AP – Striving to gain the upper hand on a crucial political issue, President Barack Obama is faulting Republicans for refusing to help him turn around the sluggish economy or support some proposed new tax breaks for businesses that the GOP has backed in the past.
Time.com – President Obama’s political machine, Organizing for America, is MIA after two years of neglect
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Obama’s MIA Volunteers: Organizing for America Shrinks
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AP – The Obama administration is greeting with a shrug an expected North Korean political convention that could see the public debut of the country’s next ruler.
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US shrugs off North Korea succession talk
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Reuters – President Barack Obama has chosen Austan Goolsbee as the new head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, U.S. administration officials said on Thursday, promoting a longtime adviser from his inner policy circle.
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Obama taps Goolsbee as top White House economist
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Reuters – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will present the Obama administration’s latest view of what the United States should do to press China to reform its exchange rate practices at a hearing next week, a key Democratic lawmaker said on Thursday.
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Geithner to testify at House hearing on China yuan
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AP – Rahm Emanuel’s expected departure as President Barack Obama’s chief of staff may be just the start of wholesale personnel changes at the White House after what’s predicted to be a devastating midterm election for Democrats.
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Emanuel exit could start White House turnovers
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Reuters – A U.S. appeals court granted on Thursday an Obama administration request to temporarily lift a judge’s ban on federal funding of research involving human embryonic stem cells.
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U.S. appeals court puts on hold stem cell funding ban
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