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(Repeats with no change in content) By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek to draw attention away from a series of domestic scandals with a speech on Thursday that defends the U.S. use of drones abroad and lays out...

Por Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, 23 mayo (Reuters) - El presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, tratará de desviar la atención de una serie de escándalos domésticos con un discurso el jueves en el que defenderá el uso de drones en el extranjero y...

MIAMI (Reuters) - Abogados civiles y militares de los reos en la base naval de Bahía de Guantánamo instaron al secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos, Chuck Hagel, a que mejore las condiciones de los detenidos, poniendo más presión sobre el...

I do not see how Obama can be an effective president until he and others in his administration come clean with Congress and the American people. It will be extremely difficult for him to promote any of his second-term agenda until we receive answers to...

WASHINGTON — In a contentious climax Wednesday to a series of congressional hearings, Lois Lerner, a key IRS manager, invoked her right to not testify about the agency's targeting of conservative groups, igniting howls from Republicans and...

It's been seven years since the end of President Jed Bartlet's second term on the NBC drama, "The West Wing," but the memory of the series is still fresh enough that when Rob Lowe unexpectedly stepped into the real White House briefing room, the assembled...

With the president scheduled to visit Moore, Okla., over the weekend, officials of the Obama administration on Wednesday again pledged to help the city recover from the damage of Monday’s tornado no matter how long the process takes. At a joint...

May 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has been under intense scrutiny since May 10, when the tax-collection agency acknowledged that workers had used partisan criteria to intensely scrutinize conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt...

* "Been some legitimate criticisms" * Shifting story puts White House under glare * Appearance of clumsiness By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - Facing criticism from Democratic loyalists, the White House acknowledged on Wednesday that...

WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to the Oklahoma City area on Sunday to see the devastation caused by tornadoes this week and to talk to families affected by the storm, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on...

WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Congressional and Justice Department investigators are examining the Internal Revenue Service over its inappropriate scrutiny of conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. President Barack Obama, seeking...

What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more...