WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama welcomed the Florida Gators to the White House Thursday and congratulated them on a second national championship in football in three years. ...more

April 23, 2009

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan has passed the Senate and is on its way to difficult House-Senate negotiations. ...more

February 10, 2009

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Wednesday imposed $500,000 caps on senior executive pay for the most distressed financial institutions receiving federal bailout money, saying Americans are upset with "executives being rewarded for failure." ...more

February 4, 2009

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama signed a series of executive orders Friday that he said should "level the playing field" for labor unions in struggles with management. ...more

January 30, 2009

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama, who has ordered a pay freeze on six-figure White House aides, wants to talk to Wall Street executives about a report indicating payments of over $18 billion in bonuses as the economy was in virtual free fall. ...more

January 30, 2009

Putting into effect a campaign promise to set a new tone in Washington, President Obama moved quickly this week to impose restrictions on lobbying while opening up the processes of governing. ...more

January 23, 2009

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama began overhauling U.S. treatment of terror suspects Thursday, signing orders to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, review military war crimes trials and ban the harshest interrogation methods. ...more

January 22, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Exiting the White House after two turbulent terms, President George W. Bush on Thursday said goodbye to the nation by calling the start of Barack Obama's presidency a "moment of hope and pride for our whole nation." ...more

January 15, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for the former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who fought hard for the presidency. ...more

November 21, 2008

WASHINGTON - President-elect Obama called Nancy Reagan on Friday to apologize for joking that she held seances in the White House. ...more

November 7, 2008