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Obama Pick Engages Supreme Court Battle
President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated Merrick B. Garland to be the nation's 113th Supreme Court justice, choosing a centrist appellate judge who could reshape the court for a generation and become the face of a bitter election-year confirmation struggle.
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For Gadget Geek in the Oval Office, High Tech Has Its Limits
Obama's eagerness to take part in the personal technology revolution is hampered by the secrecy and security challenges that are daily requirements of his job.
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Clinton Testifies on Benghazi, and Lets Others Do the Shouting
Republican lawmakers spent more than eight hours aggressively questioning Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday, seeking to build a case that the former secretary of state had been derelict in her duty to secure the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.
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Obama Seeks to Double Funding to Fight Antibiotic Resistance
The plan calls for "enhanced summary reports on the sale of distribution and antibiotics" used in food animals but without spelling out how that would be done.
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Obama to Call for Laws Covering Data Hacking and Student Privacy
Obama is expected to propose the Personal Data Notification and Protection Act, and Student Data Privacy Act.
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Health Officials in Dallas Pinpoint 10 People Most at Risk for Ebola
Health officials Friday narrowed down to 10 the number of people considered most at risk of contracting Ebola after coming into contact with an infected Liberian man.
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White House Picks Engineer From Google to Fix Sites
Mikey Dickerson will lead a new government team that is intended to identify and fix the government's other failing computer systems and websites.
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Travels of the President under scrutiny in an era of belt tightening
Perhaps it is nothing more than an accident of timing that as federal workers brace for a summer filled with unpaid furlough days, their leaders are traveling the nation and globe on trips that exude luxury.
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House again seeks votes, after failing to pass debt plan
President Obama called on Congress to produce a fiscal plan that could be passed with votes from both parties, as House Republican leaders sought support from their restive caucus and Senate Democrats suggested they might move ahead with their own plan."Any solution to avoid default must be bipartisan," Mr. Obama said. "I urge Democrats and Republi...
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Obama is a millionaire, records show
President Obama is a millionaire with assets that could reach as much as $12 million, mostly from proceeds from his two best-selling books, according to financial disclosure forms made public by the White House on Monday.The disclosures require only that Mr. Obama and his wife, Michelle, list the value of their assets in wide ranges. For example, t...
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Obama posts birth certificate on White House website
US President Obama posted a copy of his "long-form" birth certificate from the state of Hawaii, hoping to finally end a long-simmering conspiracy theory among some conservatives who asserted falsely that he was not born in the United States and was not a legitimate president.The birth certificate, which is posted online at the White House Web site,...
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Obama announces re-election bid in web video
President Obama confirmed Monday morning that he will seek another four years in the White House, beginning a re-election campaign that will ask Americans to endorse the status quo over the increasingly vocal calls from Republicans for a fresh start in Washington.Facing turmoil in the Middle East, ongoing military action in Libya and the threat of ...
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Will Palin end silence on Egypt in next few hours?
Could Friday night be one of those defining moments in the career -- and potential presidential candidacy -- of Sarah Palin?Egypt is on the brink of a revolution that could transform American and global foreign policy for years -- a crisis that is testing President Obama and makes clear the life-and-death stakes for anyone who might think about rep...
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Obama and Palin, a tale of two speeches
Wednesday was bookended by two remarkable -- and remarkably different -- political performances that demonstrated the vast expanse of America's political landscape.The day opened at 5 am with Sarah Palin, whose seven-and-a-half minute video statement captured with precision the bubbling anger and resentment that is an undercurrent of the national c...
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Daley to become next White House Chief of Staff
William M. Daley will become the next White House chief of staff, Obama administration officials said Thursday. A senior executive with JPMorgan Chase and a former commerce secretary in the Clinton administration, Mr. Daley will bring an outsider's voice and decades of business experience to the West Wing.President Obama is expected to make the per...
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Obama Pick Engages Supreme Court Battle
President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated Merrick B. Garland to be the nation's 113th Supreme Court justice, choosing a centrist appellate judge who could reshape the court for a generation and become the face of a bitter election-year confirmation struggle.
-
For Gadget Geek in the Oval Office, High Tech Has Its Limits
Obama's eagerness to take part in the personal technology revolution is hampered by the secrecy and security challenges that are daily requirements of his job.
-
Clinton Testifies on Benghazi, and Lets Others Do the Shouting
Republican lawmakers spent more than eight hours aggressively questioning Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday, seeking to build a case that the former secretary of state had been derelict in her duty to secure the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.
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Obama Seeks to Double Funding to Fight Antibiotic Resistance
The plan calls for "enhanced summary reports on the sale of distribution and antibiotics" used in food animals but without spelling out how that would be done.
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Obama to Call for Laws Covering Data Hacking and Student Privacy
Obama is expected to propose the Personal Data Notification and Protection Act, and Student Data Privacy Act.
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Health Officials in Dallas Pinpoint 10 People Most at Risk for Ebola
Health officials Friday narrowed down to 10 the number of people considered most at risk of contracting Ebola after coming into contact with an infected Liberian man.
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White House Picks Engineer From Google to Fix Sites
Mikey Dickerson will lead a new government team that is intended to identify and fix the government's other failing computer systems and websites.
-
Travels of the President under scrutiny in an era of belt tightening
Perhaps it is nothing more than an accident of timing that as federal workers brace for a summer filled with unpaid furlough days, their leaders are traveling the nation and globe on trips that exude luxury.
-
House again seeks votes, after failing to pass debt plan
President Obama called on Congress to produce a fiscal plan that could be passed with votes from both parties, as House Republican leaders sought support from their restive caucus and Senate Democrats suggested they might move ahead with their own plan."Any solution to avoid default must be bipartisan," Mr. Obama said. "I urge Democrats and Republi...
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Obama is a millionaire, records show
President Obama is a millionaire with assets that could reach as much as $12 million, mostly from proceeds from his two best-selling books, according to financial disclosure forms made public by the White House on Monday.The disclosures require only that Mr. Obama and his wife, Michelle, list the value of their assets in wide ranges. For example, t...
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Obama posts birth certificate on White House website
US President Obama posted a copy of his "long-form" birth certificate from the state of Hawaii, hoping to finally end a long-simmering conspiracy theory among some conservatives who asserted falsely that he was not born in the United States and was not a legitimate president.The birth certificate, which is posted online at the White House Web site,...
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Obama announces re-election bid in web video
President Obama confirmed Monday morning that he will seek another four years in the White House, beginning a re-election campaign that will ask Americans to endorse the status quo over the increasingly vocal calls from Republicans for a fresh start in Washington.Facing turmoil in the Middle East, ongoing military action in Libya and the threat of ...
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Will Palin end silence on Egypt in next few hours?
Could Friday night be one of those defining moments in the career -- and potential presidential candidacy -- of Sarah Palin?Egypt is on the brink of a revolution that could transform American and global foreign policy for years -- a crisis that is testing President Obama and makes clear the life-and-death stakes for anyone who might think about rep...
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Obama and Palin, a tale of two speeches
Wednesday was bookended by two remarkable -- and remarkably different -- political performances that demonstrated the vast expanse of America's political landscape.The day opened at 5 am with Sarah Palin, whose seven-and-a-half minute video statement captured with precision the bubbling anger and resentment that is an undercurrent of the national c...
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Daley to become next White House Chief of Staff
William M. Daley will become the next White House chief of staff, Obama administration officials said Thursday. A senior executive with JPMorgan Chase and a former commerce secretary in the Clinton administration, Mr. Daley will bring an outsider's voice and decades of business experience to the West Wing.President Obama is expected to make the per...
