Obama trumpets Asia trip as boost to US economy
AP - 7 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future.

Obama drops by daughter Sasha's school for event
AP - 1 day ago

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - Fresh from his weeklong trip through Asia, President Barack Obama is taking time to catch up on dad duty.

Obama faces showdowns on health, Afghanistan, jobs
AP - 1 day ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip. On Saturday, two days after his return to Washington, the Senate plans a make-or-break vote on his hard-fought plan to overhaul the nation's health care system. Obama also confronts a difficult choice on strategy and troop levels in Afghanistan, which will be criticized no matter what he decides.

Details of state dinner scarce, White House mum
AP - 1 day ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - It's the hottest ticket in town. Just don't ask the White House who got them.

Gates names West, Clark to lead Fort Hood review
AP - 1 day ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - Trying to avert another tragedy like the Fort Hood shootings, Defense Secretary Robert Gates named a former Army secretary and former Navy chief to review a broad range of Pentagon programs, ranging from medical and personnel policies to how well military bases are secured.

Obama, revisiting Nixon, says 9/11 suspect guilty
AP - 3 days ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama appeared to be taking a page from Richard Nixon's playbook Wednesday when he seemed to declare the suspected Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed guilty and deserving of the death penalty.

Archives probing Watergate notes for hidden clues
AP - 3 days ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - It seems history won't rest until someone fills in that 18 1/2-minute Watergate gap.

Obama, Holder predict conviction in 9/11 case
AP - 3 days ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - From opposite ends of the globe, President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder firmly rejected criticism Wednesday of the planned New York trial of the professed Sept. 11 mastermind and predicted Khalid Sheikh Mohammed would be exposed as a murderous coward, convicted and executed.

Obama: Professed 9/11 mastermind will be convicted
AP - 4 days ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama predicted that professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be convicted and executed as Attorney General Eric Holder proclaimed: "Failure is not an option."