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US President Barack Obama prepared Monday to give a prime-time address to the nation aimed at winning the support of a war-weary American public for the military intervention in Libya. After inheriting wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning president finds himself embroiled in yet another conflict, this time one of his own choosing and one that many at home are not convinced b

Only 17 percent of Americans see President Obama as a strong and decisive military leader, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll that was taken after the U.S. and its allies began the Libyan military operation.

President Obama called his first solo press conference of the new year Tuesday to defend his $3.7 trillion budget proposal, vowing that the federal government would stop "running up the credit card" while saying he does not want to take a "machete" to federal spending.

The great unifier he's not...in fact, a new Gallup Poll shows it's been a half century since the country was this divided over the Commander-in-Chief! http://www.gallup.com/poll/145937/Obama-Approval-Ratings-Polarized-Year-Year.aspx

A U.S. district judge on Monday threw out the nation's health care law, declaring it unconstitutional because it violates the Commerce Clause and surely reviving a feud among competing philosophies about the role of government.

As Egypt's government attempts to crackdown on street protests by shutting down internet and mobile phone services, the US is preparing to reintroduce a bill that could be used to shut down the internet. The legislation, which would grant US President Barack Obama powers to seize control of and even shut down the internet, would soon be reintroduced to a senate committee...

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