From gun control to gay rights, President Barack Obama's second-term agenda is shaping up as an unabashedly liberal wish list. Read more »
President Barack Obama devoted one word — "deficit" — to the issue that brought Washington to the brink of fiscal crises time and again during his first term. Read more »
Barack Hussein Obama launched his second term as the nation’s 44th president Monday, urging an increasingly divided nation to move past polarizing debates and... Read more »
Declaring "our work begins today", President Barack Obama vowed to "finished what we started" four years ago as hundreds of thousands of inauguration-goers gathered on... Read more »
Most Americans think jarring economic problems will erupt if lawmakers fail to increase the government's borrowing limit. Yet they're torn over how or even whether to... Read more »
President Barack Obama's broad effort to reduce gun violence will include proposed bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines as... Read more »
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