AP - President Barack Obama is heading to Pennsylvania to help Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak's bid for the Senate.

US President Barack Obama said better-than-expected jobs data released Friday was positive, but said it was not good enough as the economy struggles out of the deepest slump in decades.

U.S. News & World Report - Nearly three years after the recession began, President Obama wants to pass a jobs bill. It's not his first jobs bill, but the others--including the big $800 stimulus plan from 2009--haven't quite done the trick. So Obama is pushing for new tax breaks and cheap, government-backed loans for small businesses, with the hope that easier credit and a bit more take-home pay will spur them to hire more workers.

First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, in a Friday editorial urged Americans to do something to support US troops as they return from combat in Iraq.

President Barack Obama should fire his top economic advisers and quit his job-killing policies, the top House Republican said after US unemployment jumped to 9.6 percent in August.

Barack Obama has urged Israelis and the Palestinians not to let the opportunity for peace slip away.

President Barack Obama has urged Israeli and Palestianian leaders to not let the chance for peace 'slip away'.

Barack Obama has warned Hamas its senseless slaughter will not thwart the direct peace talks in Washington.

US President Barack Obama (C) delivers remarks on the economy and monthly employment figures in the Rose Garden of the White House, beside members of his economic team, in Washington DC, USA, 03 September 2010.

# journalisism Politico , the Beltway's go-to sociopath news outlet, has weighed all of Barack Obama's options for 9/11 this year and finds few good ones. There are apparently some grave political risks for Obama on 9/11 if he doesn't mourn properly. More »

President Barack Obama and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will meet Tuesday at the White House to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, the president's spokesman said Friday.