OBAMA popularity and OBAMA trends

Die USA wollen schon bald Zehntausende Soldaten aus Afghanistan abziehen. Doch laut "New York Times" sollen Elitesoldaten das Land auch nach 2014 sichern. Der Strategieschwenk ist Wahlkampftaktik, denn die Republikaner werfen Präsident Obama vor, die Sicherheit der Nation zu riskieren.

Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney romped to victory in the Nevada caucuses, cementing his position as frontrunner to take on Obama.

Mitt Romney ist auf der Siegerstraße. Nach Florida kann er seinen Rivalen Newt Gingrich auch bei der Republikaner-Vorwahl in Nevada deklassieren - dank herber Kritik an Präsident Obama.

Bei der fünften Vorwahl der Republikaner siegt Mitt Romney klar vor Newt Gringrich. Auch bei den kommenden Abstimmungen im Februar droht dem Multimillionär kaum Ungemach. Doch der Aufschwung in der US-Wirtschaft gefährdet seine Strategie, sich als Finanzexperte zu profilieren, um Amtsinhaber Barack Obama auszustechen.

There has been remarkably little public debate in the U.S. about drone strikes, which have killed at least 1,300 people in Pakistan alone since President Obama came to office.When it comes to national security, Michael V. Haydenis no shrinking violet. As CIA director, he ran the Bush administration's program of warrantless wiretaps against suspected terrorists.

Mitt Romney a à nouveau largement devancé ses rivaux au Nevada et repris ses attaques contre Barack Obama. Il devrait confirmer sa trajectoire de favori jusqu'au Super Tuesday, le 6 Mars prochain.

Ben White and I wrote yesterday on the challenge January job growth poses for Mitt Romney's campaign, which is more or less wholly constructed on the premise that Barack Obama is a total economic failure. The former Massachusetts governor tackled the issue head-on in his Nevada victory speech, saying this of President Obama: This week he's been trying to take a bow for 8.3 percent unemploymen...

Just before 1:30 p.m. Aug. 3, a frustrated President Obama gathered Gene B. Sperling and the economic team in the White House and told them to design a jobs package he could offer the American public. Obama had spent much of the year locked in negotiations with Republicans over the national debt, with little to show for the effort but a sagging approval rating. He had wanted to argue publicly f...

LAS VEGAS -- In order to understand how deeply ingrained Republican hatred for President Barack Obama truly is, you need only ask one question: What would the president have to do to win your support?It's rhetorical. There is nothing the president could do, save become a Republican himself, to placate many angry Republican voters. But when asked to at least consider the idea of backing him, the...

The message intended for president Barack Obama, reportedly expressed impatience that the White House had not yet transferred five former senior Taliban officials out of Guantanamo Bay military prison.

Further bloodshed "will be on your hands," Washington’s UN envoy warns; Obama decries "unspeakable" violence.

Washington's UN envoy warns: Further bloodshed "will be on your hands"; Obama decries "unspeakable" violence, says regime that "massacres its people does not deserve to govern."

KABUL - The Afghan Taliban denied on Saturday that the group’s leader Mullah Omar wrote to the White House last year. The White House received a letter in 2011 which purported to come directly from Mullah Omar, asking the United States to deliver prisoners whose transfer is now central to American efforts to broker peace in Afghanistan, an Obama administration official said ...

Der Weg ins Weiße Haus kostet viel Geld. Doch dass die diesjährige Präsidentenkür finanziell alle Rekorde brechen dürfte, liegt an einer neuen Gesetzeslage. 2010 erlaubte der Oberste US-Gerichtshof, dass formell unabhängige Gruppen ungezügelt Spenden sammeln dürfen.

US-Präsident Barack Obama hat Syriens Machthaber Bashar al-Assad erstmals direkt zum Rücktritt aufgefordert. Er solle die "Todeskampagne" gegen sein Volk beenden. Im Sicherheitsrat hat Russland seine Drohung unterdessen wahr gemacht.Mehr zum Thema„Es geht nicht nur um Griechenland“ - Ackermann warnt vor Scheitern der EurozoneHeimvorteil bei US-Vorwahl in Nevada - Mormonen könnten Romney zum Sie...

President Obama condemns 'unspeakable assault' in Homs where activists say 200 people were killed as the UN Security Council prepares to meet Saturday on a draft resolution backing a call for President Assad to step down.Tunisia Expels Syrian Ambassador over Homs Deaths | Witnesses: Kuwait Protesters Storm Syrian Embassy

Security Council to vote on Syria resolution, despite threat of Russia veto and amid reports of hundreds killed in Homs.

Washington (dpa) - Angesichts der Berichte über ein Blutbad in der syrischen Protesthochburg Homs mit hunderten Toten hat US-Präsident Barack Obama den sofortigen Rücktritt von Präsident Bashar al-As...

US president Barack Obama has urged the UN Security Council to take a stand against what he called the "relentless brutality" of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad after reports that more than 200 people died in shelling in the city of Homs.

Le président américain Barack Obama a demandé samedi au président syrien...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday urged the U.N. Security Council to take a stand against what he called the "relentless brutality" of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

President Obama strongly condemned the latest violence in Syria and called on allies to work toward President Bashar al-Assad's ouster.

theodp writes "The White House is following up on an offer made by President Barack Obama this week to help find a job for an unemployed semiconductor engineer in Texas. The offer was made during a live online town hall after the ex-TI engineer's wife questioned the government's policy concerning H-1B visa workers. Obama asked for EE Darin Wedel's resume and said he would 'forward it to some of...

