Brian Hughes

Published: Mon, Mar 11, 2013

To hear the White House tell it, Organizing for Action, the campaign organization turned advocacy group for President Obama, is no different from any other progressive group supporting the president. Never mind that the group is made up of former campaign advisers and reportedly offered access...

Brian Hughes

Published: Sat, Mar 9, 2013

President Obama is making history with his budget this year -- but not the way he wanted. According to multiple congressional sources, Obama won't unveil his budget until April 8, missing the statutory deadline by more than two months. Presidents in their first year in office routinely miss...

Brian Hughes

Published: Thu, Mar 7, 2013

President Obama tried giving in to Republican demands and got burned. Then he tried breaking Republicans, but it didn't work. Now, the president has embarked on a new strategy for dealing with Capitol Hill: killing them with kindness. Obama this week dropped the cold shoulder he'd been giving...

KEN THOMAS

Published: Thu, Mar 7, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Reversing course amid criticism, a nonprofit group run by former advisers to President Barack Obama said Thursday it would not accept corporate donations and would disclose the specific amount of money it receives from donors after being accused of selling access to the White...

NEDRA PICKLER

Published: Thu, Mar 7, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says it is going forward with plans for its 135-year tradition of the Easter egg roll, but is dashing the hopes of some Iowa children who hoped to visit the president's home. Sixth graders at St. Paul's Lutheran School in Waverly, Iowa, had their upcoming...

Brian Hughes

Published: Wed, Mar 6, 2013

Lawmakers on Wednesday urged President Obama to release more information about his unprecedented use of drones to track and kill suspected terrorists, seizing on the administration's claim that Obama can even order the deaths of Americans on U.S. soil. Both Republicans and Democrats grilled...

Brian Hughes

Published: Tue, Mar 5, 2013

President Obama has a messaging problem. The White House typically trumpets each bit of positive economic news as proof that Obama is ushering in a wave of new jobs. At the same time, the president has been traveling the country warning that doomsday is at hand, that $85 billion in federal...

Brian Hughes

Published: Mon, Mar 4, 2013

President Obama fired his opening salvo Monday in a second-term clash with Republicans over climate change, nominating for the Environmental Protection Agency and Energy Department a duo likely to pursue further executive actions to cool global temperatures. In tapping EPA veteran Gina...

Brian Hughes

Updated: Fri, Mar 1, 2013

President Obama has risked weakening his hand in future fiscal battles with Republicans as the across-the-board budget cuts arrived without triggering the cataclysm his administration spent weeks forecasting, experts said. Virtually no Americans felt immediate changes in their lives after...

Brian Hughes

Published: Thu, Feb 28, 2013

The Obama administration on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to strike down California's ban on gay marriage, marking a further evolution by the president on the controversial issue. Ahead of November's presidential election, Obama came out in favor of same-sex marriage but said such laws...