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Chip Somodevilla AFP/Getty A Political Rarity: When a President Admits He Can’t Solve a Problem
Obama’s profound exasperation at the continuing domestic death toll from gun violence.
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Mark Wilson AFP/Getty Facing Long Odds, an Angered Obama Vows Another Try on Gun Regulation
A president famed for his cool was visibly shaken; a politician noted for his calculation was ready for a fight he is likely to lose.
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Chip Somodevilla AFP/Getty The Real Audience for Obama's U.N. Speech: Republicans
Though he was speaking in an international forum, the president's message actually seemed targeted at the 2016 GOP field.
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MOLLY RILEY/AFP/Getty Images For Boehner, It Was About the Institution
And in the end, that’s why he became the latest House speaker who didn’t leave on his own terms.
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Bloomberg AFP/Getty Why the U.S.-China Summit Is a 2016 Campaign Issue
"It’s like a rule. You have to accuse the incumbent of being soft on China."
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Bloomberg AFP/Getty A U.S.-China Summit Marked by Tension—and Low Expectations
Obama will welcome Xi to the White House Friday amid squabbling over a wide range of issues.
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Anadolu Agency AFP/Getty A Papal Political Odyssey, From Antichrist to Guest of Honor
It wasn’t that long ago that the pope would not have received a warm welcome on Capitol Hill.
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SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images Papal White House Visits Are Special—Except When They Get Awkward
Meetings between popes and presidents have ranged from memorable to prickly.
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SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images Obama and U.S. Catholics: A Complicated Relationship
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Shutterstock Obama Renamed Mount McKinley. Ohio Isn’t Happy.
Ralph Regula spent years in Congress protecting the memory of the Buckeye State’s native son. Now he worries Obama might change the name of the Ohio River, too.
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Isaac Brekken/Getty Images Obama Heads to Alaska to Highlight Glaciers – Not Blow Them Up
Warren G. Harding had a different kind of trip north, and didn’t live to tell the tale.
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National Journal Can't Barack Obama Get a Break?
The president's summer vacations on Martha's Vineyard have been anything but relaxing.
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National Journal Using Iraq War, Obama Blisters GOP on Iran. He Hopes Democrats Were Listening
The president returned over and over again to a reliable weapon: his opposition to the Iraq war.
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National Journal How Democrats Lost Ohio, and How They Plan to Win It Back
Despite a split electorate, the party has been getting trounced by Republicans for a quarter-century.
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National Journal A Very Different Barack Obama Returns to Kenya
The White House is trying to cast the president's visit as all business.
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Obama Hopes History Will Prove Him Right on Iran
The president's legacy could ride on the deal with Tehran.
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Should Joe Biden Chase His Dream?
The positives and negatives of another presidential campaign for Biden.
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A Visitor from Vietnam Offers Obama Another Chance to Learn About the War He Missed
The White House sees Vietnam's Communist Party leader as a potential regional partner.
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Everybody's Taking Selfies at the White House
Don't worry, selfie-sticks are still banned.
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Obama's Transcendent Moment
His eulogy in Charleston allowed us a glimpse of the very private Obama we rarely see.
