WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Obama administration is unconstitutionally spending federal money to fund the president’s health care law. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer is a win for House Republicans who brought ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — After securing a surprisingly broad and detailed framework for a nuclear agreement with Iran, President Barack Obama must now subject his signature foreign policy pursuit to the gauntlet of partisan American politics. A blueprint finalized Thursday after ...

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Three months after a veterans' health care scandal rocked his administration, President Barack Obama is taking executive action to improve the mental well-being of veterans. The president was to announce his initiatives during an appearance before the American Legion National Convention that is fraught with midterm politics.

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When racial tensions erupted midway through his first presidential campaign, Barack Obama came to Philadelphia to decry the "racial stalemate we've been stuck in for years." Over time, he said, such wounds, rooted in America's painful history on race, can be healed.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighters dropped bombs on Islamic militants in Iraq Friday, the Pentagon said, carrying out President Barack Obama’s promise of military force to counter the advancing militants and confront the threat they pose to Iraqi civilians and ...

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The Obama administration has announced five executive actions and seven legislative proposals aimed at holding back the tsunami of litigation by patent trolls, and lawyers are weighing in on whether the recommendations will wall off the tidal waves or merely be sandbags on the shore. “These are more symbolic, [rather] than having a meaningful impact,” said Anthony Biller, an intellectual property lawyer at Coats + Bennett in Cary.

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A federal magistrate in North Carolina has ordered Twitter not to alert anyone about the existence of a search warrant for information associated with a Charlotte man who tweeted about assassinating President Barack Obama. How do we know this? Because we obtained the order, which had been filed under seal, simply by downloading it from the court’s website.

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In a campaign that has often focused on which candidate better understands the needs of business, the Barack Obama campaign is getting some real-world practice in one business issue —protecting its trademarks from rivals selling similar-looking merchandise.

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