A poll out of Nevada this week showed Mitt Romney winning 45 percent of those Republicans likely to attend Saturday’s caucuses. And the internals of the poll showed Romney's base: 86 percent of Mormon likely caucus-goers support him.That’s a significant number, especially given that Mormons, who represent 7 percent of the state’s population, made up a quarter of caucus-goers in 2008, according ...

DID the Taliban really send a letter to President Obama asking for talks? Or is it just an elaborate propaganda stunt?

Following a better-than-expected jobs report that propelled stock markets higher, President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to pass a proposal aimed at helping the economy by allowing homeowners to refinance their mortgages.

Two dueling realities — an improving economy that remains very weak — create serious political risks for top advisers to President Obama and Mitt Romney.

The Obama administration sought to reassure anxious European allies that budget cuts won't undercut the U.S.'s commitment to their security.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Afghan Taliban on Saturday denied that their leader Mullah Omar had written to President Barack Obama last July....

[[357842]] LAS VEGAS (Etats-Unis) (AFP) : Le républicain Mitt Romney espère terrasser son concurrent Newt Gingrich, samedi dans le Nevada (ouest des Etats-Unis), et confirmer son statut de favori des républicains pour affronter le président Barack Obama à la présidentielle de novembre...

Just as the world is facing a set of urgent crises, some of its most influential countries have entered election periods

Mitt Romney is seeking his second consecutive victory in the Republican race today after seizing momentum earlier in the week by crushing Newt Gingrich in Florida.

Whether Barack Obama wins or loses in November, the Democratic Party’s attention will immediately turn to 2016.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House received a letter last year purported to come directly from Mullah Omar, the reclusive leader of the Taliban, asking the United States to deliver militant prisoners whose transfer is now at the heart of the Obama administration's bid to broker peace in Afghanistan.

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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A confident Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of failing to do enough to create jobs as he campaigned Friday ahead of GOP presidential caucuses this weekend in a state with sky-high unemployment and foreclosure rates. Newt Gingrich, who is fighting for a respectable showing here, rolled out a fresh line of criticism by comparing the former Massachusetts governor t...

US President Barack Obama challenges Congress to keep the economic recovery going as new data shows unemployment is down to its lowest rate in three years.

Taliban leader Mullah Omar purportedly sent a letter to President Barack Obama last year indicating an interest in peace talks, US officials have claimed.

Now is the time for President Obama to become more actively involved, working to drastically revise the Quartet's approach and show that he can make a real difference to the lives of Palestinians and Israelis.

Roseanne Barr — known for her decade-long stint on the eponymous ’90s hit sitcom — recently announced on Twitter that s…

President Obama is clearly thrilled with today’s jobs report, which blew away analysts’ expectations, and appeared to show broad-based jobs growth across the economy. In fact, Obama suddenly sounds much more confident; he immediately tried to put Republicans on their heels, telling them not to “muck it up” by failing to pass an extension of [...]

David Cameron and his wife will develop their "strong personal bond" with US President Barack Obama and the First Lady during a visit to Washington next month.

The January jobs report contains a slew of numbers that are likely to put a twinkle in the eye of Obama campaign staffers.

Meretz MK calls for investigation against rabbi who called US president a "Kushi"; Lior brands Europeans as "Nazi collaborators."

Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney attempted to backtrack on comments he made this week about being “not concerned” about poor people in America, saying in a Friday interview that he “misspoke.”

President Obama gave the cold shoulder to Toyota, Honda and other foreign-branded cars when he visited the Washington Auto Show this week.

Recently, the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Religious Liberty argued that the Obama administration's requirement that most health insurance plans cover contraception goes against "the mandate of Jesus Christ."

WTF?! A man robbed a McDonald's last Saturday in Florida in an Obama mask. He held up the employees at gunpoint and forced all of them into the back office while instructing the manager to empty the cash registers and put the money in a bag he brought. The police are still on the lookout for the masked [...]

There's a buzz around making learning digital, no doubt spurred by Apple's recent declaration that iBooks 2 is the future of education. Now, the Obama administration has come out in support of digital learning, claiming that all students will be using digital textbooks within five years. But can that really happen? More »

Something extraordinary and historic took place mere days ago in Las Vegas, Nevada. For three days, from January 29 and 31, 2012, in the Tuscany Hotel & Casino, more than 120 county sheriffs, from across the United States of America, met in a first annual, "Constitutional Sheriffs Convention"

The car driven by Barack Obama for three years before he became president has failed to sell in an eBay auction which closed on Wednesday night.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite the determination of President Obama to take Wall Street to court for the financial crisis, prosecutors face an uphill struggle to win more convictions like the two they scored on Wednesday against former Credit Suisse Group AG mortgage traders.

IT’S BECOMING increasingly difficult to reconcile the Obama administration’s military and diplomatic initiatives on Afghanistan. Last month, the State Department unveiled a “fight and talk” strategy that could involve the transfer of senior Taliban commanders from Guantanamo Bay to Qatar. The aim, officials said, was to induce Taliban leaders to accept what they have repeatedly rejected: talks ...

La primera dama estadounidense ha revelado algunos detalles de su vida familiar en la Casa Blanca, durante una entrevista en un programa nocturno de la cadena NBC. Michelle Obama procura que sus hijas, de 13 y 10 años, aprovechen al máximo su tiempo y por eso les prohíbe que ver la televisión y jugar con el ordenador entre semana. La regla, no obstante, tiene una excepción: «Si hacen los debere...

