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President Barack Obama is turning to his biggest television audience of the year to pitch tax increases on the wealthiest Americans and put the new Republican Congress in the position of defending top income earners over the middle class...

Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who became the first black in U.S.history to win popular election to the Senate, died Saturday. He was 95. Brooke died of natural causes at his Coral Gables, Florida, home, said Ralph Neas, Brooke's former chief counsel...

This is something very few people saw coming.  As someone who was around when President Kennedy enacted the blockade, Obama's move took me by surprise.  His explanation however made perfect sense.  Obama said,"If something hasn't worked for 50 years, its time to try a different approach...

President Obama says Sony made a mistake in pulling a controversial movie after a massive cyber attack. During a White House news conference, the President said foreign powers must not be able to impose censorship on the U.S. He said the Sony corporation suffered significant damage in the hacking incident. The FBI says North Korea is to blame for the hacking.

Days after Sony announced they were pulling The Interview from theaters across the country, President Obama has come out saying the studio made a mistake.

President Obama is responding to growing concerns about the militarization of police in the U.S. The President is making moves to tighten federal rules on providing military-type equipment to local and state police departments. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said an executive order is being drafted to require a more regulated list of armored vehicles and military-style weaponry for police... R

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is headed out the door. President Obama announced Hagel's resignation in a statement at the White House. Obama praised Hagel's tenure as defense chief and called him a great friend. He said Hagel has been instrumental in putting together the U...

President Barack Obama says his message to Ferguson, Missouri, as it awaits a grand jury's decision in this summer's fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man is to keep protests peaceful. Obama says everyone has the right to express their views and to peacefully assemble to protest actions they think are unjust...

President Obama is poised to issue a sweeping executive order on immigration. Addressing the nation from the White House, the President said the U.S. immigration system is broken and must be repaired. The executive order marks the most dramatic shift in U...

The President says comments from a consultant about American voters shouldn't cast a shadow on his signature healthcare reforms.