Barack Obama

Talks between the White House and House Speaker John Boehner  on a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" continue out of the public eye.

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Despite an intensifying pace, little progress is being reported in talks on averting automatic spending cuts and tax increases that economists fear could send the U.S. economy off a "fiscal cliff."

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Republicans are again demanding that President Barack Obama name specific cuts in government spending that he would support as part of any compromise aimed at avoiding the "fiscal cliff."

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New Jersey and New York joined forces to ask the federal government for a total of $82 billion to rebuild and recover in the wake of super-storm Sandy.

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President Barack Obama says he "won't compromise" on his demands that the wealthiest Americans pay more in taxes.

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President Barack Obama says there will be no deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" unless Republicans drop their opposition to raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans.

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His handling of super-storm Sandy continues to catapult Governor Chris Christie's popularity into the stratosphere.

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President Barack Obama is urging Congress to pass an extension of tax cuts for middle class families, saying a tax increase for them would be like a "lump of coal" for Christmas.

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Republican congressional leaders are accusing Democrats of moving the nation closer to the "fiscal cliff," by refusing to outline possible spending cuts.

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Even as some signs of disagreement emerge among Republicans on taxes, an administration official says the White House is stepping up behind-the-scenes negotiations on how to avoid the "fiscal cliff."

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