Hamstrung by Congress, Obama tries to clinch climate pact
By JOSH LEDERMAN and SETH BORENSTEIN President Barack Obama is trying to negotiate a legacy-making climate change pact this coming week in Paris with one hand tied behind his back.…
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Killing Keystone XL, Obama says pipeline not in US interests
By JOSH LEDERMAN President Barack Obama killed a Canadian energy giant’s application to build the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday, declaring the proposed project wouldn’t serve U.S. national interests and…
Elder Bush criticizes Cheney, Rumsfeld in new biography
By NANCY BENAC In a blistering critique, former President George H.W. Bush says onetime Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld “served the president badly” when George W. Bush was in the White…
Analysis: Obama crosses own red line with Syrian deployment
By JULIE PACE Even when President Barack Obama sent U.S. troops back to Iraq and ordered the military to stay in Afghanistan, he insisted Syria would remain off limits for…
The House’s big day: Budget deal vote, GOP nominating Ryan
By ALAN FRAM The House was poised Wednesday to approve a bipartisan pact charting a two-year budget truce and Republicans were set to nominate Rep. Paul Ryan as the new…
China summons US ambassador to protest ship near reef
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and ROBERT BURNS China summoned the American ambassador to protest the U.S. Navy’s sailing of a warship close to one of China’s artificial islands in the South…
Speaker Boehner pushes for budget deal before leaving House
By ANDREW TAYLOR and ERICA WERNER Speaker John Boehner is trying to make one last deal as he heads for the exits, pushing to finalize a far-reaching, two-year budget agreement…
Obama: Cap class time devoted to standardized student tests
By JOSH LEDERMAN and JENNIFER C. KERR Targeting one of education’s most divisive issues, President Barack Obama on Saturday called for capping standardized testing at 2 percent of classroom time…