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Supreme Court Rejects Quick Review of Health Care Law

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court rejected a call Monday from Virginia's attorney general to depart from its usual practice and put review of the health care law on a fast track. Instead, judicial review of President Barack Obama's signature legislation will continue in federal appeals courts. The justices turned down a...

Obama: 'Change Turned Out to Be a Lot Tougher Than Expected'

SAN FRANCISCO -- President Barack Obama told supporters on Thursday he is pressing ahead with his agenda in a difficult political environment in Washington and that "change turned out to be a lot tougher than expected." Obama addressed about 200 people who paid up to $35,800 apiece for the fundraiser at a San Francisco...

Obama Calls GOP Medicare, Spending Plan 'Radical'

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that congressional Republicans are pushing a radical plan to trim Medicare and Medicaid, ramping up the rhetoric before a friendly Facebook crowd at the headquarters of the popular social networking site. Still, as Obama and Congress approach crucial decisions...

Obama's Pulpit Is Bully, but GOP Keeps Charging

WASHINGTON -- Running for re-election, President Barack Obama is employing powers not available to his Republican challengers. Just this week he's holding town halls in three states, arriving in grand style on Air Force One and granting coveted interviews to local TV news anchors. He doesn't have the field entirely to...

Obama Assesses GOP Budget: 'Wrong for America'

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is promoting his new deficit-reduction plan by drawing sharp contrasts with a House Republican budget that he says offers a vision that "is wrong for America." In his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday, Obama contended that Republicans want to dismantle venerable safety net...