Margaret Talev

House votes to fund government for 2 weeks

Tuesday's vote in the House of Representatives to keep the federal government funded for two weeks is the first step toward averting a government shutdown starting Saturday, but it leaves the major differences between Republicans and Democrats over taxes and spending unresolved. | 03/01/11 18:29:00 By - David Lightman, William Douglas and Margaret Talev

Obama offers to help governors on health care costs

Looking for some goodwill from the nation's governors, President Barack Obama said Monday that he's willing to bend a bit to help them deal with their budgetary problems stemming from health care costs — and the political heat rising from his 2010 law to expand health care. | 02/28/11 17:52:00 By - Margaret Talev

Libyan rebels get U.S. nod, fear Gadhafi counterattack

The Obama administration appeared Sunday to welcome the formation of a national opposition government in Libya, as rebels feared dictator Moammar Gadhafi was preparing forces to launch counterattacks. | 02/27/11 15:46:00 By - Nancy A. Youssef, Warren P. Strobel and Margaret Talev

Defections further isolate Gadhafi; Obama calls for ouster

Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi tightened his grip on Tripoli Saturday, reportedly paying and arming civilians to prop up his crumbling regime. Residents reached by phone said they were running out of food, and there were fears that Gadhafi was preparing to unleash new assaults to extend his control to rebellious areas outside of Tripoli. Meanwhile, Obama for the first time said Gadhafi must go. | 02/26/11 15:19:00 By - Nancy A. Youssef, Jonathan S. Landay and Margaret Talev

Mike Huckabee says he's not ready to decide yet on 2012

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Wednesday that he was "seriously contemplating" another run for the Republican presidential nomination next year. | 02/23/11 18:57:00 By - Margaret Talev

Gadhafi defiant as defectors call for regime's overthrow

Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, vowing to “die as a martyr,” exhorted loyalists Tuesday to help him crush a rebellion even as top-level defections rocked the regime. New atrocity allegations emerged, including an effort to bury alive scores of protesters and soldiers who refused to shoot civilians. | 02/22/11 20:01:34 By - Hannah Allam, Jonathan S. Landay and Margaret Talev

Obama stays cautious on Libya as Americans await evacuation

With hundreds of U.S. citizens trapped for now in Libya, the Obama administration is responding cautiously to leader Moammar Gadhafi's brutal attempt to suppress a rebellion, fearing that the wrong move might bring retaliation against Americans, U.S. officials said Tuesday. | 02/22/11 18:58:00 By - Warren P. Strobel and Margaret Talev

Gadhafi remains defiant; Kerry urges re-imposing sanctions

As Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gave a defiant, rambling speech pledging "I will be a martyr at the end," world nations struggled Tuesday for a response to his regime's widespread massacre of civilian protesters. | 02/22/11 13:08:28 By - Warren P. Strobel and Margaret Talev

Gadhafi accused of genocide against his own people

Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi was clinging to power Monday as his troops and mercenaries gunned down civilians and anti-government protesters in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, prompting international condemnation, and defections and cries of genocide from some members of his own government and military. | 02/21/11 19:45:00 By - Miret el Naggar, Jonathan S. Landay and Margaret Talev

As Obama sides with protesters, new Mideast posture emerges

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he'd told U.S. allies as well as foes in the Middle East that they must "get out ahead of" growing demands for reform, or risk the fates of the deposed presidents of Egypt and Tunisia. | 02/15/11 18:53:00 By - Warren P. Strobel, Margaret Talev and Jonathan S. Landay

Lawmakers' gripe: Obama's budget avoids big challenges

President Barack Obama's budget got a frosty and at times hostile reception Tuesday from Republicans as lawmakers complained bitterly that he failed to confront the spiraling cost of Medicare, Social Security and other entitlement programs. | 02/15/11 17:59:00 By - David Lightman and Margaret Talev

Obama invites Republicans to negotiate on big budget issues

President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his $3.7 trillion budget plan against criticism that it would drive up the nation's debt and that it fails to curb entitlement spending. | 02/15/11 13:46:00 By - Margaret Talev

Obama's 'innovation' agenda would get only small spending hike

One of the few areas in the fiscal 2012 budget that President Barack Obama unveiled on Monday where he actually called attention to his plans to increase spending was for what he called "innovation." | 02/14/11 18:48:00 By - Margaret Talev and Renee Schoof

Conservatives hungry for 2012 candidate, but no favorite yet

Here's how wide open the 2012 race for the Republican presidential nomination is as the games begin: When Donald Trump showed up Thursday as a last-minute speaker at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference, he got a standing ovation. | 02/10/11 18:34:00 By - Margaret Talev

Biden is Obama's point man on almost everything

Suddenly, Vice President Joe Biden is everywhere. From the start of his presidency, Obama looked for Biden to play a substantive role. That role has grown more visible, and probably more important, since Democrats lost control of the House of Representatives in November, forcing Obama to work more cooperatively with Republicans, something Biden's done for a lifetime. | 02/09/11 16:02:00 By - Margaret Talev

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