Politics - Barack Obama

RAMALLAH, West Bank - President Barack Obama warned Mahmoud Abbas in a letter that U.S.-Palestinian relations might suffer if the Palestinian leader refuses to resume direct peace talks with Israel, a senior PLO official said Saturday. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned U.S. leaders not to use the divisive issue of illegal immigration as a way to gain power and name recognition in an interview with CBS television released on Saturday. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday accused Republicans of holding American small businesses "hostage to politics" after Republican senators refused to back a $30 billion small-business lending package. Full Story »

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - As the U.S. military prepares for the first war crimes trial under President Barack Obama, its most high-profile case against the planners of the Sept. 11 attacks is stuck in political and legal limbo. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has a warning for Republicans who denounce the federal deficit but reject proposals to cut it. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - Rep. Charlie Rangel is getting sympathy from some fellow Democrats but scant support from others as he faces trial on several ethics charges. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama, accompanied by the first lady and their daughter Sasha, visited a local spy museum late Friday, touring the exhibit showcasing the most high-profile spy cases in history. Full Story »

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - US President Barack Obama has warned Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas that failure to resume direct peace talks with Israel could undermine US-Palestinian ties, Palestinian officials said on Saturday. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is going after Senate Republicans who have stymied his proposal to create a $30 billion fund to help unfreeze lending for credit-starved small businesses. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called ethics charges against Representative Charles Rangel "very troubling" on Friday and said he hoped the lawmaker could end his career "with dignity." Full Story »

WASHINGTON - It's hard to travel incognito when you're the president — even on a mission to a spy museum. Full Story »

The "savior" of the automakers still has to convince the rest of the country that his economic policies worked Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to let undocumented immigrants stay in the United States, according to an agency memo. Full Story »

TOPEKA, Kan. - The big issue in Kansas' U.S. Senate race is which of two veteran Republican congressmen will fight hardest — and loudest — against President Barack Obama's agenda. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama called on Iran Friday to "immediately release" three American hikers being held by the Islamic republic, saying they had never worked for the US government and committed "absolutely no crime." Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday called on Iran to immediately release three Americans who were detained a year ago after straying across the border while hiking in the mountains of northern Iraq. Full Story »

DETROIT — Out to convince voters that the bailout of the U.S. auto industry has been a success — and to build buzz for its controversial poster child, Chevy's Volt electric car — President Barack Obama on Friday drove a car publicly for the first time in more than three years and implored consumers, "Don't bet against the American people." Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration on Friday implored the website WikiLeaks to stop posting secret Afghanistan war documents, as the Pentagon pressed its investigation of the massive security breach by bringing a soldier under scrutiny back to the U.S. for trial. Full Story »