American “friends” like Wexler and Obama play Israel for a fool again and again.

Analysis: The top contenders in the U.S. presidential race seem to have a simple plan for the gaping budget deficit: Use it to strike fear into the hearts of voters

The talk-show host goes easy on the First Lady, but Mrs. Obama shows off some muscle

Keystone XL, the Canadian pipeline, has become a centerpiece of the Republican economic and political agenda, and the party’s preferred truncheon against President Obama.

While appearing on a US talk show hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, Michelle Obama was asked how many push-ups she was able to do.

Ellen DeGeneres will wissen, wie viele Liegestütze die Präsidenten-Gattin schafft. „Ein paar schaffe ich schon“, sagt die – kurz darauf pumpen sie um die Wette.Foto: WENNMehr zum ThemaZwei Gesichter - Katze hat vier Augen und zwei MünderSean Paul LIVE- Konzert bei BILD.deChe bello! - Der kleine Fiat 500 wächst zum KombiFrühjahrsputz am PC - Vorsicht vor Viren in der Tastatur!Neuer Virus - Mail...

Wer auch immer für die Republikaner gegen Obama antreten wird - er wird aus dem Zweikampf ein Wirtschaftsduell machen. Um Außenpolitik oder nationale Sicherheit wird es nicht gehen. Dabei hat Obama gerade auf diesen Feldern seine Versprechen nicht halten können.

@Eszmek Wie schon geschrieben, habe ich nur bedingt Lust (und noch wichtiger im Moment: Zeit) die Diskussion in dieser Breite zu führen, da sie erstens so schwer fassbar ist und zweitens andernorts spezifische Aspekte schon mehr im Detail diskutiert wurden in diesem Blog. Ich versuche also nochmals kurz auf das von dir geschriebene einzugehen, möchte aber auf ältere Threads verweisen. 1. Glen...

Michelle Obama está totalmente entregada al público. La primera dama estadounidense, sumida por completo en la precampaña de su marido, no se ha negado a prácticamente nada estos últimos días, por lo menos frente a las cámaras de televisión. Su último escarceo con la pequeña pantalla ha sido la grabación de una activa entrevista en el popular programa de Ellen DeGeneres, que se emitirá este jue...

Die ersten drei Jahre Obama sind vorbei. Sparprogramme für das Volk, Steuergeschenke für Reiche – Jill Stein, Grünen-Kandidatin für die Präsidentschaftswahl, zieht eine vernichtende Bilanz. mehr...

Obamas Gebrauchtwagen will niemand haben - zumindest nicht für eine Million Dollar. Eine Internetauktion mit dem alten Auto des heutigen US-Präsidenten Barack Obama blieb ohne Käufer.

Mitt Romney es el canditado republicano que más posibilidades tiene de batir a Barack Obama en noviembre. Lo dicen las encuestas, pero también los votantes republicanos en las primarias de Florida. Esa ha sido la razón principal de su victoria, junto con la situación económica, que también favorece al exgobernador de Massachusetts, destacado con más de 14 puntos sobre su inmediato rival, el rad...

President Barack Obama Wednesday presented a plan to revitalize the US real estate market that would allow millions of homeowners to refinance their mortgages and take advantage of the current historically low interest rates.

Le républicain modéré Mitt Romney a écrasé son rival conservateur Newt Gingrich dans l'élection primaire républicaine en Floride, une victoire qui lui donne un avantage décisif pour être en novembre l'adversaire de Barack Obama lors de l'élection présidentielle américaine.Articles en rapportBayrou promet un retour à l´équilibre en 2016Syrie : plus de six mille morts, le bras de fer continue à l...

Somali-Canadian musician says he’d be happy for Obama campaign to use Wavin’ Flag

NEW YORK (AP) -- In an era when Beyonce and Jay-Z are music royalty, when Barack Obama is the nation's chief executive, and when black stars in the cast of a TV show are commonplace, it may be hard to grasp the magnitude of what Don Cornelius created once he got his "Soul Train" rolling....

Después de ganar la elección primaria en el estado del sol, el ex gobernador de Massachusetts aseguró que su meta principal es vencer al presidente en noviembre próximo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday pressed lawmakers to back a $5 billion to $10 billion plan to help U.S. homeowners refinance, part of an election-year package that is unlikely to overcome Republican opposition in Congress.

The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal court Wednesday to force the Obama administration to release legal and intelligence records related to the killing of three U.S. citizens in drone attacks in Yemen last year. Read full article >>

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s laudable commitment to fulfilling the obligations of his office, no matter which political party is in control, may propel President Barack Obama into a second term, says columnist Darrell Delamaide.

Keystone XL should be approved. It is an economic, geopolicitcal, and even an environmental no-brainer, but it was still rejected. Why? Many are claiming that President Obama was swayed by the protestors outside the White House, or by environmental groups, or that he just hates oil and doesn t want to create jobs. As an oil engineer that has worked in the Obama White House, I can tell you ...

Romney hat seinen Sieg in Florida vor allem dem Geld zu verdanken. Barack Obama muss es sorgen, wie gut der Republikaner bei Frauen und Hispanics ankam. Von M.Klingst

Mitt Romney romped to a blowout victory in Florida's Republican U.S. presidential primary on Tuesday that put him back in front in the fight for his party's nomination to face President Barack Obama and left chief rival Newt Gingrich reeling but vowing to fight on.

