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Obama's approval ratings take big hit

According to a recent poll, the number of Americans who think Obama is honest has dropped eight points since May, contributing to the president's lowest rating

Wyden cites contradiction in eavesdropping answer

An Oregon senator claims the national intelligence director did not give him a straight answer last March when he asked whether the National Security Agency

NSA contractor risks steep jail time for data leak

The man who gave classified documents to reporters, making public two sweeping U.S. surveillance programs and touching off a national debate on privacy versus

Obama defends gov't surveillance programs

President Barack Obama vigorously defended sweeping secret surveillance into America's phone records and foreigners' Internet use, declaring "we have to make

Is Big Data turning government into 'Big Brother?'

With every phone call they make and every Web excursion they take, people are leaving a digital trail of revealing data that can be tracked by profit-seeking

Report: US collecting huge number of phone records

The Obama administration on Thursday defended the National Security Agency's need to collect telephone records of U.S. citizens, calling such information "a

Ladies First: FLOTUS heckled by protester

She’s known to many for her style and upbeat attitude, but first lady Michelle Obama is quick to admit she doesn’t take hecklers well.

Obama names Rice as national security adviser

President Barack Obama has named United Nations ambassador Susan Rice to take over as national security adviser in a shakeup of his foreign policy team.

Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all

President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S.

Obama offers help for Oklahoma tornado victims

President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's history.

Obama's approval rating holding steady

Despite the front-page controversies of the past few weeks, President Barack Obama's approval rating is holding strong — at least for now.

Obama calls on Congress to fund embassy security

President Barack Obama is trying to turn the tables on Republicans who have criticized his administration's response to last year's deadly attack in Benghazi,

Obama confronts a trio of controversies

Trying to steer clear of Republican criticism of the administration's response to the terror attacks that killed four Americans last year in Benghazi, Libya,

Photos: AG Holder's congressional grilling

Emotions ran high when Attorney General Eric Holder testified on Capitol Hill on issues ranging from the IRS, the Boston Marathon bombing and secret AP phone

Holder defends subpoenas for AP telephone records

The leaders of a House panel told Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday that they had serious concerns about the Justice Department's gathering of phone

What the Veep? If bullets were chocolate

A 7-year-old boy from Milwaukee is making a stand against gun violence, and has taken his plan straight to the top. See what the White House has to say in

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