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‘War on Women’ has come from White House

The "war on women" has come from the White House and nowhere else, conservative commentator Bay Buchanan said Sunday. "If there's been any war, whether it's deliberate or not, on women, it's clearly come from the Obama White...

Anita Dunn: Romney ‘backward-looking’ on women

Former Obama White House communications director Anita Dunn used an appearance Sunday on a Mother's Day panel to attack Mitt Romney's positions on women's issues. "Mitt Romney has a backward-looking attitude, particularly when it come...

Obama at Clooney’s house: Gay marriage ‘logical extension’

(AP Photos) LOS ANGELES -- President Obama told a star-studded group of supporters Thursday that his decision to back gay marriage "was a logical extension of what America is supposed to be." Speaking to about 150 donors who gave $40...

Obama hypes up Seattle crowd with mentions of gay marriage

SEATTLE -- President Obama gently alluded to his new public support of gay marriage while speaking to supporters here Thursday. "We're not turning back the clock. We're not returning to the days when you can be kicked out of the United St...

Women from N.J., Fla. win dinner with Obama and Clooney

SEATTLE -- Hours before the much-touted fundraiser at the Los Angeles home of actor George Clooney, the Obama campaign has released the names of the winners of its raffle for small donors to get a seat at the dinner table Thursday night. Beth Topinka,...

Obama was aware of political risk of bin Laden raid

The White House and the Obama campaign have reaped political gains from the fallout from the killing of Osama bin Laden, but one year ago, President Barack Obama was aware of the political risks that came with approving the raid. "I will tell you...

Obama: No ‘doubts in my own head’ over bin Laden raid

Many of President Barack Obama's aides had doubts about the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, but those doubts never troubled the president, he said in an interview that aired Wednesday night. "There were doubts that were voiced in the ...

Obama to hold first campaign rallies May 5

President Barack Obama's campaign will shift into a new mode next week as he travels to two battleground states for the first two rallies of his reelection effort. Obama is headed to Columbus, Ohio, and Richmond, Va., on Saturday, May 5, the campa...

Three Secret Service leave jobs, bringing total forced out to nine

Three more Secret Service employees were forced out of their jobs Tuesday, bringing the total number of agency employees to lose their jobs in the Colombia prostitution scandal to nine. Two of the employees are resigning, while a third is having his s...

Ousted Secret Service employees identified

Two Secret Service employees ousted in the aftermath of the Colombia prostitution scandal were confirmed Thursday by their lawyer. The employees, both supervisors, are David Randall Chaney, 48, and Greg Stokes, the assistant special agent in char...

Obama attacks ‘nominee’ Romney on immigration

President Obama argued Friday that Mitt Romney has demonstrated "hypocrisy" on immigration reform and again pointed to the other side of the aisle to explain his administration's inaction on the kind of comprehensive immigration reform he...

Obama shrugs off North Korea missile launch

President Obama wasn't impressed by North Korea's failed missile launch, he said Friday. "I think it's important to know that they've been trying to launch missiles like this for over a decade now and they don't seem to be rea...

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