Un informe presentado en el Congreso de EU advierte que los cuatro programas, entre los que están Rápido y Furioso y Receptor Abierto, fueron "fatalmente imperfectos"

Jesús Eguiguren es un apasionado de la historia. Ayer subió a la tribuna del Foro Europa en Bilbao con una Biblia en la mano y dos catecismos en la otra. La primera la utilizó Barack Obama -aunque el dirigente del PSE se la atribuyó a Bill Clinton- durante la misa posterior a su juramento como presidente de Estados Unidos, y solo la empleó para utilizar una cita. Los otros dos textos fueron ela...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Seeking cooperation in a polarized climate, President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Congress to act quickly on bipartisan measures that would extend tax breaks for small businesses and help startup companies raise money. He said he would sign the legislation "right away."...

NEW YORK - The United States must disclose details of the legal and factual basis for the lethal use of drones in Pakistan, Amnesty International said Tuesday, after President Barack Obama confirmed that the unmanned aircraft are used to target suspected militants in the country’s tribal areas.Amnesty International also called for the United States to monitor civilian casualties inflicted ...

NEW YORK - The United States must disclose details of the legal and factual basis for the lethal use of drones in Pakistan, Amnesty International said Tuesday, after President Barack Obama confirmed that the unmanned aircraft are used to target suspected militants in the country’s tribal areas.Amnesty International also called for the United States to monitor civilian casualties inflicted ...

 The persistence of one woman attending a Town Hall meeting with President Obama paid off when she ended up getting her unemployed husband’s resume in the hands of the president himself. INSIDE EDITION has the story.

Government declarations of war on drugs or disease often end in losing battles. That’s why the news that the Obama Administration is drafting a plan that targets 2025 as a goal for treatments that delay or prevent Alzheimer’s met with skepticism in some quarters. “No one set a deadline for the ‘War on cancer’ or [...]

Quatrième étape du processus de désignation de leur candidat à la présidentielle face au président démocrate Obama, la Floride est l'Etat le plus…

In recent weeks, Americans from all walks of life came together to stop SOPA from advancing through Congress, demonstrating the power of the Internet to rally people around an important cause. In the weeks ahead, we have reason to rally again. This time, the goal is not stopping something bad, but starting something good. Specifically, ensuring that America builds on its legacy of innovation, a...

Social media was a game-changing technology that helped alter the course of the 2008 presidential election. For 2012, mobile payments could be the transformational technology, as millions of political supporters are given the ability to collect money on smartphones for candidates using Square smartphone readers.

Headline Title:  USA must clarify basis for Pakistan drone killings 31 January 2012 The USA must disclose details of the legal and factual basis for the lethal use of drones in Pakistan, Amnesty International said today, after US President Barack Obama confirmed that the unman...

At a time when the latest incarnation of the Def Comedy Jam is the new series “Russell Simmons Presents the Ruckus,” and when Showtime lamely promotes its stand-up specials as part of Black History Month, here comes a sketch comedy series not for post-racial America, but for biracial America.“Key & Peele,” which starts Tuesday night on Comedy Central, stars Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael K...

Religion spielt in amerikanischen Präsidentschaftswahlkämpfen eine große, manchmal auch bizarre Rolle. Besonders unter konservativen Wählern scheint ein Bekenntnis zu Gott, Ehe und Keuschheit Grundlage für das Kreuz an der richtigen Stelle des Wahlzettels zu sein. Psychologen haben nun untersucht, wie sich christliche Wähler einen aktuellen Jesus vorstellen.

Über die Videofunktion Hangout des sozialen Netzwerks Google+ beantwortete der US-Präsident live Fragen interessierter Bürger.

L’armée organise tous les ans des stages d’une semaine ou deux pour les jeunes de 16 à 20 ans. « Mais seuls deux jeunes sur 100 participants aux s...lire la suitehistoires liées06:34 Arriéré important pour le Fonds des calamités07:03 Obama reconnaît l’existence de frappes de drones américains au Pakistan07:01 Draghi salue le pacte budgétaire adopté par les pays européens07:10 Pas de « vo...

Speaking at D: Dive Into Media, Twitter's CEO says that the service has turned an already quick news cycle into an instant one, pointing to last week's State of the Union address.

El presidente de EE UU, Barack Obama, que busca promover sus nuevas propuestas económicas, ha llegado a prometer examinar personalmente el currículum de un ingeniero en paro en una entrevista con votantes a través de redes sociales en Internet.

The sketch comedy veterans have a funny way of showing their admiration for the president: an anger translator.

Google is a close ally of the President and he's not above plugging it's social network

It is one of those peculiarities of the Israeli political system that right now, under a stable government and a strong Prime Minister, there is almost a consensus in the Knesset that a date for early elections will be called soon. Conventional wisdom suggests that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would like to avoid the battle over the 2013 budget, especially since Israel seems to b...

Tomangell sez, "A question advocating marijuana legalization from a retired LAPD deputy chief of police won twice as many votes as any other video question in the White House's 'Your Interview with the President' competition on YouTube this weekend. President Obama is slated to answer some of the top-voted questions on Monday." Cop's Marijuana Legalization [...]

MICHELLE Obama is said to have splashed out on undies in Agent Provocateur shop trip

Für zurückhaltende Worte sind die US-Republikaner nicht unbedingt bekannt. Ein führender Republikaner zieht nun einen Vergleich zwischen US-Präsident Obama und Francesco Schettino - dem Kapitän der "Costa Concordia".

