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Inquiring Consumer: Reports say Obama will again propose a supposed "technical fix" to Social Security: Using a "chained consumer price index" that reflects consumers' ability to choose substitutes as prices rise.
Sharing a bit of budget pain, President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers smarting from government-wide spending cuts.
Hillary Rodham Clinton stayed on safe political ground Tuesday, advocating women's rights globally in a 12-minute speech, but that was enough to excite fans imploring the former first lady, senator and secretary of state to run again for president three years from now.
A photo of the Obamas hugging that was released on Election Day 2012 has become the world's most popular tweet on Twitter. A dressed-up version of Barack Obama's State of the Union speech, packed with charts and graphs, is huge on YouTube. A playful picture of the president cavorting with a 3-year-old in a Spiderman costume is a favorite online.
Americans are a forward-looking people, which is to say they can have the attention span of a gnat. So presidential campaigns seem like distant history almost from the moment someone wins.
KABUL, Afghanistan - Eager to overcome a bout of bickering, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a show of unusual unity between their two nations on Monday. The friendly display came as the U.S. military ceded control of its last detention facility in Afghanistan, ending a longstanding irritant in relations.
WASHINGTON - Sharing a bit of budget pain, President Obama will return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers smarting from government spending cuts.
Before leaving the Mideast, he walked through fabled Petra, Jordan's most popular destination for visitors.
PETRA, Jordan - President Obama set aside the Middle East's tricky politics Saturday to marvel at the beauty of one of the region's most stunning sites, the fabled ancient city of Petra.
The White House says 480 workers on the president's budget staff have been notified they may have to take days off without pay because of a partisan budget stalemate.
Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday warned North Korea to halt a recent spate of rhetoric and actions, calling them provocative, dangerous and reckless. He also vowed that the United States would defend itself and its allies South Korea and Japan from North Korean threats.
President Obama gave a great speech in Jerusalem last week.
He promised again to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran, and pledged undying moral and military support for the Jewish state. Only then did he urge Israelis not to forsake efforts to negotiate peace with the Palestinians. His rhetoric was so powerful that it elicited repeated cheers from about 1,000 Israeli students in the audience.
Longtime Washington commentator Jeff Greenfield is working on a book about a favorite political guessing game: What if John F. Kennedy had served a second term?
The Homeland Security Department says it's re-evaluating plans to furlough border agents and cut overtime because of the automatic federal government spending cuts.
TEL AVIV, Israel - Across Israel on Friday, news stations aired a special live broadcast of President Obama's last day in the Jewish state with a headline summarizing his visit: "U.S. President wins our hearts and minds."
Inquiring Consumer: Reports say Obama will again propose a supposed "technical fix" to Social Security: Using a "chained consumer price index" that reflects consumers' ability to choose substitutes as prices rise.
President Barack Obama praised California's attorney general for more than her smarts and toughness at a Democratic Party event.
A new inflation formula the President proposes effectively curbd annual increases in a broad swath of government programs, but would have its biggest impact on Social Security.
Making a down payment on his vow to go all in for Democrats in 2014, President Obama courted well-heeled donors in California on a two-day fundraising jaunt that required him to walk a fine line: Berate Republicans too much, and he could put fragile prospects for achieving his second-term goals in jeopardy.
NEW YORK - So what does it all mean?
Hillary Rodham Clinton has a deal for a memoir and policy book about her years in the Obama administration, Simon & Schuster told the Associated Press.
President Barack Obama is raising money for the Democratic Party in California, eager to weaken his Republican opposition in Congress even as he confronts protests from his liberal flank over a contested oil pipeline project that is awaiting approval from his administration.
WASHINGTON - Sharing a bit of budget pain, President Obama will return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers smarting from government spending cuts.
Sharing a bit of budget pain, President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers smarting from government-wide spending cuts.
Hillary Rodham Clinton stayed on safe political ground Tuesday, advocating women's rights globally in a 12-minute speech, but that was enough to excite fans imploring the former first lady, senator and secretary of state to run again for president three years from now.
The White House says 480 workers on the president's budget staff have been notified they may have to take days off without pay because of a partisan budget stalemate.
A photo of the Obamas hugging that was released on Election Day 2012 has become the world's most popular tweet on Twitter. A dressed-up version of Barack Obama's State of the Union speech, packed with charts and graphs, is huge on YouTube. A playful picture of the president cavorting with a 3-year-old in a Spiderman costume is a favorite online.
Americans are a forward-looking people, which is to say they can have the attention span of a gnat. So presidential campaigns seem like distant history almost from the moment someone wins.
KABUL, Afghanistan - Eager to overcome a bout of bickering, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a show of unusual unity between their two nations on Monday. The friendly display came as the U.S. military ceded control of its last detention facility in Afghanistan, ending a longstanding irritant in relations.
Before leaving the Mideast, he walked through fabled Petra, Jordan's most popular destination for visitors.
PETRA, Jordan - President Obama set aside the Middle East's tricky politics Saturday to marvel at the beauty of one of the region's most stunning sites, the fabled ancient city of Petra.
Making a down payment on his vow to go all in for Democrats in 2014, President Obama courted well-heeled donors in California on a two-day fundraising jaunt that required him to walk a fine line: Berate Republicans too much, and he could put fragile prospects for achieving his second-term goals in jeopardy.
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