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Former President George H.W. Bush and his son Jeb pay a social call on President Barack Obama at the White House.
 

The Obama administration will propose giving cash-strapped states about $25 billion worth of help with their Medicaid budgets when presenting its 2011 budget on Monday, a White House official with knowledge of the plan said Friday.
 

Barack Obama built a powerful campaign organization and got himself to the White House. Now, as head of the Democratic Party, he’s expected to get other Democrats into office, too. But, judging by his one-year track record, he’s not getting it done.
 

President Barack Obama is pitching his $8 billion high-speed rail program to Americans as a jobs generator that will revitalize the domestic rail industry. But the full picture is more complicated.

The White House released excerpts from President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech in advance of delivery.
 

President Barack Obama will freeze the salaries of senior White House officials and other top political appointees for savings of $4 million in fiscal 2011, a senior administration official said on Tuesday.

President Barack Obama will use his State of the Union address to unveil a new plan for a quicker response to bioterrorism threats and attacks, the White House says .

Bolstered by a White House lobbying effort that included the president, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s chances at a second four-year term improved Monday.

President Obama is reconstituting the team that helped him win the White House to counter Republican challenges in the midterm elections.
 

Barack Obama is “troubled” by cyberattacks on internet giant Google and wants answers from China, the White House has said.