BARACK OBAMA

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan on Monday at a time of increased strain between Kabul and its Western backers and with important security transition milestones looming.

White House economist Austan Goolsbee said on Friday the February jobs report showed President Barack Obama's policies were working to improve the economy, but he said more needed to be done to create jobs.

President Barack Obama unleashing surprising sense of humor on Discovery astronauts in a lighthearted conversation on Robonaut 2, the first humanoid in space.

Opposition leaders who now control much of eastern Libya have rejected overtures to enter into negotiations unless Muammar Gaddafi steps down and departs into exile.

President Obama tells Discovery astronauts talks about the Discovery shuttle and gives ISS commander Scott Kelly an update on his sister-in-law, senator Gabrielle Giffords.

President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States and Mexico had agreed on a way to solve a long-simmering cross-border trucking dispute that has hurt trade between the two neighbors.

President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States and Mexico had agreed on a way to solve a long-simmering cross-border trucking dispute that has hurt trade between the two neighbors.

The energy-hungry U.S. military plans to help develop advanced power storage devices with the help of a branch of the Energy Department that fosters innovation in high-risk, but high-potential, technologies.

Steve Jobs made it to the iPad 2 launch at Apple's Cupertino, Calif., headquarters.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday a Republican spending cut plan would not cause a big dent to U.S. economic growth, but could cost around 200,000 jobs.

Speculation is rife that Jobs will attend the event, despite skipping many Apple events, including the company's annual shareholders meeting, since he went on medical leave in January.

The U.S. Senate approved a two-week budget extension on Wednesday that will allow congressional Republicans and Democrats additional time to negotiate how big budget cuts should be until September 30, the end of the 2011 fiscal year.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday a Republican spending cut plan would not cause a big dent to U.S. economic growth, but could cost around 200,000 jobs.

A top aide to U.S. President Barack Obama pushed back hard on Tuesday against an accusation that the president was anti-business, bluntly calling out Obama's critic by name.

At least 46 percent of the American voters welcome a government shutdown over disagreement in Washington over federal spending, according to a recent poll.

U.S. women have made big economic and educational gains in recent years, but they still trail men in terms of pay and participation in the workforce, according to a White House report released on Tuesday. More women than men have a high school education, more have university degrees, and more have graduate degrees

Jon Huntsman is a savvy operator who knows how to work a crowd. But it was someone in a crowd who worked Huntsman on a bitterly cold Sunday last month when the U.S. envoy to China was seen at a small anti-government protest in Beijing.

With anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks, and social media platforms Twitter and Facebook in the running, Internet dominates the race for Nobel Peace Prize 2011.

Anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, the Internet and a Russian human rights activist are among a record 241 nominations for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.

President Barack Obama said on Monday everyone should be ready for sacrifice to help tackle U.S. budget problems, but it does no good to vilify public employees. In an apparent reference to a Wisconsin fight between public sector unions and the state's governor, Obama said: I don't think it does anybody any good when public employees

A new report finding many redundancies in the federal government's programs - which could save billions of dollars if cut - is being released as lawmakers consider what to cut from the current fiscal year and the next.