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President Obama takes health pitch to California after rate row

May 13, 2019 at 11:50 p.m.

SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - President Barack Obama insisted on Friday his healthcare overhaul is already proving worthwhile as he promoted the plan in California, where an argument is raging...

Obama confronts Xi on cyber theft, affinity found on North Korea

August 24, 2021 at 11:29 a.m.

RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) - President Barack Obama confronted Chinese President Xi Jinping over allegations of cyber theft on Saturday but they agreed at a shirtsleeves summit in the California...

Obama seeks end to perpetual U.S. ‘war on terror’

May 23, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twelve years after the "war on terror" began, President Barack Obama wants to pull the United States back from some of the most controversial aspects of its...

Obama: U.S. preserves diplomatic, military options on Syria

August 24, 2021 at 9:52 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he reserved the right to resort to both diplomatic and military options to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but insisted that...

Tax chief forced out in IRS scandal

August 24, 2021 at 9:44 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington's top tax official was fired on Wednesday as President Barack Obama sought to stem a rising tide of criticism over the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting...

U.S. lawmakers press for changes at scandal-plagued tax agency

August 24, 2021 at 9:43 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Republican lawmakers stepped up their calls for top Internal Revenue Service officials to resign, President Barack Obama planned to meet with Treasury officials on Wednesday to...

U.S. lawmakers press for changes at scandal-plagued tax agency

May 23, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Republican lawmakers stepped up their calls for top Internal Revenue Service officials to resign, President Barack Obama planned to meet with Treasury officials on Wednesday to...

Tax chief forced out in IRS scandal

May 23, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington's top tax official was fired on Wednesday as President Barack Obama sought to stem a rising tide of criticism over the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting...

FBI to probe U.S. tax agency’s actions on conservative groups

May 23, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday he had ordered the FBI to open a criminal probe in a growing scandal over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting...

Obama renews vow to close Guantanamo detention camp

August 24, 2021 at 8:47 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saying it was damaging to U.S. interests to keep holding prisoners in legal limbo at Guantanamo, President Barack Obama renewed an old vow on Tuesday to close...

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