Brian Hughes

Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

Remember the economy? President Obama on Thursday will kick off a series of day trips devoted to job creation with a trek to Austin, Texas, where he will refocus on his proposals to increase the minimum wage and raise cigarette taxes to fund expanded preschool, among other economic initiatives...

Brian Hughes

Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

Any White House edits made to talking points about the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya were merely “stylistic,” Obama spokesman Jay Carney insisted on Wednesday amid congressional hearings about the Sept. 11 strike that killed four Americans. “The fact that there are inputs is...

Brian Hughes

Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

President Obama on Tuesday vowed to curb sexual assaults in the U.S. military following the release of a Pentagon report that shows a spike in such attacks and just after the Air Force officer in charge of preventing such assaults was charged with groping a woman in Northern Virginia. At a...

Updated: Mon, May 6, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel's willingness to hit Syrian targets it sees as threats to its own existence has complicated the Obama administration's internal debate over arming President Bashar Assad's foes and may change the way U.S. approaches allies as it tries to boost the rebels, including...

Brian Hughes

Published: Mon, May 6, 2013

The White House was on the defensive Monday over its handling of the Syrian civil war, pushing back at critics who questioned President Obama's "red line" ultimatum to the Syrian government, the possible use of chemical weapons by anti-government rebels and whether Israel's airstrikes inside...

JOSH LEDERMAN

Published: Sun, May 5, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Immigration, guns and national security are dominating the discussion on Capitol Hill, but Americans by and large are still focused on their bottom line. So President Barack Obama is launching a series of quick jaunts around the country to remind Americans he's still got jobs...

Updated: Sun, May 5, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigration, guns and national security are dominating the discussion on Capitol Hill, but Americans by and large are still focused on their bottom line. So President Barack Obama is launching a series of quick jaunts around the country to remind Americans he's still got jobs...

Brian Hughes

Published: Sat, May 4, 2013

With escalating hunger strikes putting the spotlight back on the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, President Obama has been quick to blame Congress for what others have called the most glaring broken promise of his White House tenure. But Obama's own polices have kept the covert prison running --...

Brian Hughes

Published: Thu, May 2, 2013

The Obama administration is rethinking whether to send arms to Syrian rebels as part of a larger internal debate over U.S. military intervention in a civil war in which the Syrian government unleashed chemical weapons. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was the first top administration official to...

Updated: Thu, May 2, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential campaigns are long in the making, quick to be forgotten. But one part of them lives on for years: the victor's promises. President Barack Obama paved his path to re-election with fewer promises than in 2008. The ones he did lay down, though, are meaty,...