first time told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad he must step down. “We have consistently said that President Assad must lead...
WASHINGTON (AP) - On a related front, Obama will also present a specific plan to cut the suffocating long-term national debt and to pay for the...
DECORAH, Iowa (AP) - 'I make no apologies for being reasonable,' Obama declared.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama sets off Monday on a bus tour that aims to produce give-and-take with Americans...
OPINION - Progressives would be wise to ignore their political soothsayers and recognize that everyone has a hustle...
President Barack Obama sharpened his attacks on Congress, blaming them for gridlock in Washington that has held up work to bolster the economy, as he sought...
NEWS ONE - According to a new BlackPlanet/NewsOne poll, 88 percent of African-Americans said President Barack Obama should be reelected while 12 percent said he shouldn't...
Obama has seen some hits to his national approval rating over the last few weeks as residue from the bruising debt debate, although Congress is even...
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about military veterans entering the workforce at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, August 5, 2011.Credit: Reuters/Larry Downing With every gloomy...
WASHINGTON (AP) - An American official says the helicopter appears to have been shot down Saturday in eastern Afghanistan in the deadliest single combat incident of...
OPINION - The optimism of 'Yes We Can' and 'Change We Can Believe In' has turned into the pessimism of 'if not now when' and 'if...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans have accused the president of emphasizing campaign money over governing, criticizing plans for the lavish birthday party...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that heads off an unprecedented U.S. financial default and begins the process of curbing the country's spiraling...
WASHINGTON (AP) - He spoke at the White House as a bill by Republican House Speaker John Boehner to lift the debt ceiling and slash spending...
OPINION - Stalled immigration reform -- like several other high-profile Obama campaign promises has become a proxy for frustrated political ambitions...
News reporting is fixated on the D.C. beltway scheming, beaming pictures of government officials zipping in and out of meetings with occasional public comment. Meanwhile, the...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation will run out of ability to borrow money and pay its existing bills after Aug. 2 if a deal is not...
OPINION - The truth is today's Republican party is controlled by a fringe group of players who are after one thing: Making sure the first black...
WASHINGTON (AP) - He said he remains committed to his unfulfilled promise to rewrite the nation's immigration laws, but offered no timelines...
theGRIO REPORT - However, many civil rights advocates still want the Justice Department to proceed, citing the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007...
OPINION - While Rep. West went a tad over-the-top in his response, there is a larger issue here about racial and gender stereotypes of black men...
OPINION - The White House is betting most American will tire of the bomb throwers (and that Wall Street will think twice about playing ball with...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Friday's move was expected under the repeal law Congress passed in December. Before "don't ask, don't tell," the military did not allow gays...
MIAMI - Kendrick Meek has been nominated by President Barack Obama as a public delegate to the United Nations General Assembly...
Barack Obama may be the Kevlar President -- bad news can bruise him, but none can pierce his armor to cause any severe damage to his...
Canada’s self-image as a tolerant nation perversely allows racism to flourish. If you are a Black Canadian, studies continue to show that you are less likely...
President Obama meets this afternoon with business and non-profit groups dedicated to improving the nation's school systems...
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is vowing to fight any efforts to block the work of a new consumer protection bureau head...
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama and lawmakers pushed separate plans to avert an unprecedented default on America's national debt, with no signs of an immediate breakthrough...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Administration officials and private economists say that if the U.S. fails to raise its borrowing limit by Aug. 2 and begins to stop...
The GOP's war over America's debt ceiling is not about America's debt, it's about President Obama...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama collected $86 million combined for his re-election campaign and the Democratic Party during the past three months...
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and top lawmakers resume tense budget talks Monday at the White House, with both sides under pressure to reach a...
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) - Darryl James Swanson has appeared in federal court to face charges that he threatened to kill President Barack Obama and the president's...
CHICAGO (AP) - In a statement, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel says Obama and the union share a vision and members wanted early and strong support...
CINCINNATI (AP) - A panel in Cincinnati handed the administration a victory Wednesday by agreeing that the government can require a minimum amount of insurance for...
NEW YORK (AP) - "I thought he was a d**k yesterday," Halperin said Thursday during a discussion about Obama's news conference on Wednesday.
President Barack Obama said Wednesday he believes Democrats and Republicans will reach agreement on reasonable spending cuts and an end to tax cuts for the superwealthy...
Congressional backers of a pardon for Jack Johnson, the world’s first black heavyweight champion who was imprisoned nearly a century ago for his romantic relationships with...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The release from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve will be the largest ever, amounting to half of a 60 million-barrel international infusion of...
WASHINGTON (AP) - But with 100,000 U.S. troops currently in Afghanistan, that drawdown may not be substantial enough to satisfy some lawmakers on Capitol Hill and...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The president has said he favors a significant withdrawal, his advisers have not quantified that statement...
First lady Michelle Obama arrived in South Africa on Monday for the start of a weeklong trip that officials have said will focus on youth leadership...
