JIM LEHRER: Mr. President, welcome.PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Thank you so much for having me.JIM LEHRER: So you are completely satisfied with the health-reform bill that the Senate's about to pass?PRESIDENT OBAMA: You know, I am... more ››
Although an unapologetic Democrat, the Rev. Rick Friebel has shied away from politics in recent decades. But that all apparently changed nearly three years ago, when the Roman Catholic priest cut a $2,300 check to Illinois... more ››
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: The Congressional Budget Office now reports that this bill will reduce our deficit by $132 billion over the first decade and by as much as $1.3 trillion in the decade after that. Receive... more ››
WASHINGTON — Howard Dean ran for president in 2004 as the outsider ready to battle an entrenched establishment in Washington. And so, four years later, did Barack Obama.President Obama spoke on health care Dec. 19 at the... more ››
WASHINGTONMaureen Dowd As my brother Kevin headed off to Christmas Eve Mass in the Maryland suburbs, I asked him how he thought the first year of Barack Obama had gone. He didn’t have to pray long over that one.... more ››
