Despite the typical platitudes, holiday speeches by the president and the top female GOP lawmaker illustrate their differences.
GOP govs were waiting to see what a President Romney would do to Obamacare. Now they are mulling the law's insurance exchanges.
In his historic visit to Myanmar Monday, U.S. President Barack Obama hailed the country’s shift to democracy and pushed for further reforms.
Reiterating calls to give middle class families hope for the holiday season, Obama urged House Republicans to prevent tax hike on first $250,000 of anyone's income.
A group of "Patriotic Millionaires" are calling on President Obama to increase taxes on the wealthy to help avoid the fiscal cliff.
President Obama is giving his first press conference since his re-election. Stay with IBTimes for a play-by-play.
Fiscal cliff questions may be overshadowed by the Petraeus scandal.
While visiting a campaign office in August, Obama congratulated two campaign workers on their engagement.
The Weekly Standard editor said the congressional GOP leadership needs to stop “falling on its sword to defend a bunch of millionaires."
President Obama is reportedly seeking support from business, labor leaders prior to fiscal cliff negotiations with Congress.
Political feelings always run high in the home stretch of a campaign, but anyone looking to find the most depressing, offensive comments needed to look no further than Twitter after President Barack Obama won re-election over Mitt Romney.
U.S. President Barack Obama has been declared the winner in Florida -- four days after the Nov. 6 general elections.
Of all the political reactions from around the world to Obama's re-election, the one from Mario Borghezio, an Italian member of the European Parliament, takes the cake for un-diplomatic vulgarity and just plain weirdness.
An encouraged Barack Obama has invited congressional leaders to the White House for the beginning of fiscal-cliff talks next week.
Barack Obama will become the first U.S. president to visit Myanmar to urge further democratic reforms.
President Obama will add to the fiscal cliff discussion on Friday, when he is expected to talk about what's needed to cut the nation's deficit.
Conservatives need escapism, too. Johnny Ramone, Alice Cooper and the Beach Boys are a few of the Republican rockers who made IBTimes' post-election playlist for cranky conservatives.
Florida's Democratic Party claimed victory for President Barack Obama in the state Thursday night.
On Election Day, Mitt Romney said he was so confident he’d only written a victory speech.
Sasha Obama reminds President Barack Obama to turn around and wave to his other supporters during election night, and the adorable moment was captured on tape.
With the president reelected, Sasha and Malia will spend most of their teenage years in the White House.
The final night of the election between president Barack Obama and Mitt Romney was the most tweeted-about political event in U.S. history, according to Twitter.