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BP had workers on the doomed Deepwater Horizon rig who could have prevented the missteps that led to the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but they were not consulted, the White House oil spill commission said on Thursday. In an expanded report on the causes of the BP drilling disaster that killed 11 workers and ravaged the U.S. Gulf coast last summer, the commission released new details about the events that preceded the BP accident.

Intel Corp Chief Executive Paul Otellini will be named to a panel of experts advising President Barack Obama on jobs, the White House said on Friday. Otellini will join the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, created in January to focus on lifting hiring and promoting growth.

The debate over overhauling the U.S. corporate tax system will have to include whether to cut taxes on profits earned abroad, a Treasury Department official said on Thursday. Michael Mundaca, assistant Treasury secretary for tax policy, a White House point man on revamping the corporate tax code, also said that corporate tax reform could be done before individual tax reform.

Reports have surfaced that President Barack Obama is meeting with several tech executives including Apple's Steve Jobs and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.

Leading Congressional Republicans are disputing President Barack Obama's recent statements that under his budget plan for 2012, which includes a 10 year outlook, the government will not spend more money than it's taking in by 2017.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Tuesday that the United States needs to cut the corporate tax rate substantially with a goal in the high 20 percent range, down from the current 35 percent. A day after the White House unveiled a budget that seeks to trim the country's massive deficit, Geithner reiterated that the Obama administration

U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday condemned Iran's crackdown on protesters inspired by Egypt's popular uprising and urged friends and foes across the Middle East to take heed of their peoples' aspirations for democracy.

Robert W. Baird said it remains generally cautious on the post-secondary group given regulatory risk and deteriorating fundamentals.

Total public U.S. debt held outstanding will continue to pile up beyond its current $14 trillion dollar level over the next 10 years under President Barack Obama's federal budget plan for 2012 unveiled on Monday.

Thousands of Iranians have gathered to demonstrate in Tehran in defiance of a government ban on such assemblies.

Rumors and speculation are swirling regarding the whereabouts and health of deposed Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak.

The following is a White House Transcript of President Barack Obama's remarks on the unveiling of his proposal for the U.S. 2012 fiscal year federal budget as delivered at Parkville Middle School and Center for Technology in Baltimore, Maryland on February 14, 2011.

Sunday night's Grammy Award show may have shocked a few viewers. While Arcade Fire winning the award for Album of the Year, was definitely a surprise, the night's biggest upset was Esperanza Spalding taking home the award for Best New Artist.

President Barack Obama will push his priorities for the 2012 federal fiscal year budget on Monday. Some of the cuts include programs for low income people and education in a budget that will cut the federal deficit by $1.1 trillion over the next 10 years.

To the surprise of many who were betting on Canadian singer Justin Bieber to bag the best new artist award at the Grammys, jazz singer Esperanza Spalding won the tag at the Sunday show.

The United States plans to build high-speed 4G wireless services network and make it available to at least 98 percent of Americans households by 2016, President Barrack Obama said during a speech at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.

Donald Trump Vs Sarah Palin in the race for Republican Presidential Candidates 2012 as anti-Obama the billionaire gave another sign at the CPAC that he would run for the White House.

Potential Republican candidates in 2012 presidential election who gathered in Washington for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) have launched an attack on major policies of the Obama administration as they pitched their respective cases. Here's a snapshot of the possible Republican challengers in 2012:

The Obama administration favors creating a national standard for mortgage servicers such as Bank of America Corp and JPMorgan Chase & Co that have been accused of botching home foreclosure procedures.

The Obama administration nailed a 'condemned' sign on the wrecked U.S. housing finance system on Friday but did not offer a clear blueprint for a rebuilding project that promises to take years.

The following is a White House transcript of President Barack Obama's remarks on Egypt from the Grand Foyer in the White House on February 11, 2011.