Per-student pre-K spending lowest in decade
State funding for pre-kindergarten programs had its largest drop ever last year and states are now spending less per child than they did a decade ago, ...
Obama pitches public works spending to create jobs
Trying to show that the economy remains a top priority, President Barack Obama promoted a plan Friday to create construction and other jobs by ...
Obama staying out of negotiations on gun bills
With gun legislation taking shape on Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama has kept a low profile on an issue he has made a critical part of his ...
Govs to hear Oregon health care plan
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber will brief other state leaders this weekend on his plan to lower Medicaid costs, touting an overhaul that President Barack ...
Commission: Pre-K for poor students within decade
An Education Department commission is recommending pre-kindergarten programs for every poor student within 10 years, adding a timeframe to President ...
Obama in Chicago exhorts 'ladders of opportunity'
Pressing his case in the town that launched his political career, President Barack Obama called Friday for the government to take an active, ...
LaPierre: NRA to 'stand and fight' Obama on guns
National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre renewed his call Thursday for armed guards in schools and urged gun owners to "stand and fight" for ...
Women's security raised by American Indian leader
The president of the National Congress of American Indians urged the House on Thursday to pass the Violence Against Women Act so Native Americans and ...
Obama, business groups differ on minimum wage plan
President Barack Obama says raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour and tying future increases to inflation will boost the incomes of millions living ...
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 ...
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