President Obama said in an interview aired Thursday that Emanuel would make a “terrific” mayor, though he doesn’t expect him to make a decision until after the November elections. 

The number of people signing up for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in two months, an encouraging sign that companies aren’t resorting to deeper layoffs even as the economy has lost momentum. 

The nation’s health care tab will go up — not down — as a result of President Barack Obama’s sweeping overhaul. That’s the conclusion of a government forecast released Thursday, which also finds the increase will be modest.

President Obama is exhorting a Florida minister to “listen to those better angels” and call off his plan to engage in a Quran-burning protest this weekend. 

The nation’s health care tab will go up — not down — as a result of President Barack Obama’s sweeping overhaul. That’s the conclusion of a government forecast released Thursday, which also finds the increase will be modest.

Growing reservations among Democrats about letting tax rates rise for wealthy Americans are making it more unlikely that Congress will decide what to do about the looming expiration of Bush-era tax cuts before November’s election.

California’s governor does not have the legal duty to appeal the recent ruling that overturned the state’s same-sex marriage ban, a lawyer for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wednesday.

Since taking office, President Obama has visited Ohio, the nation’s premier political bellwether state more than any other — 10 times to promote and defend his embattled economic agenda and to blast Republican opposition.

Attorney General Eric Holder was meeting Tuesday with Muslim and other religious leaders to discuss recent attacks on Muslims and the uproar over a planned mosque near Ground Zero in New York.

While President Obama touts the new health care law everywhere he goes, many members of his party are saying just the opposite in re-election ads, making sure their constituents know they voted against the unpopular overhaul.