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Boehner voices skepticism on budget prospects
House Speaker John Boehner expressed doubts Wednesday that the Republican-led House and Democratic-controlled Senate could reach agreement on a budget ...
Rubio's sip of water joins line of political slips
Nothing trumps a carefully crafted political message like the unscripted moment. All-too-human blips and slips were the bane of politicians even ...
FACT CHECK: Overreaching in State of Union speech
President Barack Obama did some cherry-picking Tuesday night in defense of his record on jobs and laid out a conditional path to citizenship for ...
California drama cuts into speech coverage
The California standoff involving fugitive Christopher Dorner shortened television's previews of President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday ...
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Sitting out the speech
While his colleagues got ready to go to the Capitol, Justice Antonin Scalia sat on a stage across town and held forth about why, for the 16th ...
Analysis: Obama isn't in the mood for compromise
President Barack Obama had a simple message for Republicans in Congress: Do it my way. Forget about shutting down the government to force spending ...
Obama: Nation stronger, GOP should back his plans
Uncompromising and politically emboldened, President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided Congress Tuesday night to embrace his plans to use government ...
Signs of unity in a divided Congress
President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday night produced fleeting moments of bipartisanship in a divided Congress.
First lady hosts 102-year-old determined voter
A determined Florida centenarian who had to make two trips and wait several hours to vote for President Barack Obama last fall joined first lady ...
Obama: Consensus for more checks for gun buyers
President Barack Obama is emphasizing the need for more background checks for gun buyers in his State of the Union address, saying that overwhelming ...
Wounded Wis. policeman to attend State of Union
A police lieutenant wounded last summer during a deadly mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., is among two dozen guests the White House ...
Obama pledges swift reaction to NKorea nuke test
President Barack Obama reacted sharply to North Korea's nuclear test Tuesday, promising swift international action to bring the rogue communist regime ...
THE RESET: Obama hitting the road after big speech
President Barack Obama is hardly the first president to hit the road to emphasize themes sounded in his State of the Union address. Nearly all recent ...
Futures down ahead of State of the Union address
Futures are down in light trading ahead of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, where the economy will take center stage. Dow Jones ...
GOP congressman invites Ted Nugent to Obama speech
A Republican congressman says he's invited rocker Ted Nugent, who has referred to President Barack Obama's administration as "evil, America-hating," ...
Obama to revive populist message in Tuesday speech
Reviving his populist re-election message, President Barack Obama will press a politically-divided Congress to approve more tax increases and fewer ...
Gun victims' relatives emerge as advocates
Several people whose lives have been shattered by gun violence will be watching from the packed House gallery as President Barack Obama gives his ...
Chicago girl's parents to sit with first lady
A White House official says the parents of a Chicago teenager slain just days after performing during President Barack Obama's inauguration will ...
THE RESET: Delivering GOP response a dubious honor
Most presidents are clearly energized from delivering their State of the Union addresses. The grandiose setting of a packed House chamber, the pomp ...
Economy to be Obama's focus in State of the Union
President Barack Obama will focus his State of the Union address on boosting job creation and economic growth at a time of high unemployment, ...
Obama to visit NC, Atlanta after State of Union
President Barack Obama will travel to two Southern states after his State of the Union address on Tuesday. It's a tradition for presidents to launch ...
Lawmakers test legal waters for regulating drones
Lawmakers are considering whether Congress should set up a special court to decide when drones can kill American al-Qaida suspects overseas, much as ...