Many Catholic colleges are pushing back against a ruling by the Obama administration that the new health care law requires insurance plans at Catholic institutions to cover birth control.

Agent Provocateur saw sales jump by more than 12pc, helped by US First Lady Michelle Obama spending $50,000 (£31,794) in one shopping spree.

El actor considera que el filme debe verlo gente que toma decisiones en la política de EU

Le résultat de la primaire de Floride sera instructif. Mitt Romney aura-t-il réussi à sortir vivant politiquement du rouleau compresseur appelé Newt Gingrich qui lui roule dessus 24/7 depuis plusieurs semaines ? Après les derniers débats, il a repris du...

AN image of a bowling alley with Barack Obama's face at the end of each lane with the pins as his teeth has been revealed as a fake.

Earlier this week Drake revealed his ambition to one day portray Barack Obama in a movie about the president's life This wouldn't be a huge stretch for Drake – not only does he bear some resemblance to the commander-in-chief but he had a successful career as an actor before becoming...

President of the United States of America. Commander-in-Chief. Leader of the Free World. Barack Obama wears many hats, and “First Prognosticator” is a bonus cap the avid sports fan generally welcomes. But this is an election year, and as a result, it seems the man who on Tuesday night told Congress to stop playing politics is doing just that. Read full article >>

Le président américain Barack Obama a défendu jeudi son bilan en matière d'indépendance énergétique et a appelé à investir davantage dans les carburants alternatifs, après avoir été attaqué par les républicains sur son rejet d'un oléoduc géant avec le Canada.histoires liéesLes forces terrestres font les frais des coupes budgétaires du PentagoneMarée noire: BP devra payer certains coûts du propr...

A reader supports President Obama and his call to reject partisanship.

AURORA, Colorado (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pitched a plan on Thursday to boost U.S. use of natural gas and open more land for drilling during a campaign-style tour aimed at bolstering confidence in his economic stewardship in an election year.

Behind the phone call from President Obama to John Buchanan, father of rescued 32-year-old American aid worker

Das amtliche Amerika hatte von Anfang an kein Interesse, das Massaker im irakischen Haditha aufzuklären. Dass die Bluttat ungesühnt bleibt, ist ein Skandal, für den sich Friedensnobelpreisträger Obama schämen muss.

Known for singing and dancing in a public forum, President Jacob Zuma's antics seem to rubbing off on some of this international peers.

PREDICTABLY HIS Republican opponents have accused him of fomenting “class war” and “the politics of envy”. But President Barack Obama’s bid in his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, to make the “fairness” agenda the cornerstone issue of his re-election campaign puts him in international company that extends far beyond the “usual suspects”, wavers of the red flag or Occupy Wall Stree...

United States President Barack Obama should publicly and privately challenge China’s Vice President Xi Jinping on the deteriorating human rights environment in China during Xi’s February 14 visit to Washington. (New York) – United States President Barack Obama should publicly and privately challenge China’s Vice President Xi Jinping on th...

BRIAN DARLING: President Obama has to look like the Senator Obama of 2008 who was so positive and awe inspiring to his millions of volunteers. Right now, he seems like a run of the mill politician with dim prospects for a second term.

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 25 (Reuters) - The rich and powerful were divided at their annual huddle on Wednesday over Barack Obama's threat to raise their taxes, with some it could hurt growth, but...

Forbes.com just covered the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, ) (ACTA) which is an Agreement or treaty if you will, which contains some provisions “which are similar to – and more expansive than – anything we saw in SOPA.” The ACTA is being treated as by the US as an Executive Agreement rather than a treaty.  A treaty would have to be approved by the Senate, while an Executive Agreement can ...

Utl.: Ausgabe vom 26. Jänner 2012 = Wien (OTS) - US-Präsident Barack Obama will "faire Chancen für alle" - Gerechtigkeit lautet sein Credo. Nun, es sollte wohl eher Chancengleichheit lauten. Denn Gerechtigkeit ist auch ein subjektiver Begriff, und in einer pluralistischen Gesellschaft ...

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, utilizó su tercer discurso de Estado de la Unión ante el Congreso para exponer al pueblo estadounidense sus argumentos para un segundo período presidencial de cuatro años.

The president offered Americans a populist economic vision in the State of the Union address, seeking to draw a contrast with his eventual Republican rival.

Obama said he authorized the rescue mission by U.S. Special Forces.

VIDÉO - Lors de son traditionnel discours sur l'état de l'Union, le président américain a dévoilé les thèmes forts de sa campagne pour la présidentielle de novembre. Il réclame notamment une imposition plus forte des hauts revenus.

Barack Obama hat sich rechtzeitig zum Wahlkampf als Beschützer der Mittelschicht positioniert und und die Republikaner mit Plänen für eine Reichensteuer herausgefordert.

Bislang beherrschten die Vorwahlen der Republikaner den US-Wahlkampf. Heute nun tritt der amtierende US-Präsident Obama vor den Kongress. Im Mittelpunkt seiner Rede stehen wirtschaftliche Themen, wie die Schaffung von Arbeitsplätzen und höhere Steuern für Reiche. Verfolgen Sie die Rede hier im Livestream von tagesschau.de.

Einst der "Obama von Altona" und Karriere in der Hamburger SPD – dann der Abstieg wegen des Verdachts auf Wahlfälschung: Die Geschichte des Deutschtürken Bülent Çiftlik.

