
Between economy and trouble, Obama approval steady
The economy is recovering, the White House is dealing with multiple controversies, and President Barack Obama appears generally unaffected either way.

Carney: Criticism of IRS response 'legitimate'
President Barack Obama's spokesman says the White House is facing "legitimate criticisms" for its shifting accounts about who knew what about the ...

More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told
White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April that an impending report was likely to say the IRS had ...

GOP leaders say impeachment talk premature
The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged caution Monday for Republican critics calling ...
Carney: Senior White House staff knew of IRS probe
The White House says White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler was first informed about an audit of the IRS' inappropriate targeting of conservative groups ...

Budget calls for 4 percent spending increase at VA
President Barack Obama's budget proposal will include nearly a 14 percent spending increase for the section of the Department of Veterans Affairs ...

Business, labor get deal on worker program
Big business and labor have struck a deal on a new low-skilled worker program, removing the biggest hurdle to completion of sweeping immigration ...

Commander: Contingency plans under way for Syria
The top U.S. military commander in Europe said Tuesday that several NATO countries are working on contingency plans for possible military action to ...

No assault weapons ban: Not in Dems' Senate bill
An assault weapons ban won't be in the gun-control legislation that Democrats bring to the Senate floor next month, a decision that means the ban's ...

Lawmakers want Obama to follow up outreach effort
At a recent gathering of House committee and subcommittee chairmen, Republican lawmakers were asked if they could name the legislative affairs staffer ...

Lawmakers: Obama wooing might break budget logjam
Republican lawmakers said Sunday they welcome President Barack Obama's courtship and suggested the fresh engagement between the White House and ...

Americans yawn at budget cut hype
President Barack Obama is pulling out all the stops to warn just what could happen if automatic budget cuts kick in. Americans are reacting with a ...

SPIN METER: A dubious list of budget 'horribles'
President Barack Obama and his officials are doing their best to drum up public concern over the shock wave of spending cuts that could strike the ...

Obama offering immigration plan as backup
The White House is downplaying its draft immigration proposal as merely a backup plan if lawmakers don't come up with an overhaul of their own.

Hagel's GOP foes signal vote should go on
Republican opponents are sending signals that Chuck Hagel's bid to become defense secretary will probably come to an up-or-down vote soon in the ...

White House seeks 'balanced way' to budget fix
President Barack Obama is concerned about the effect that looming, drastic across-the-board budget cuts will have on the middle class, his new chief ...

More diversity likely in next Obama job selections
As he prepares to announce a new wave of Cabinet and other senior posts, President Barack Obama is aiming to put a more diverse face on his ...

THE RESET: Familiar faces on Obama's 2nd-term team
President Barack Obama is much of the way through completing his second-term Cabinet and top White House staff. For many of those chosen so far, it's ...

Obama picks foreign policy aide as chief of staff
President Barack Obama announced Friday that his new chief of staff is longtime trusted aide Denis McDonough, whom the president described as a close ...

McDonough no stranger to Obama inner circle
In selecting Denis McDonough to be his next and fifth chief of staff, President Barack Obama is tapping a longtime confidant and unflappable ally to ...

THE RESET: Obama rounding out his second-term team
Just days before he again takes the oath of office, President Barack Obama is rounding out his Cabinet and White House staff while bracing for major ...

AP sources: McDonough likely for chief of staff
President Barack Obama is likely to name Denis McDonough, one of his closest national security advisers, as his next chief of staff, according to ...

Obama to tap budget expert Lew to lead Treasury
President Barack Obama will nominate White House chief of staff Jack Lew to be his second-term Secretary of the Treasury, turning to one of ...