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President Barack Obama and host Jon Stewart speak during a break in the live taping of Comedy Central's "Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on Oct. 18, 2012 in New York.
Obama: Communication `Not Optimal’ After Attack on Americans in Libya
If you need some sleep tonight, you may rest easily drifting off before President Barack Obama’s appearance on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” In his sixth appearance on the show — his second as president — Obama mostly sticks...
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Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, Democratic presidential candidate, appears on a sign held by a supporter during an election night rally in Grant Park in Chicago in this file photo.
Obama Taking Election Night Indoors
Win or lose, President Barack Obama is moving his election night rally indoors. The Obama campaign is tentatively set to have the president address supporters on Nov. 6 at McCormick Place, the expansive convention center on Chicago’s lakefront south of...
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The president and first lady are atwitter over early voting. Barack and Michelle Obama exchanged messages over Twitter about their plans to cast ballots early, trying to leverage the president’s 20 million followers for the campaign’s get-out-the-vote drive. “Hey, @BarackObama,...
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The Union Jack on Oxford Street in London.
Empire Strikes Back at Romney
The Union Jack on Oxford Street in London. Mitt Romney created a stir when he seemed to be less than absolutely positive the British will put on a smashing Olympics. “It’s hard to know just how well it will turn...
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A Bush Master AR15 assault rifle is displayed at the Firing-Line in Aurora, Colorado.
Obama vs Romney on Gun Control: `Common Sense, Changing Hearts’
President Barack Obama is vowing to seek a consensus on reducing gun violence in the wake of a mass shooting in Colorado last week, while his Republican challenger Mitt Romney says the U.S. doesn’t need new limits on firearms. Obama, addressing a conference of...
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President Barack Obama speaks with US military veterans at the Gateway Breakfast House in Portland, Oregon, on July 24, 2012.
No ‘Easy’ Votes for Obama, Retailing
Marv Self stopped in at the Gateway Breakfast House in Portland, Oregon, to kill some time while President Barack Obama’s motorcade jammed local traffic. Instead, the motorcade came to him. On the way to a campaign fundraiser, Obama’s entourage pulled...
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President Barack Obama at a basketball station with the Harlem Globetrotters during the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House.
Politics Isn’t Obama’s Only Game
Updated at 9 pm EDT In case he’s not made it clear, President Barack Obama is the nation’s basketball-fan-in-chief. Obama is getting an early look at the U.S. men’s national basketball team’s prospects for London. He and Vice President Joe...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, right, in Iran.
Obama: Chavez No Serious Threat, Romney: `Stunning, Shocking’
President Barack Obama’s dismissal of Hugo Chavez is sounding Republicans alarms. In an interview broadcast last night on Miami’s Spanish-language station television WJAN, Obama said the Venezuelan president, who has decried “Yankee intervention” in Latin America, “has not had a serious...
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