Barack Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has a new campaign slogan: "Forward." Obama's re-election team unveiled its new motto in a video released Monday morning. The seven-minute video begins by recalling the grim state of the nation's economy when Obama took office, then ticks through what the campaign says are the president's accomplishments, both on the economy and other issues... Re

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama and his family paid more than $160,000 in federal taxes last year. The president's 2011 federal income tax return shows reported adjusted gross income of about $790,000 last year...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is acknowledging the obvious: The presidential contest is now a two-man race. In a fundraising appeal to supporters, Obama says "we've got an opponent." While the email doesn't mention Republican Mitt Romney by name, Obama writes that he and his challenger "don't see a lot of things eye to eye...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is warning that the U.S. job market will still face "ups and downs" despite news Friday that the economy added 120,000 jobs last month. The March employment numbers were down from the more than 200,000 jobs the economy added in each of the previous three months...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Barack Obama is conceding that ties between the U.S. and Pakistan are strained, but says it is important to get their relationship right. Obama is speaking alongside Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani before the two men hold a private meeting...

LARGO, Md. (AP) — President Barack Obama is dismissing Republican presidential candidates who argue the nation needs a massive increase in oil drilling to reduce high gas prices. The president says in Maryland that the U.S. is producing more oil than at any time in the past eight years and has quadrupled the number of operating oil rigs...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the bonds between the U.S. and Britain are stronger than ever, built on shared goals and national ideals. Obama welcomed British Prime Minister David Cameron at a formal arrival ceremony on the sunny White House South Lawn this morning...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will outline incentives to promote development of more fuel-efficient cars and to make it easier for people to buy and operate next-generation vehicles during an election-year visit Wednesday to a North Carolina truck plant...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says "the United States will always have Israel's back." Obama spoke in the Oval Office alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid heightened tensions over Iran's disputed nuclear program...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor unions are gearing up to spend more than $400 million to help re-elect President Barack Obama and back other Democrats at the federal and state level in a fight for labor's survival. Union leaders say they have little choice as they try to beat back GOP efforts to curb collective bargaining rights or limit their ability to collect dues...