Laissons la politique un moment de côté, pour mieux apprécier. Finie l'époque où les stars s'époumonaient à pousser la sérénade...

Beim Besuch des Stanley-Cup-Siegers Boston Bruins bei US-Präsident Barack Obama im Weißen Haus suchte man Tim Thomas vergeblich. Der Torwart, der als MVP der Finalserie ausgezeichnet wurde, fehlte aus Protest.

Dennis Seidenberg und die Boston Bruins sind als NHL-Champions ins Weiße Haus eingeladen worden. Dabei dichtete US-Präsident Barack Obama Seidenberg einen Sohn an - der hat jedoch zwei Töchter.

Wie vor wenig Tagen NBA-Champion Dallas Mavericks war am Montag auch NHL-Meister Boston Bruins zu Gast im Weißen Haus. Der Star-Torhüter der Braunbären, Tim Thomas, sorgte durch sein Fernbleiben und einen Facebook-Eintrag für Schlagzeilen. Derweil setzten die Detroit Red Wings ihren Siegeszug vor eigenem Publikum weiter fort.

US-Präsident Obama empfing das NHL-Team aus Boston. Einer fehlte: Goalie Tim Thomas – aus politischen Gründen.Foto: AFP, Reuters

Dennis Seidenberg ist mit seinen Boston Bruins von US-Präsident Barack Obama im Weißen Haus in Washington empfangen worden.Foto: AFP

The Obama administration has denied a permit for the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada. The builder can reapply this year, but it will undoubtedly prolong a bitter political fight that has raged for months. ...

[[351216]] "Mon véritable adversaire, c'est la finance", a déclaré dimanche François Hollande, qui s'est prononcé pour la création d'une taxe sur les transactions financière et d'une agence publique de notation. Le candidat socialiste à l'élection présidentielle a promis, s'il est élu, de faire...Articles en rapportZone euro: Mario Monti souhaite un doublement du Fonds de secours (presse)USA: O...

Oprah Winfrey says she is confident that President Barack Obama will win another four-year term in this year's U.S. election.

Barack Obama is the best President in my lifetime of 53 years — George Bush was the worst," remarked the editor of the New Yorker, David Remnick.

The United States is expected to simplify and quicken the process of visa applications for Chinese travelers, US President Barack Obama announced on Thursday as part of an initiative to boost tourism.

Die renommierte Jazz- und Blues-Sängerin Etta James, deren berühmtester Song "At Last" auf dem Amtseinführungsball von US-Präsident Obama gesungen wurde, ist am...

Lors d'un meeting à l'Appollo Theater de New York, le Président américain a entonné Let's Stay Together , la célèbre chanson d'Al Green.

At a fundraiser at the Apollo in Harlem last night, President Obama serenaded the audience with a few musical drops of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" (which is what Fuckery sings to Michele Bachmann every morning while Marcus Bachmann's no-no sings another Al Green classic "Tired of Being Alone" to him). This is one of those times when we should all ...

WHEN THE Obama administration announced last weekend its opposition to major elements of two congressional Bills intended to curtail copyright violations on the internet, the technology industry, which has been loudly fighting the proposed legislation, could declare victory.

Let's consider and contrast American foreign policy towards Russia and China over the past few years. With Russia, the Obama administration announced a much-ballyhooed "reset" with the goal of improving bilateral relations.  In an effort to advance that goal, the administration reworked missile defense system plans in eastern Europe, creating political headaches for governments in the regio...

According to a book she says she hasn’t read, the first lady has clashed with many of her husband’s top aides - but she may be mellowing

According to a book she says she hasn’t read, the first lady has clashed with many of her husband’s top aides - but she may be mellowing

BARACK Obama recently held a private screening of World War II fighter-pilot movie Red Tails in the White House. But Red Tails was almost never made.

The United States will join with Europe and other nations to hammer out a code of conduct for space activities, including how to deal with the growing problem of debris circling Earth, the Obama administration says.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The United States will join with Europe and other nations to hammer out a code of conduct for space activities, including how to deal with the growing problem of debris circling Earth, the Obama administration said on Tuesday.

A New Girl, a Golden Girl, and a real Lady. It's not the likeliest of trios, but Zooey Deschanel, Betty White and Michelle Obama do have one big thing in common: today's their...

NEWS Corp chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch yesterday used his Twitter account to blast Barack Obama and Google over internet piracy.

Ein Experiment, mitten im Weißen Haus: Jodi Kantors aufsehenerregendes Buch über das Liebesabenteuer der Obamas. Von Mariam Lau

Scotland and Glasgow Warriors full-back Rory Lamont has been reprimanded after calling Barack Obama a 'whore' on Twitter. The 29-year-old is set to start for the Warriors in Sunday's Heineken Cup clash with Leinster.

SRU to reprimand player for "inappropriate" tweets against leading politicians, including Obama.

US-Präsident Barack Obama kann auf Twitter ab sofort auf eine prominente Wahlkampfhelferin zählen: Seine Ehefrau Michelle hat am Donnerstag einen eigenen Auftritt im Online-Netzwerk erhalten.

Ces jours-ci, Barack Obama parle beaucoup de son physique."Je n'ai plus l'air...

Barack Obama formally tells Congress of proposals for a $1.2 trillion rise in borrowing, risking another battle with Republicans.

BOSTON -- A visit to the White House is supposed to commemorate the title that was. For a majority of the Dallas Mavericks, however, their meeting Monday with President Barack Obama inspired them to think of what may be -- and what has to be.

