Obama tightens Iran sanctions over bank 'deception'

6 February 2012, 10:03 am

U.S. President Barack Obama is tightening sanctions on Iran another notch, targeting its central bank and giving U.S. banks new powers to freeze assets linked to the government.... Read More »

Obama’s diplomacy delayed Iran crisis until election year

6 February 2012, 9:07 am

President Barack Obama announced on Monday a policy intended to shut down international transactions by the Bank of Iran, amid growing worries by Democrats that Iran’s nearly-complete effort to build a nuclear weapon will spark a war with Israel and an oil-price shock in the run up to the November... Read More »

Obama bemoans wife being dragged into politics

6 February 2012, 8:29 am

President Barack Obama says one of the toughest parts about being president is that his wife has been dragged into the "political realm."... Read More »

Obama Says 'I Deserve a Second Term'

6 February 2012, 7:49 am

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama sat down with NBC’s Matt Lauer today in a brief interview aired before the Super Bowl. For the last three years the president has done exclusive game-day interviews with whichever network is airing the NFL championship game. Besides talking...... Read More »

Obama's grandma injured after car rolls in Kenya

6 February 2012, 7:35 am

President Barack Obama's 91-year-old step-grandmother suffered bruises and shock after a car she was traveling in rolled over, a relative and a hospital official said Monday.... Read More »

Obama on presidency: ‘You get better as time goes on’

6 February 2012, 6:52 am

President Barack Obama believes the U.S. has solid intelligence on when Iran becomes capable of developing a nuclear arsenal, but told Matt Lauer Sunday he still believes negotiations are the only way to achieve long-term peace.... Read More »

Obama: US has 'very good' intelligence on Iran

6 February 2012, 5:53 am

President Barack Obama said the U.S. has a "very good estimate" of when Iran could complete work on a nuclear weapon, but cautioned Monday that there are still many unanswered questions about Tehran's inner workings.... Read More »

Barack Obama: I deserve re-election

6 February 2012, 3:42 am

Super Bowl interview President Barack Obama says he deserves re-election, despite the nation's economic troubles. Obama said in a pre-Super Bowl interview on NBC that his administration is creating more than 250,000 jobs a month, the most since 2005, and a reversal from the 750,000 jobs the econ... Read More »

Obama: US in 'lockstep' with Israel on Iran nukes

6 February 2012, 12:25 am

President Barack Obama says the United States is working in "lockstep" with Israel to solve the brewing crisis over Iran's disputed nuclear program.... Read More »

Obama could alter stance of federal appeals courts

6 February 2012, 12:18 am

A second term for President Barack Obama would allow him to expand his replacement of Republican-appointed majorities with Democratic ones on the nation's appeals courts, the final stop for almost all challenged federal court rulings.... Read More »