Republican frontrunner opens new line of attack on Barack Obama after last week’s jobs figures, claiming real unemployment rate is above 15%

President Barack Obama met on Thursday afternoon in San Francisco with Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.

President Barack Obama gave his given his sternest warning yet about the need to contain rising US deficits, saying that if government debt were to pile up too much, it could lead to a double-dip recession

Barack Obama stepped up the pace of Washington's stimulus spending with plans to create or save 600,000 jobs over the next 100 days – four times the rate achieved in the $787bn package's first 100 days.

Barack Obama unveiled plans to use some of the $200bn in lower than expected spending on troubled bank assets to boost job creation in what amounted to an undeclared second fiscal stimulus

President Barack Obama's plans for health reform received a double boost over the weekend, with drugmakers agreeing to cut prescription charges and an opinion poll showing a significant majority of Americans want the option of public health insurance

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So the almost preternaturally cool and confident Barack Obama does get nervous after all. He interrupted Chief Justice John Roberts as he read the oath, prompting the head of the Supreme Court to misplace the word "faithfully" Here's the transcript, courtesy of MSNBC: ROBERTS: I, Barack Hussein Obama... OBAMA: I, Barack... ROBERTS: ... do solemnly swear... OBAMA: I, Barack Hussein Obama, do s...

Leading US medical specialists led by one of President-elect Barack Obama's top scientific advisers called on the new administration to double its spending on global health as a 'pillar'of foreign policy.

WASHINGTON: Faced with worsening forecasts for the economy, President-elect Barack Obama is expanding his economic recovery plan and will seek to create 3 million jobs in the next two years, up from a goal of 2.5 million jobs set just last month, several advisers to Obama said over the weekend.