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reuters: Senator Marco Rubio of Florida speaks at the...

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:02:21 -0400

Senator Marco Rubio of Florida speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland March 14, 2013. Two senators seen as possible candidates for the 2016 presidential election will address a conservative conference where Republicans will try to regroup on Thursday after their bruising election loss last year.

Photo by Kevin Lamarque of Reuters

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The State of the Union is set to begin in one hour! Catch up on our live blog here, and join us at...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:07:00 -0500

The State of the Union is set to begin in one hour! Catch up on our live blog here, and join us at 9pm ET for the main event: http://reut.rs/SOTU

Photo: A TV camera points toward the Capitol before President Barack Obama arrives to deliver his State of the Union speech in Washington, February 12, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

LIVE VIDEO: Senate hearing for Secretary of Defense nominee...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:08:47 -0500

LIVE VIDEO: Senate hearing for Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel

Former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, grievously wounded in a...

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:39:57 -0500

Former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, grievously wounded in a 2011 mass shooting, made an emotional plea on Wednesday for Congress to take action to curb gun violence in the aftermath of last month’s Connecticut school massacre, urging lawmakers to “be bold, be courageous.”

Wearing a red jacket and speaking haltingly, Giffords opened testimony at the first congressional hearing on gun violence since the December 14 incident in which a gunman shot dead 20 children and six adults at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

Responding to outrage across the country following that massacre, President Barack Obama and other Democrats have asked Congress to pass the largest package of gun restrictions in decades.

“This is an important conversation for our children, for our communities, for Democrats and Republicans,” Giffords, who survived a head wound in an assassination attempt last year in Tucson, Arizona, told the Senate Judiciary Committee. Six people were killed and 13 wounded in the incident.

READ ON: Giffords makes emotional plea as lawmakers confront gun violence

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood said on Tuesday he...

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:54:38 -0500

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood said on Tuesday he planned to resign, marking the latest departure from President Barack Obama’s Cabinet.

“I have let President Obama know that I will not serve a second term as secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation,” LaHood said in a statement.

LaHood, a Republican and former Illinois congressman, brought a bipartisan element to the Democratic president’s team. LaHood said he would stay on until his successor is confirmed by the Senate.

Obama has been under pressure to bring more women and minorities into his Cabinet.

READ ON: Transportation chief Ray LaHood to step down

Republican lawmakers set up 11th-hour bid on “fiscal...

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:06:10 -0500

Republican lawmakers set up 11th-hour bid on “fiscal cliff”

Republican leaders in the House of Representatives told their members to be back in Washington from the Christmas holiday break on Sunday night in case they need to vote on budget measures, leaving the door open to a last-minute “fiscal cliff” solution. READ MORE

Photo: The Capitol building is pictured behind a fence as lawmakers return from the Christmas recess in Washington on December 27, 2012. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert

President Obama’s re-election, the ”fiscal cliff”...

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:03:15 -0500

President Obama’s re-election, the ”fiscal cliff” standoff, the Affordable Care Act upheld, gay marriage, and everything in between - Reuters TV looks back at a packed political year.

News photographers take pictures on a large map that illustrates...

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:46:00 -0500

News photographers take pictures on a large map that illustrates various routes and access points for the upcoming 2013 inauguration of President Barack Obama at the DC Armory in Washington December 12, 2012. The sixty by forty foot map shows various details that will be used on January 20, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

News photographers take pictures on a large map that illustrates...

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:20:47 -0500

Michelle Obama works on decorations as she welcomes military...

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:32:42 -0500

Michelle Obama works on decorations as she welcomes military families, including Gold Star and Blue Star parents, spouses and children for the first viewing of the 2012 holiday decorations at the White House in Washington November 28, 2012. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert

The White House Christmas Tree, a 19-foot Fraser Fir from...

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:20:57 -0500

The White House Christmas Tree, a 19-foot Fraser Fir from Jefferson, North Carolina is delivered by horse drawn-carriage in Washington on November 23, 2012. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

President Barack Obama pardons the 2012 Thanksgiving Turkey,...

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:47:50 -0500

President Barack Obama pardons the 2012 Thanksgiving Turkey, Cobbler, next to his daughters Sasha and Malia (R) and National Turkey Federation chairman Steve Willardsen in The Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, November 21, 2012. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

Asia trip takes White House into time warp:...

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:05:11 -0500

President Barack Obama (front 2nd R) and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (front R) tour the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon November 19, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed

President Barack Obama is presented with a bouquet of flowers by a girl upon his arrival at Yangon International Airport November 19, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wave upon arriving at Yangon International Airport November 19, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd L) and Myanmar's Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi listen to President Obama speak at the University of Yangon, November 19, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed

President Barack Obama waves at the audience following his remarks at the University of Yangon November 19, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Crowds line a street outside the home of Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to meet her in Yangon November 19, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi embrace during their meeting at Suu Kyi's home in Yangon November 19, 2012. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

President Barack Obama (R) hugs Aung San Suu Kyi at the end of their remarks to the media at her residence in Yangon, November 19, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Asia trip takes White House into time warp: http://reut.rs/XWtMGm

Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), representative-elect for Illinois’...

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:33:42 -0500

Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), representative-elect for Illinois’ 8th Congressional District, is seen with other female members of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on November 14, 2012. Duckworth, a helicopter pilot in the Iraq war who was shot down and lost both her legs in an attack, became the first Asian-American woman elected to Congress in Illinois, is also the first disabled woman to be elected to the House of Representatives and the first congress member born in Thailand. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Mitt Romney won the Republican presidential nomination as a...

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:51:39 -0500

Mitt Romney won the Republican presidential nomination as a “turnaround man,” whose capacity to reinvent companies, and the 2002 Olympics, could be transferred to the nation and its troubled economy.

But from the outset of his general election campaign-burdened with the lowest favorability rating of any major party candidate since 1984 - it was evident that his most challenging reinvention would have to be Mitt Romney.

And Tuesday night it failed. Willard Mitt Romney came up short, losing his second and likely last campaign for the presidency to President Barack Obama.

“Almost president” is a distinction sought by no politician.

READ ON: Romney’s last, greatest ‘turnaround’ falls short

"We are amazed that Obama has been re-elected. But for us there is no difference between Obama and..."

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:43:23 -0500

“We are amazed that Obama has been re-elected. But for us there is no difference between Obama and Romney; both are enemies. And we will keep up our jihad and fight alongside our Afghan brothers to get the Americans out of Afghanistan.”

- Pakistan Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan, expressing surprise that President Obama won re-election on Tuesday. [read on…]

U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama...

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 02:46:22 -0500

U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama celebrate with Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill after his victory speech election night in Chicago, November 6, 2012. [REUTERS/Jason Reed]

Supporters look on as they watch results on a large screen as a...

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:29:02 -0500

Supporters look on as they watch results on a large screen as a major news network projected Ohio for President Barack Obama at the U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney election night rally in Boston, Massachusetts November 6, 2012. [REUTERS/Mike Segar]

LIVE COVERAGE: The 2012 U.S. Presidential Election

reuters: FLASH: MSNBC, CBS project Barack Obama wins...

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:21:30 -0500

reuters:

FLASH: MSNBC, CBS project Barack Obama wins re-election as U.S. President. [Live coverage]

Photo: U.S. President Barack Obama greets supporters on his last night of campaigning in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, November 5, 2012. An emotional President Obama ended his final campaign on Monday in Iowa, the place that launched his first White House bid and that could hold the key to his political future. [REUTERS/Larry Downing]

FLASH: CNN and MSNBC project President Obama takes Iowa.

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:11:09 -0500