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• Hackers compromise AP Twitter account

  April 23, 2013 in Nation/World LONDON — Hackers have compromised the main Twitter account of The Associated Press, sending out an erroneous tweet about an attack at the White House. 13

• Congress passes bill renewing anti-violence law

  February 28, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — The House on today passed and sent to President Barack Obama a far-reaching extension of the Violence Against Women Act. The vote came after House Republican leaders, cognizant … 21

• GOP official: House to vote to lift debt limit

  January 18, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House will vote next week to permit the government to borrow more money to meet its obligations, a move aimed at heading off a market-rattling … 20

• Obama demands quick action to raise debt limit

  January 14, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama demanded today that Congress raise the federal debt limit quickly, warning that “Social Security benefits and veterans’ checks will be delayed if they don’t,” and … 87

• Despite deal, taxes to rise for most Americans

  January 2, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — While the tax package that Congress passed New Year’s Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase, most of them will still end up … 69

• Obama pressing for policy changes after shooting

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is asking a team led by Vice President Joe Biden to offer “concrete proposals” to curb gun violence no later than January, in the aftermath … 62

• As US troop ’surge’ ends, setbacks pile up

  September 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — The end game in Afghanistan is off to a shaky start. Just as the last U.S. “surge” troops leave the country, trouble is breaking out in ways that … 4

• Crocker charged with DUI, fleeing scene

  August 24, 2012 in City on Page A1 Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker has been charged with drunken driving and leaving the scene of a Spokane Valley accident. The 63-year-old retired diplomat is accused of colliding … 4

• Obama returning to Seattle

  July 19, 2012 in City President Obama has two fundraisers scheduled next week in Seattle 41

• Romney faces NAACP, booed for hitting ’Obamacare’

  July 11, 2012 in Nation/World HOUSTON — Unflinching before the NAACP, Mitt Romney declared today he’d do more for African-Americans than Barack Obama, the nation’s first black president. He drew jeers when he lambasted the … 34

• Obama response to Supreme Court on health care

  June 28, 2012 in Health, Nation/World President Barack Obama’s response to today’s Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act.

• White House: No extended tax cuts for rich, period

  June 6, 2012 in Nation/World ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — The White House is insisting President Barack Obama will not extend the Bush-era tax cuts for wealthier Americans — even temporarily. 52

• Obama honors Medal of Freedom recipients as heroes

  May 29, 2012 in Nation/World Sketching impressive contributions to society in intensely personal terms, President Barack Obama presented the Medal of Freedom to more than a dozen political and cultural greats today, including rocker Bob … 11

• Obama requesting help to pay for Afghan army

  May 17, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the United States and NATO are trying to build an Afghan army that can defend the country after 130,000 international … 12

• ‘Final solution’ threats bring 13-year prison term

  May 11, 2012 in City on Page A5 A man with ties to white supremacists who bragged about wanting to kill President Barack Obama received a 13-year sentence Thursday for a weapons charge, the latest conviction in what …

• TransCanada reapplies for oil pipeline

  May 4, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — The Canadian company trying to build the disputed Keystone XL pipeline in the U.S. submitted a new application for the project today after changing the route to avoid … 7

• Supreme Court health care arguments under way

  March 26, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — With demonstrators chanting outside, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments today on the fate of President Barack Obama’s historic health care overhaul, no less controversial two years after … 26

• Obama to Russia: More flexibility after elections

  March 26, 2012 in Nation/World SEOUL, South Korea — President Barack Obama told Russia’s leader today that he would have more flexibility after the November election to deal with the contentious issue of missile defense, … 4

• Obama: ‘If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon’

  March 23, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama spoke in unusually personal terms today about the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Florida, a case that has roiled civil rights activists … 53

• Obama taps Jim Yong Kim for World Bank

  March 23, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama nominated Dartmouth College president and global health expert Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank, an unconventional pick that could help to quell criticism … 3

• Analyst: Obama ups taxes for 1 in 4, mostly rich

  March 22, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — A nonpartisan research group estimates that President Barack Obama’s budget would raise taxes next year on 1 in 4 households, but have little impact on families earning under … 15

• Senate OKs Rice for federal bench

  March 7, 2012 in City on Page A5 Spokane-based Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Rice’s appointment as a federal judge was confirmed Tuesday by the U.S. Senate. Rice, who teamed with Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Harrington in the prosecution …

• Obama sends 2013 budget proposal to Congress

  February 13, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama today sent Congress a new budget that seeks to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade while at the same time showering … 79

• Obama to take on economy in State of the Union

  January 24, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is ready to reclaim the spotlight with a plea for economic fairness in a State of Union address that opposition Republicans panned in advance as … 7

• Obama rejects pipeline; cites ‘arbitrary’ GOP deadline

  January 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he’s denying an application for a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline because a GOP-mandated deadline didn’t allow time for a full review. 70

• Obama announces resignation of chief of staff

  January 9, 2012 in Nation/World, News Two senior administration officials say the White House chief of staff, William Daley, is resigning. He’s being replaced by Jacob Lew, the budget director 72

• Obama signs debt-limit bill

  August 2, 2011 in Nation/World The Senate emphatically passed emergency legislation Tuesday to avoid a first-ever government default, rushing the legislation to President Barack Obama for his signature just hours before the deadline. The vote … 37

• Debt and spending deal picks up momentum in Senate

  August 1, 2011 in Nation/World A crisis-conquering deficit-reduction agreement struck by the White House and congressional leaders after months of partisan rancor picked up momentum in the Senate today, as a member of the Republican … 15

• Lawmakers snipe, Wall St. frets as deadline nears

  July 14, 2011 in Nation/World Testy lawmakers pointed fingers at one another and President Barack Obama on today as negotiations over raising the national debt limited entered a perilous endgame. Wall Street eyed the standoff … 41

• McConnell, Boehner increase criticism of Obama

  July 12, 2011 in Nation/World The top two Republicans in Congress sought today to put the onus on President Barack Obama for failure to resolve a fight over how to increase the government’s borrowing authority. … 8

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