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For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday ordered auto giant Ford to revise the fuel-economy estimates for six of its vehicles.
After inadvertently outing the CIA's top officer in Kabul last month, White House Counsel Neil Eggleston has recommended specific changes to administration protocol while the president is traveling abroad. However, a White House spokesman also said that nobody has been punished for naming the individual in a release that goes to hundreds of U.S. and foreign news outlets.
They're barely old enough to vote, but graduating seniors at a Massachusetts high school were encouraged Wednesday by President Obama to boot Republicans from office and help the administration enact more of its agenda.
The White House said Wednesday that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's tendency of "opposing nearly everything" cost him his seat in Virginia's congressional primary election on Tuesday.
As soon as her new book hit store shelves Tuesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton became one of Twitter's biggest punch lines, mocked for her claim she and her husband were penniless when they exited the White House in 2001.
Despite virtually no legislation on gun control and little hope for a breakthrough, President Obama made clear this week he still sees the issue as a top priority in his second term, publicly chastising lawmakers and gun-rights advocates and telling them they "should be ashamed" of U.S. firearms laws.
President Obama on Tuesday used the popular social media site Tumblr to push a controversial Senate bill that would raise taxes in order to give borrowers a break on their student-loan payments.
President Obama on Monday used his executive authority to offer college graduates some relief from crushing student loan debt and took pointed shots at Republicans, whom he again accused of favoring oil companies and billionaires over America's struggling middle class.
He's the world's most powerful armchair quarterback, and President Obama hasn't shied away from weighing in on the link between concussions and football, the furor over the Washington Redskins' name and other high-profile sports controversies of the day.
While abroad in Europe last week, President Obama vehemently defended his decision to swap five Taliban guerrillas for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, but upon returning home to Washington over the weekend, the president may no longer have control over the narrative and likely will face increasingly intense questioning over the deal.
White House counselor John Podesta indicated Friday that Hillary Rodham Clinton would make an effective president, saying the former first lady would bring a "determined" attitude to the Oval Office.
A top adviser to President Obama said Friday that the administration's highly controversial restrictions on carbon emissions from power plants not only will improve public health and mitigate the effects of climate change but also carry political benefits for supporters of the proposal.
President Obama and Russian leader Vladimir Putin had a brief face-to-face conversation in France on Friday, on the sidelines of a luncheon of international leaders, the White House said.
Telling World War II veterans who stormed the beaches of Normandy 70 years ago that they exemplified the "powerful manifestation of America's commitment to human freedom," President Obama on Friday commemorated the D-Day invasion and paid a moving tribute to those who lost their lives in the fight to liberate Europe.
Obama administration officials said Thursday that they feared the Islamic militants holding Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl would kill him if word of their deal to exchange him for five Taliban fighters leaked — offering the latest justification in the face of growing political controversy over why President Obama sidestepped Congress to make the trade Saturday.
President Obama on Thursday doubled down on his quest to save the world from climate change, urging every nation to "do its share" to reduce carbon emissions and follow the highly controversial path the White House is forging here in the U.S.
Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona and other U.S. officials will travel to Kiev on Saturday to attend the inauguration of Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko, the White House announced Thursday.
Saying he's always had a "businesslike" relationship with Vladimir Putin, President Obama on Thursday opened the door to meet with the Russian leader when the two men visit Normandy to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landing.
President Obama said Thursday that he's staying out of a dispute with France's largest bank as the Justice Department mulls huge fines against the institution, stating he will rely on the media to keep him informed of new developments.