Jan 12 (Reuters) - The Obama administration is likely to block a proposed $15 a share buyout offer by U.S. pharmacy services provider Omnicare Inc for smaller rival PharMerica Corp, New York Post...

In the 2008 US presidential election, the press told us that Obama won because he had "charisma" – the special power to inspire fascination and loyalty.

US President Barack Obama says he is sending five American military officers to support the United Nations mission in South Sudan.

President Obama, a passionate supporter of his hometown Bulls, was lavish in praising the Mavericks, who beat the star-studded Heat in last year’s N.B.A. finals.

US-Präsident Barack Obama hat Dirk Nowitzki und seine Dallas Mavericks empfangen. Die besten Bilder aus dem Weißen Haus – hier!Foto: AFP

President Barack Obama is hailing the Dallas Mavericks at the White House on Monday, seven months after they won their first NBA title.

President Obama announced on Dec. 31 tough new sanctions aimed at Iran's oil industry. If the EU joins the U.S. action, nimble investors could profit from a quick rise in tanker shares. The caveat: Overcapacity in shipping will ultimately keep a lid on the action.

Xinhua, China’s official news agency, took a position on the Obama administration’s new military strategy that was sharper than the line publicly taken by Beijing officials.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration defended its healthcare overhaul law before the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, rejecting arguments by critics who warned that if the government can require people to have health insurance, it might next make them eat broccoli.

API says Obama faces backlash is scheme not approved, while environmental groups launch parodies of the campaign’s adverts

Do Anna Hazare and 'Kolaveri di' have anything in common? The question might not be as far-fetched as it sounds. Both almost overnight caught popular imagination and became international icons. The anti-corruption activist was publicly lauded by Barack Obama, to the embarrassment of the UPA government. In the case of the song, Manmohan Singh commended it to the visiting Japanese PM, Yoshihiko...

Les hommes du Président viennent souvent de Hollywood. Mais hormis George Clooney qui soutient toujours son ami Obama, de plus en plus d'acteurs US, de Matt Damon à Robert Redford, tiren...lire la suite

Schwierig mag es wohl werden, das neue Jahr - aber eher für die anderen - Verglichen mit den Sorgen, die eine Angela Merkel oder ein Barack Obama haben, erscheinen die eigenen Probleme gering

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has signed a $29.4 billion deal to sell 84 new F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia in a long-expected move that the Obama administration said on Thursday would...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While the Internet poker world salivates at the prospect of its business coming back to life thanks to an Obama administration ruling, a future president could reverse that decision and send the industry back to drawing board if it is not codified into law.

Vier Tage noch, dann erreichen die USA wohl erneut ihre Schuldenobergrenze. Die Regierung muss die Grenze erhöhen, sonst wäre der Staat pleite. Ein monatelanges Gezerre ist diesmal allerdings nicht zu erwarten.

When the Queen and the US president visited, we assumed that Obama would take star billing, which made our reaction to Elizabeth II all the more surprising, writesKATHY SHERIDAN

Watch Tom Daschle, the incoming secretary of health and human services, and Lauren Aronson, a member of Obama’s health-policy team, respond to online comments in this video made by the Obama transition team.

US-Präsident Barack Obama hat eine Aufstockung der Nothilfe für das Horn von Afrika angekündigt. Mehr als hundert Millionen Dollar zusätzlich sollen den Kampf gegen den Hunger unterstützen.

Gen. John Allen insists there is “no daylight” between him and President Obama about policy for continued troop withdrawals from Afghanistan next year. That may be technically true, but a political battle is brewing over the future pace of the US military drawdown here. Allen, commander of US forces in… Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story

(Reuters) - In a public split, the Obama administration's pointman on transportation sharply disagreed with a proposal by the top U.S. transportation safety investigator for a ban on hands-free...

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - With his wife and daughters already in Hawaii for the holidays, President Barack Obama took his dog Bo shopping on Wednesday as he waited for congressional leaders to mop up a payroll tax mess that has kept him in Washington.

Traffic investigators are asking for the public’s help in solving a hit-and-run accident that killed a 14-year-old Dominguez High School Student in the city of Paramount last week.

Barack Obama faces a new battle after Republicans in the House of Representatives rejected a tax deal already approved by the Senate.

LAHORE - Notwithstanding the US threats, Pakistan has not only conveyed its willingness to Iran, it has also stepped up the pace of work on Pak-Iran Gas Pipeline Project.Highly-placed diplomatic sources told TheNation that the project, which was likely to be completed in 2014, may be completed at least a year in advance and the gas flow would start between June and December 2013.Sources said up...

Emerging from World War 2 and the Nuremberg trials, societies looked to the 21st century to herald a new era of human rights. Yet in its first decade torture has occurred in countries claiming to be global human rights leaders, and in others an abysmal human rights record has simply continued. In 2010, George Bush defended so-called waterboarding on the grounds that it had saved lives in the US...

Präsident Obama will den US-Kongress an der Feiertagspause hindern, bis ein Budgetkompromiss steht. Diesmal geht es um die Renten. Von C. v. Marschall, Washington

A quelques jours de la fin du retrait des troupes américaines d'Irak, Barack Obama a rendu hommage aux soldatsà Fort Bragg en Caroline du Nord. Le…

Although David Cameron may not be popular in Europe, he has a bingo-mad granny in Bracknell to thank for improving his special relationship with Barack Obama

President Barack Obama says the US has requested that Tehran return the surveillance drone captured by Iran's military earlier this month.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama struck a pious tone on Sunday at a Christmas concert featuring teen pop star Justin Bieber and other singers that the president attended with his wife and daughters.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his health secretary's decision to stop the Plan B morning-after pill from moving onto drugstore shelves next to the condoms....

