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President Barack Obama dashed from a Navy hangar in Jacksonville to a swanky Miami Beach hotel Monday to buff his image in a recession-weary state and bag $1.5 million to defend the Democratic majority in Congress. The ground Obama plans to cover on his two-day stint in Florida reflects the changing landscape since the freshly inaugurated president came to Fort Myers in February to pitch his economic stimulus plan. His poll numbers are down, unemployment is up and health care reform hangs in the balance.
Congressional negotiators are divided over how to raise taxes to pay for overhauling the nation's health care system, as key players disagree over whether to increase income taxes on wealthy people or find alternatives such as taxing insurers that sell high-end policies.
Congressional negotiators have agreed to drop an amendment to a defense approrpiations bill that would have prevented the Obama administration from releasing any freed Guantánamo detainees into the United States or transferring them to U.S. prisons for trial.
Lebanon's pro-Western political parties turned their focus Monday toward crafting a stable coalition government hours after voters soundly rebuffed efforts by Iran-backed Hezbollah politicians to secure more political power in Beirut. Analysts said Obama's call last week in Cairo for a "new beginning" for U.S.-Middle East relations helped tilt the balance toward America's allies.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has given the new U.S. commander in Afghanistan 60 days to conduct another review of the American strategy there, the fifth since President Barack Obama took office less than five months ago. The review comes even as the Pentagon said benchmarks promised on March 27 still are being drafted.
One of the Cairo cafe questions debated in the days leading up to the speech was: Would Obama say "salaam" to the Arabic-speaking world? The answer: Yes, sometimes mistakenly.
President Barack Obama dashed from a Navy hangar in Jacksonville to a swanky Miami Beach hotel Monday to bu...
Congressional negotiators are divided over how to raise taxes to pay for overhauling the nation's healt...
Congressional negotiators have agreed to drop an amendment to a defense approrpiations bill that would have...
Lebanon's pro-Western political parties turned their focus Monday toward crafting a stable coalition go...
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has given the new U.S. commander in Afghanistan 60 days to conduct anothe...
One of the Cairo cafe questions debated in the days leading up to the speech was: Would Obama say "salaam" ...
President Barack Obama told Americans Tuesday to brace for "more job loss, more foreclosures, and more...
With both of Texas' U.S. Senate seats held by Republicans, the White House on Wednesday said it has asked t...
The Senate on Wednesday easily confirmed former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk as the U.S. trade representative, mak...
President Barack Obama's popular support is eroding, as a new poll by the independent Pew Research Cent...
Calling this a "day of reckoning" for years of mistakes, President Barack Obama worked Tuesday night to ass...
Florida Sen. George LeMieux's efforts to question a State Department employee about Cuba policy and other i...
Gov. Charlie Crist and the state's top highway safety appointee endorsed a ban on texting while driving Tue...
Gov. Charlie Crist hopes lawmakers are close to agreeing on a special session for rail projects, but concer...
Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink headlined an Equality Florida reception in Fort Lauderdale that raised ab...
A new report suggests a connection between campaign contributions and votes on sanctions against Cuba.
Florida's GOP chairman, Jim Greer, might be one obstacle on the road to political success for the state's R...
The new chairman of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party was a major fundraiser for Manny Diaz when he ran for m...
Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Thurman has dumped the head of the party in Miami-Dade, claiming ...
State utility regulators postpone a decision to set energy-saving goals for Florida utility companies.
U.S. Senate contender Marco Rubio advocates getting tough with illegal immigrants, but when he was the stat...
Senate candidate Marco Rubio appeals to conservatives -- but his legislative record in Florida offers a dif...
Citizens' windstorm rates are heading up for most people.
For Florida candidates, social-networking tools are keys to campaign outreach.
A Coconut Grove businessman says he invested $2.16 million with Scott Rothstein after a friend solicited hi...
Part of a Cuban blogger's essay that advocates lifting the ban on U.S. travel to Cuba was read aloud at a H...
Florida launched an investigation into the extensive taxpayer-funded travel of the state's juvenile justice...
Florida Sen. George LeMieux's efforts to question a State Department employee about Cuba policy and other i...
Gov. Charlie Crist hopes lawmakers are close to agreeing on a special session for rail projects, but concer...
Gov. Charlie Crist and the state's top highway safety appointee endorsed a ban on texting while driving Tue...
As they hit the campaign trail, state Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and Attorney General Bill McCollum ...
A new report suggests a connection between campaign contributions and votes on sanctions against Cuba.
Facing another shortfall of more than $2 billion, Florida lawmakers may crack down on corporate fees.
President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he ...
A retired State Department employee will spend life in prison without parole after he and his wife pleaded ...
The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights.
A retired State Department employee and his wife pleaded guilty Friday to charges that they have been spyin...
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson offered to pay $1,000 a month to one of three girls who had accused him of i...
WASHINGTON - The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radi...
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver wanted people to stop complaining for a day and count their blessings. What he got, ho...
The dollar chase never stops for California incumbents and challengers alike, who keep busy raising campaig...
The Senate is poised to approve on Saturday the start of a historic debate over health care legislation aim...
The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater World...
Haitian senators want to oust the country's prime minister, claiming she has moved too slowly in addressing...
Facing a severe and protracted economic downturn, Cuba's government is scaling back socialism in an attemp...
A Cuban blogger who has become an international sensation for offering frank criticism of her country's com...
Bills in Congress to allow all travel to Cuba are increasingly drawing support among U.S. lawmakers and the...
Argentina's president and the nation's largest media conglomerate square off over a media-reform bill that ...
The two sides in the Honduran political conflict had direct talks for the first time in almost three months.
A trio of South Florida Republican lawmakers said Tuesday that the remedy to the post-coup woes in Honduras...
A U.S. president has limited ways to ease the embargo on Cuba -- unless he or she certifies that Havana is ...
A top Obama administration official urged Honduras' political leaders to accept a deal aimed at ending thei...
Costa Rican leader Oscar Arias said a restrictive decree suspending some civil rights in Honduras remained ...
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Haiti enjoyed the backing of its Latin American neighbors more than...
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