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Obama proposes new action on oil speculation

Utilizing the bully pulpit in an attempt to push down stubbornly high oil prices, President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced five steps to strengthen oversight of the financial markets where contracts for future delivery of crude are traded and proposed increased funding for regulators to monitor these markets. | 04/17/12 17:29:26 By - By Kevin G. Hall and Lesley Clark

Obama supporter ignites mommy wars with Romney

It was the gift Mitt Romney has been seeking — and it came from a Democrat. Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen's comment Wednesday night that Ann Romney "never worked a day in her life" touched off a cable news/Twitter firestorm that raged Thursday, giving Romney — who trails Obama among female voters — an opportunity to bash Obama and proclaim his own commitment to women's issues. | 04/12/12 19:02:00 By - Lesley Clark and David Lightman

Obama, Romney square off, battle over women voters

Obama vs. Romney, the main event, is on. And so far it's all about women. The campaigns for President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney wasted no time Wednesday directing fire at each other, signaling the start of the general election and a furious seven-month marathon to November in which women voters are poised to be decisive. | 04/11/12 19:00:00 By - Lesley Clark and David Lightman

White House report backs Obama push for tax on millionaires

Going on the offensive as the presidential campaign heats up, the White House released a report late Monday that champions legislation to force the wealthiest Americans to pay a greater percentage of their income in taxes. | 04/10/12 06:00:00 By - Lesley Clark and Kevin G. Hall

U.S. and Brazilian presidents talk trade, economics at White House meeting

The leaders of the Americas' two largest democracies met Monday at the White House, with President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff stressing collaborating in areas such as education, science and technology and discussing the need to strengthen their economic relationship. | 04/09/12 19:55:00 By - Vinod Sreeharsha and Lesley Clark

Obama touts his record on women's issues, says Republicans would undo it

With polls showing support from women giving him an edge over Republican front-runner Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama used a White House conference Friday to tout his administration's work on women's issues and warn that Republicans would erase the achievements. | 04/06/12 17:48:00 By - Lesley Clark

Romney accuses Obama of evasion in speech to U.S. editors

With the Republican presidential nomination more firmly in hand after his three primary victories Tuesday, Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of hiding his true intentions and creating "straw men" to distract attention from his record. | 04/04/12 15:42:00 By - Lesley Clark

How Mitt Romney wielded power as Massachusetts' governor

In 2006, 12 tons of concrete dropped from the roof of a tunnel on a major Massachusetts artery, killing a woman and terrifying drivers. The response was vintage Chief Executive Officer Romney. Romney's campaign touts what it says was his success at turning the state's economy around. Lawmakers and political observers, though, paint a portrait of a chief executive who was uncomfortable with Massachusetts' clubby politics and never seemed invested in the state. | 03/28/12 16:09:00 By - Lesley Clark

Poll: Americans' optimism on economy is growing slowly, but gas prices pinch

Americans are increasingly optimistic about the economy, but they're feeling strained by rising gasoline prices, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll. | 03/27/12 17:11:00 By - Lesley Clark

Obama speaks on Trayvon Martin shooting

President Barack Obama spoke out Friday on the Trayvon Martin shooting for the first time, calling the incident a “tragedy” and invoking his own children. | 03/23/12 12:35:19 By - Lesley Clark

Massachusetts Senate hopefuls Brown and Warren trade barbs at Boston roast

Massachusetts's hotly contested U.S. Senate race — between a former Obama administration appointee and the Republican who won the late Ted Kennedy's seat — took a comedic turn as the two candidates jockeyed for laughs and votes at one of the state's rites of political passage: South Boston's St. Patrick's Day Breakfast. | 03/18/12 15:31:00 By - Lesley Clark

Obama touts economic record during visit to swing state Virginia

President Barack Obama called Friday for increased incentives to boost manufacturing, using a Rolls Royce facility that’s adding jobs in this key swing state to tout his economic policies in an official presidential visit that had echoes of a campaign rally. | 03/09/12 16:29:19 By - Lesley Clark

Obama orders oil-speculation task force back into action - but it says it never stopped

President Barack Obama this week ordered his much-publicized Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group back to work. He created it last April to get to the bottom of soaring gasoline and oil prices. | 03/08/12 17:21:00 By - Kevin G. Hall and Lesley Clark

Obama defends Iran policy, charges Republican rivals of politicizing issue

President Barack Obama ripped his Republican presidential rivals Tuesday in his first election-year press conference, accusing them of politicizing worries over Iran's nuclear aspirations and "beating the drums of war." | 03/06/12 18:28:00 By - Lesley Clark

Netanyahu tells Obama Israel may attack Iran alone if necessary

Highlighting their different views of the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program, President Barack Obama insisted Monday that diplomacy still has time to halt the effort, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reasserted Israel's right to take unilateral military action, saying the Jewish state must remain "the master of its fate." | 03/05/12 18:58:00 By - Lesley Clark and Jonathan S. Landay

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