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Obama looking for “sleep and sun” after challenging year

May 23, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama declined to engage in a bout of political soul-searching on Friday and said that despite a botched health care rollout and stalled legislative initiatives,...

Obama’s handshake with Cuba’s Castro unplanned: White House aide

August 24, 2021 at 6:03 p.m.

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday played down President Barack Obama's handshake with Cuban leader Raul Castro at Nelson Mandela's memorial in South Africa, saying...

Obama’s handshake with Cuba’s Castro unplanned: White House aide

May 23, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday played down President Barack Obama's handshake with Cuban leader Raul Castro at Nelson Mandela's memorial in South Africa, saying...

White House tells Senate it opposes new Iran sanctions effort

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

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday it opposes a fresh effort by some members of the U.S. Senate to impose new sanctions against Iran, even if the...

Analysis: Humble-sounding Obama tries to climb out of healthcare hole

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

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Normally brimming with self-confidence, President Barack Obama showed an emotion on Thursday he rarely shares with Americans: humility. He strode to a White House podium with a...

Rogers departs after a closed-door meeting of the House Republican caucus during a rare Saturday session at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Merkel envoys at White House to sort out U.S.-German tensions

November 3, 2021 at 7:31 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American and German officials sought to overcome tension between their governments on Wednesday following reports that the U.S. National Security Agency monitored German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile...

Merkel envoys at White House to sort out U.S.-German tensions

December 24, 2018 at 5:21 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American and German officials sought to overcome tension between their governments on Wednesday following reports that the U.S. National Security Agency monitored German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile...

Analysis: On healthcare, spying, questions on what Obama knew and when

August 24, 2021 at 4:56 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To his critics, President Barack Obama often has seemed to be conveniently distant when trouble has hit his administration. But on Tuesday, Obama was hit with a...

Analysis: On healthcare, spying, questions on what Obama knew and when

May 23, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To his critics, President Barack Obama often has seemed to be conveniently distant when trouble has hit his administration. But on Tuesday, Obama was hit with a...

Crisis averted, Obama says Americans ‘completely fed up’ with Washington

May 23, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama scolded congressional Republicans on Thursday hours after a fiscal crisis was narrowly averted and called on his opponents to help repair the economic damage...

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