President Barack Obama asked Congress for $26 million and at least 50 people for a new U.S. panel to investigate unfair trade practices by nations including China, whose Vice President Xi Jinping arrives today for a U.S. visit.

This time around, President Barack Obama's message can sound decidedly down-to-earth.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday praised Congress' decision to extend the payroll tax cut while also pushing legislators to enact the rest of what the administration characterizes as its economic support plan for the middle class.

(by Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Emily Egan.) President Obama's fiscal year 2013 budget proposal came out this month, and again underwhelmed. Obama has consistently given lip service to the need for economic growth, sustainable federal finances, and smart, more efficient, government spending. Yet again, however, his budget fails to reflect these noble sentiments.

This time around, President Barack Obama's message can sound decidedly down-to-earth.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In early January, President Barack Obama's campaign manager Jim Messina called David Axelrod, the president's top strategist, into his Chicago office and started writing on a white board. On one side of the board, Messina sketched out the amounts of money he expected Republican "Super PACs" and other groups to raise and spend to try to defeat the Democratic president in ...

President Obama on Tuesday hailed the passage of the payroll tax cut extension as a "big deal" for middle-class families, as he urged Congress to "keep going" with proposals the president claims will stimulate economic growth. 

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum accused Democratic President Barack Obama's administration on Monday of implementing healthcare policies that discourage marriage and hurt families. The former Pennsylvania senator, trying to rally conservative voters and put pressure on Republican rival Mitt Romney, said Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul gave couples ...

The Obama administration is pushing a fundamental agenda shift that aggressively brings a new question into the debate: What are people getting for their money?

Relishing a political victory, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Congress "did the right thing" by extending payroll tax cuts for millions of Americans. He urged lawmakers to push forward on more measures, from assistance to struggling homeowners to increased taxes on the wealthy, saying the looming election was no excuse for inaction in Washington.