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The Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said Friday that America needs “a major adjustment in the occupancy of the White House.”

China is backing off from oil and gas investments in Iran, angering the Islamic republic with move officials and executives said reflected Beijing's efforts to appease Washington and avoid U.S. sanctions on its big energy firms.

President Barack Obama didn't mind move the date of his major jobs speech before Congress for Republicans, and now he's planning to get it over in time on Sept. 8 so that it doesn't conflict with the season-opening NFL game that night between the Green Bay Packers and the New Orleans Saints.

Sluggish growth and stubbornly high unemployment will continue to plague the economy next year, according to a Office of Management and Budget analysis that offered a potentially grim portent of President Barack Obama's re-election chances.

Countering accusation of being out of touch, the Obama administration announced plans on Thursday for a We the People online feature that would let anybody create a petition on the White House Web site. Any petition that got 5,000 or more signatures in 30 days would get an official review and response.

U.S. President Barack Obama ordered federal assistance to supplement a number of storm-battered areas and counties in New Jersey, days after Hurricane Irene hit the entire Eastern seaboard on August 27, 2011.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney's new memoir revives the fierce battles over U.S. national security policies after the September 11 attacks as it rips open old wounds among aides to President George W. Bush.

Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman called the controversy over the timing of President Obama's speech to Congress concerning jobs nonsense, saying it is what people hate about politics.

President Barack Obama declared Wednesday a number of towns, cities and counties in New Jersey as major disaster areas and ordered federal assistance to supplement storm-battered areas affected by Hurricane Irene on August 27, 2011, and days after.

Residents in Central Virginia awoke to a 3.4 magnitude aftershock on Thursday morning at 5:09 a.m. that was centered 4 miles southeast of Mineral, Virginia - the same location as last Tuesday's 5.8 earthquake.

An iPhone 5 was somehow lost at a bar, Venus Williams has Sjogren's Syndrome, Obama pushed back his job speech, and more in today's Daily Scoop.

President Barack Obama will throw down the gauntlet with a major speech before Congress on Sept. 8 that promises to be a defining moment for his term of office. Obama will establish the stakes for solving America's unemployment problem and likely politically live or die by the results. The move, expected to come with a controversial price tag, will determine whether Obama and Democrats or Boehner and Republicans can emerge from gridlock in a presidential election year with the stronger hand. ...

The clinical trial of injecting stem cell into the brains of three patients as part of treatment of stroke was successful, according to a British biotech company behind the trial.

The president will address Congress on Sept. 8, same day as NFL season opener.

President Barack Obama has bowed to pressure from Republicans and moved the original date of his scheduled high-profile jobs speech. Obama had planned to deliver his major speech suggesting new jobs initiatives that could set the political agenda in Washington for the coming months on Sept. 7 -- but after a Republican request for a date change, it Will be on Sept. 8.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney's new memoir is reviving fierce battles among Bush administration officials over U.S. national security policies after Sept. 11, 2001.

The effort to hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden will be featured in a two-hour television program, including interviews with President Barack Obama and senior counter-terrorism officials, the History channel said on Wednesday.

Solar start-up Solyndra LLC, succumbing to pressure from lower-cost Chinese rivals, said it has suspended operations and plans to file for bankruptcy, 15 months after President Barack Obama visited a company factory that was to be expanded with the help of a federal loan guarantee.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday agreed to unveil new jobs proposals in an address to Congress on September 8, bowing to pressure from Republicans, who objected to the original date set for his high-profile speech.

President Barack Obama Wednesday evening agreed to unveil new jobs proposals in an address to Congress on Sept. 8, bowing to pressure from Republicans, who objected to the original date conflicting with their presidential debate.

U.S. President Barack Obama has declared that there is a major disaster in New Jersey and plans to visit the state on Sunday. According to information from the White House, Obama has signed a New Jersey disaster declaration and has ordered that federal aid supplement the state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by Hurricane Irene.