- 22 Jan 2013 07:50 - Reuters
- The biggest questions around the US president's inaugural celebrations have not been about what Barack Obama would say but what his wife would wear.
- 21 Jan 2013 14:35 - Guardian Reporter
- Lady Gaga will reportedly headline a private party for members of Barack Obama's presidential campaign staff on Tuesday night.
- 21 Jan 2013 07:19 - Reuters
- US President Barack Obama says his wife Michelle's new hairstyle was the most "significant" event over the weekend of his second inauguration.
- 20 Jan 2013 19:38 - Reuters
- President Barack Obama has taken the official oath for his second term at the White House in a small, private ceremony.
- 20 Jan 2013 09:52 - Harriet Sherwood
- Israeli prime minister's aides accused United States president of interfering in Israel's elections.
- 19 Jan 2013 13:58 - Sapa-AFP
- Barack Obama has urged Congress to pass measures aimed at reducing gun violence, but also reaffirmed his commitment to the right to bear arms.
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- 18 Jan 2013 11:22 - Sapa-AFP
- As a way of acknowledging the east African government, US President Barack Obama has met Somalia's new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
- 18 Jan 2013 00:00 - Adam Gabbatt, Ewen MacAskill,
- United States President Barack Obama has mounted the biggest challenge in two decades to the US's deeply ingrained gun culture.
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- 17 Jan 2013 15:28 - Sapa-AFP
- US President Barack Obama's half-brother has hit the campaign trail in his native Kenya in a bid to get a seat in the upcoming elections.
- 05 Jan 2013 17:25 - Jeff Mason
- Fresh from the legislative fight to prevent a "fiscal cliff", President Barack Obama has warned that the US could not afford further budget showdowns.
- 01 Jan 2013 09:31 - Richard Cowan, David Lawder,
- The US Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation to avert the "fiscal cliff" by stopping most of the tax hikes and across-the-board spending cuts.
- 31 Dec 2012 07:01 - Matt Quigley
- America's "fiscal cliff", the name given to the hundreds of billions of dollars in tax rises and spending cuts, will dominate the economic week.
- 29 Dec 2012 08:10 - Sapa-AP
- President Barack Obama, pushing for a deal to avoid the looming tax hikes and spending cuts entered last-minute talks with Senate leaders on Friday.
- 28 Dec 2012 07:36 - Richard Cowan, Mark Felsenthal,
- Barack Obama is due to host congressional leaders including his Republican rivals in a last-ditch bid to halt America's slide over the fiscal cliff.
- 22 Dec 2012 07:43 - Sapa-AP
- President Barack Obama has issued a stern summons to congressional leaders to approve legislation before year's end to prevent tax increases.
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- 19 Dec 2012 18:04 - Susan Heavey
- Time has tapped Barack Obama for its Person of the Year for the second time, citing his re-election as symbolic of the nation's shifting demographics.
- 17 Dec 2012 07:31 - Reuters
- President Barack Obama has demanded changes in the way the US dealt with gun violence, at a memorial held for the massacre of 20 schoolchildren.
- 17 Dec 2012 07:09 - Matt Quigley
- Politics trump data this week as the ANC's leadership conference gets underway, Japan's old leadership is back in power and Europe waits on Italy.
- 15 Dec 2012 06:43 - Mark Felsenthal, Matt Spetalnick,
- "We've endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years," Obama said during a somber televised appearance in the White House briefing room.
- 08 Dec 2012 07:01 - Reuters
- The US Secret Service is under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security over the loss of computer files on the Washington Metro system.
