By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget official on Thursday to become ...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Thursday a "balance" should be struck between national security interests and freedom of the press, in respo...

Things got awkward during President Barack Obama's joint press conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayipp Erdogan on Thursday. While addre...

WASHINGTON -- Five years ago this spring, I was in Philadelphia watching candidate Barack Obama defuse a dangerous controversy over race in American l...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday called reports that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups "outrageous" and said an...

After the first 100 days of his second term, President Obama just can’t stop talking about the limits of his own power. ...

WASHINGTON -- The sunny, confident President Barack Obama who was the master of all that he surveyed at the White House Correspondents' Dinner last Sa...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama attempted on Tuesday to give Congress space to work out immigration reform, but said he would draw the line at an...

During a Tuesday press conference at the White House, President Barack Obama praised NBA center Jason Collins for his decision to come out as gay, say...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday chastised Congress -- mainly Republicans -- for moving quickly to end flight delays caused by sequestr...

The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is planning a news conference Tuesday morning at the White House. The White House say...

This week the president of the United States held a press conference with the DC elite press corps. They had the opportunity to ask the president what our government is doing about the nation's most serious problems.

What happens now is going to be interesting, because Obama may have changed the whole narrative in this debate. If it works, Obama will emerge from the fight stronger politically. If it doesn't work, Obama risks being blamed himself for a debt ceiling catastrophe by the public.

WASHINGTON -- As part of a comprehensive package of proposals, Vice President Joseph Biden is recommending a law that could define gun trafficking as ...

* Obama unsure it will help bridge partisan divide * "I like a good party" * Looking for somebody to play cards with ...

WASHINGTON -- In his last press conference of his first term, President Barack Obama began the salesmanship of his soon-to-be-revealed proposal of gun...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama issued a strong warning to Republicans on Monday that he will not negotiate over the debt ceiling or allow Republ...

President Barack Obama is holding his last press conference of his first term in the East Room Monday at 11:15 a.m., according to the White House. ...

WASHINGTON — Setting an unflinching tone for his second term, President Barack Obama on Wednesday accused two top Republicans senators of lobbin...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has rejected an idea put forward by House Speaker John Boehner and other Republicans to close unspecified tax loo...