President Barack Obama

Your medical plan is facing an unexpected expense, so you probably are, too.

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President Barack Obama is pressing for public support Monday to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, a day after he and House Speaker John Boehner met one-on-one for the first time to discuss ways to avert the "fiscal cliff."

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For the first time in days, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner spoke by phone Wednesday about the "fiscal cliff" that threatens to knock the economy into recession, raising the prospect of fresh negotiations to prevent tax increases and spending cuts set to kick in with the new year.

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The White House is rejecting a Republican counteroffer aimed at averting the "fiscal cliff," saying it does not meet what the White House calls "the test of balance."

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the Obama administration is nearing a decision in the next few weeks on how many U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan -- and for what purposes -- after the U.S.-led combat mission ends in 2014.

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President Barack Obama is inviting leaders from the labor and business communities to the White House this week for talks on the so-called fiscal cliff.

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If you watched the first presidential debate or saw the large number of post-debate critiques on your various social networks last night, then you may have noticed Barack Obama seemed a little off.

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President Barack Obama will mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with a series of commemorations in and near Washington.

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Michelle Obama says she wants to use tonight's speech at the Democratic National Convention to remind Americans of the values that drive her husband to do what he's done, "and what he is going to do for the next four years."

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President Barack Obama is telling union workers in Ohio that Mitt Romney would guide the nation to a
"losing season," using a sports metaphor to insist that voters should take his opponent's plan and "punt it away."

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