Le président des Etats-Unis Barack Obama et la chancelière allemande Angela Merkel se sont entretenu au téléphone de la crise de la dette dans la zone euro. M. Obama a, «...lire la suite

An interfaith leader calls Gov. Rick Perry's new Iowa video ad an unsubtle slap at the faith of Obama and Romney and 'a new low' in campaigning. ...

Herman Cain, der kurzzeitige Star des Tea-infusionierten republikanischen Rennens um die Chance, gegen Barack Obama zu kandidieren, hat aufgegeben. Gescheitert ist er allerdings nicht an seiner politischen Schwachbrüstigkeit, sondern an seinen privaten "Schwächen" (sprich: außerehelichen Affären), wie diese New-York-Times-Grafik zeigt: Ja und? könnte man sich als deutsche(r) Leser(in) jetzt fra...

The new National Christmas Tree is getting its holiday on. President Barack Obama and family lit the tree in a ceremony Thursday

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a potent political pairing, President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton evoked a more prosperous time in America Friday as they jointly pushed a green jobs program that Obama said harkens back to the Clinton administration when "we were firing on all cylinders."...

A private meeting called on short notice, with the president himself in attendance is highly unusual.

SECURITY COSTS for the visits of President Obama and Queen Elizabeth were almost double the original estimate, Minister for Justice Alan Shatter told the Dáil.

Le président Barak Obama va également révéler que les Etats-Unis vont réviser à la hausse leur objectif, de 4 à 6 millions de personnes soignées dans ...lire la suite

PRESIDENT BARACK Obama yesterday said the US was “very actively engaged with Europe” to try to solve the euro zone crisis and “stands ready to do its part” to tackle the crisis. The issue was “hugely important” for the US, Mr Obama said, because if the European economy contracts, it becomes more difficult to create jobs in the States.

President Barack Obama hosts European Union leaders at a White House summit, amid fears of a new recession in Europe and possible effects on the US.

We all like to come back from holiday with something to remind us of the wonderful time we've had, the only question seems to be how tacky it can be.

US President Barack Obama meets Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the Asean summit in Indonesia.

IF Americans could cast a "confidence" vote in the style of European parliaments, US President Barack Obama would not fare well.

BARACK Obama will use troop withdrawals in Iraq and Afghanistan to bolster forces in the Asia-Pacific - Australia at the centre of a new world order.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration proposed on Wednesday doubling auto fuel efficiency to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, a White House energy priority that has come under scrutiny in...

US President Barack Obama said at the APEC summit that China was not doing enough to allow its currency to rise. But President Hu Jintao refuted Obama's charge and said the trade deficit and the unemployment problem that the US faces have not been caused by the yuan.

Obama may have bought himself a reprieve with the environmentalists, but nothing else will change

A social network founded by the son of advertising magnate Maurice Saatchi has been appointed to work with Barack Obama's re-election campaign.

It will be Michelle Obama and Jill Biden instructing NASCAR's best to start their engines as the racing season comes to a close in Florida.

Republikaner wollen die von der US-Regierung entwickelten Regeln zur Netzneutralität kippen. Präsident Obama will das mit einem Veto im Senat verhindern.

The Obama administration proposed more oil drilling in Arctic waters Tuesday, planning two new leases in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas off Alaska's north coast.

Non seulement le sommet du G20 qui s'est tenu à Cannes les 3 et 4 novembre n'a débouché sur rien — à part l'opération à grand spectacle des duettistes Barack Obama et Nicolas Sarkozy sur les deux principales chaînes télévisées françaises —, mais il a servi de cache-sexe aux programmes de super austérité. (...) / États-Unis, Europe, Grèce, Capitalisme, Dette, Économie, Finance, Crise économique...

Aircraft carrier that took Osama bin Laden's body to sea will host basketball game Friday with President Obama scheduled to attend

While President Obama has pointed out that "much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented" it's easy to forget that Apple founder Steve Jobs' impact on our daily lives goes much deeper than that – before putting computers in our hands via mobile phones and...

With the U.N. Security Council locked in negotiations over the terms of a no-fly zone over Libya, the Obama administration is seeking greater U.N. authority to confront Muammar al-Qaddafi's forces by land, air, and sea, while insisting on a central role for Arab governments in carrying out any possible military action. While it remained unclear whether the U.S. or other governments a...

What does Obama mean when he said he suffered one?

Millions of miles from Earth, two astronauts hover weightlessly next to a giant space rock, selecting pebbles for scientific research. The spaceship where they'll sleep floats just overhead. Beyond it, barely visible in the sky, is a glittering speck. It's Earth.

NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, held his first meeting with President Obama in the White House on March 25, 2009. They discussed the operation in Afghanistan, a priority for NATO and the United States.

By Michael V. Copeland and Yi-Wyn Yen SAN FRANCISCO - Al Gore didn't take credit for inventing the Internet at the Web 2.0 Summit Friday, but he did credit it with enabling the victory of President-elect Barack Obama and helping restore faith in the principles upon which the United States was founded. "The electrifying redemption of America's revolutionary declaration, that all human beings are...