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Michelle Obama says change takes time, urges another term

YoopyaSep 5, 2012June 19, 20230

(Reuters) – First lady Michelle Obama acknowledged on Tuesday that the change her husband Barack Obama championed in his White House campaign four years ago

Obama, Democrats launch convention case for second term

YoopyaSep 4, 20120

(Reuters) – Democrats launch their case for Barack Obama’s re-election at their party convention on Tuesday, looking to draw a sharp contrast with Republican Mitt

Obama, on eve of convention, tours storm-hit Louisiana

YoopyaSep 4, 20120

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama toured hurricane-stricken Louisiana on Monday and promised federal recovery help as he sought to show his administration was on top

Top California Democrat likens Ryan to Nazi propagandist

YoopyaSep 4, 20120

(Reuters) – A top California Democratic Party official on Monday compared Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan to Nazi Germany’s infamous propagandist Joseph Goebbels, drawing

Minus Greek columns, Obama eyes future with convention speech

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

(Reuters) – The Greek columns may be banished and the “hope” and “change” signs gone, but President Barack Obama’s pitch to American voters at the

At Jackson Hole, a growing fear for Fed independence

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

(Reuters) – Increasing political encroachment on the Federal Reserve, particularly from the Republican Party, could threaten the central bank’s hard-won independence and undermine confidence in

Obama, Romney tied as Democrats go into convention: Reuters/Ipsos poll

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama enters an important campaign week tied with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Sunday, leaving the

Obama talks beer, money, and war in online chat session

YoopyaAug 30, 20120

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama tested his typing skills on Wednesday in an online chat with young people that covered the White House beer recipe,

Analysis: Ryan puts down calculator, picks up bullhorn

YoopyaAug 30, 20120

(Reuters) – Paul Ryan built his reputation as a fearless wonk who wasn’t afraid to put specific numbers on his small-government ideals. Now that he

Yahoo! fires Washington news chief over Republican joke

YoopyaAug 30, 20120

(Reuters) – Yahoo! News fired its chief political correspondent on Wednesday for an off the cuff remark about Republicans partying “with black people drowning”. David