Barack Obama

Boehner torn between conservative issues and those with broad appeal

2013-06-19 18:25:00

WASHINGTON — About once a week, like clockwork, House Speaker John A. Boehner insists in a Capitol news conference that jobs and the economy are the "No. 1 concern" of his GOP majority. But from week to week, there's often another priority in the...

FBI uses drones inside U.S. for spying, director says

2013-06-19 18:18:00

WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testified Wednesday that the controversial National Security Agency surveillance program "has been a contributing factor, one dot among many dots" for tracking terrorist plots, and he admitted for...

3 Naval Academy football players charged with sexual assault

2013-06-19 19:46:00

ANNAPOLIS, Md.� — The U.S. Naval Academy on Wednesday charged three football players with sexually assaulting a female midshipman at an off-campus house in Annapolis more than a year ago, a case that has brought renewed focus to how the nation's...

At liberal gathering, Howard Dean prods Obama to explain spying

2013-06-20 01:33:00

SAN JOSE -- Former Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean said Wednesday that President Obama needs to justify his administration's surveillance policies to the American people. “I think the American people are willing to give up some...

Fed signals end to bond buys

2013-06-20 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke outlined a path for eventually ending the central bank's unprecedented stimulus efforts after Fed officials voiced surprising optimism about the economy. At the end of their two-day meeting...

Pictures in the News | June 19, 2013

2013-06-19 11:44:57

Obama seeks further cuts to U.S., Russia nuclear arsenals

2013-06-19 16:09:00

BERLIN — Despite an uphill battle both in Moscow and in Congress, President Obama vowed Wednesday to try to shrink the number of U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons, making the case for what he called a "move beyond Cold War nuclear postures" to...

Snowden says U.S. and Britain spy on friends as well as foes

2013-06-19 05:00:00

In the middle of the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland early this week, the host, British Prime Minister David Cameron, and his closest international partner, President Obama, were embarrassed by the latest revelations of secret spying sprung on them by...

Obama defends NSA digital surveillance programs

2013-06-19 05:23:00

BERLIN -- President Obama tried to reassure skeptical Europeans about sweeping U.S. digital surveillance programs expanded under his watch, arguing that the programs are circumscribed, overseen by a court and effective. "What I can say to everybody in...

Three things to watch for from the Fed and Bernanke on Wednesday

2013-06-19 05:00:00

WASHINGTON -- A difficult task awaits Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke when he faces the TV cameras Wednesday in his quarterly news conference. He has to try to reassure investors, analysts and politicians that the central bank has a plan for...

Obama to call for U.S.-Russia nuclear arms reduction

2013-06-19 02:08:00

BERLIN -- Standing at a symbol of democracy’s triumph over communism, President Obama will announce his hopes to further reduce the U.S. nuclear arsenal as he tries to outline a vision for a post-Cold War "national and citizen activism," officials...

Karzai suspends talks with U.S. over Taliban agreement

2013-06-19 05:04:00

The Afghan president on Wednesday suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest the way his government was being left out of initial peace negotiations with the Taliban meant to find a way to end the nearly 12-year war. The...

President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit depart after Obama spoke at Brandenburg Gate on June 19, 2013 in Berlin, Germany.

2013-06-19 09:43:49

President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive to speak at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

2013-06-19 00:00:00

Auma Obama, President Obama's half-sister, Michelle Obama, her daughter Sasha, and Uwe Neumaerker, director of the foundation for the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, visit the memorial on June 19, 2013 in Berlin, Germany.

2013-06-19 00:00:00