President Obama is expected to face a tough reelection campaign in 2012, but a new poll found there is one Republican he would easily beat: former President George W. Bush.
Ashley Portero
Nov 28, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama was booed at a NASCAR event on Sunday.
Hao Li
Nov 21, 2011
State attorneys general Eric Schneiderman of New York and Beau Biden of Delaware have teamed up to investigate mortgage crisis.
Dan Rivoli
Nov 07, 2011
Hiring slowed in October but the unemployment rate hit a six-month low and job gains in the prior two months were stronger than previously thought, pointing to some improvement in the still-weak labor market.
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 04, 2011
The common wisdom is that next year's election will be a referendum on President Barack Obama, but it could actually be the vice presidential candidates who decide the outcome, according to a Suffolk University poll of Florida voters.
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 02, 2011
During a speech on Friday in Wilmington, Del, Joe Biden repeatedly referred to his “future son-in-law.”
Palash Ghosh
Oct 31, 2011
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday awaited the appointment of the new heir to King Abdullah, widely anticipated to be veteran Interior Minister Prince Nayef.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 26, 2011
During a CNBC interview on Tuesday, Gov. Rick Perry said the huge tax breaks to the wealthy offered under his new flat-tax plan is necessary for job creation.
Ashley Portero
Oct 26, 2011
Tensions rise between the U.S. and Syria as diplomats are called home.
Michael Billera
Oct 24, 2011
Could Vice President Joe Biden be eyeing a run for President in 2016?
Brett LoGiurato
Oct 23, 2011
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney defended Vice President Joe Biden's remarks about rising rates of murders and rapes as police departments shrink due to budget cuts.
Dan Rivoli
Oct 21, 2011
Both Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., have ramped up their attacks on the GOP while promoting legislation to save thousands of jobs for teachers and first responders.
Ashley Portero
Oct 21, 2011
While 2011 marks the death of two notorious terrorists, Osama bin Laden and Moammar Gadhafi, it is still unclear how President Obama's involvement in these events will affect his re-election in 2012.
Julia Greenberg
Oct 21, 2011
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's legal adviser and failed U.S. Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork says he still believes that the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment should not apply to women.
Dan Rivoli
Oct 18, 2011
Thousands gathered with U.S. President Barack Obama Sunday to remember and carry on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the dedication of the national memorial.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 17, 2011
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's popularity has fueled speculation that she will be President Barack Obama's running mate in 2012.
Dan Rivoli
Oct 13, 2011
Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Oprah Winfrey have lent their collective star power to First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden to create public service announcements on behalf of the nation's military families.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 12, 2011
President Obama's chief of staff will leave in 2013, while vice president will stay if the president is reelected.
Cristina Merrill
Oct 12, 2011
Country singer Hank Williams Jr., whose theme song was pulled from Monday Night Football after he compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler, lashed out at the media on Monday with a topical song called Keep the Change.
keep for now
Oct 10, 2011
As the "Occupy Wall Street" protest becomes a movement, joined in the past two weeks by union workers and environmentalists and acknowledged publicly in legitimacy by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, we have to ask the question: How big can the Occupy Wall Street movement grow?
David Magee
Oct 08, 2011
President Barack Obama launched an onslaught against banks and Republicans this for working to block financial reform, using a populist tone amid public anger over Wall Street practices.
Eric Linton
Oct 08, 2011
When the Occupy Wall Street movement began, it seemed like one of those things that was interesting for a moment but likely to soon go away. Now, the movement has spread to other U.S. cities as offshoots of the so-called leaderless movement, we can see and understand that something much bigger is happening than just another protest.
David Magee
Oct 07, 2011