The United States has its first black president, but it may have to wait to get a green one. Right now, Barack Obama has his hands full.
Are microchip implants in the health care bill? We'll check the Truth-o-Meter. Plus, a summit meeting?well, almost!
The U.S. President promises to finish the job in Afghanistan. Plus politics mixes with pageantry at the White House.
What are the U.S. President, Congressional Republicans and Sarah Palin most thankful for, and what are their biggest messes.
Uninvited guests at the Obamas' first official state dinner grab headlines, but it's no laughing matter for the U.S. Secret Service.
The president journeys to Asia, while Sarah Palin comes-down from Alaska. We follow their trials and travels.
When the president drives, he really d-r-i-v-e-s. Where does that convoy of cars actually come from?
Democrats in the U.S. House of Reps are celebrating, but is the health care bill "dead on arrival" in the U.S. Senate.
As if passing health care wasn't hard enough, abortion becomes a mini-drama and splits the dems.
The First Lady makes an appearance on the longest-running children's show on U.S. television
A look at the U.S. President's global popularity one year after his election. Our international correspondents gauge reaction around the world.
The G.O.P. has two big wins this week when Americans hit the polls. Were voters making a statement about their President and his policies?
Analysis of the biggest Obama campaign promises kept and biggest ones broken. Plus, is Presidential portrait painting still practiced?
The United States has its first black president, but it may have to wait to get a green one. Right now, Barack Obama has his hands full.
The U.S. House of Representatives unveils a health care reform bill, as the Senate's draft makes some members sick.
The U.S. president receives the remains of 18 Americans killed in Afghanistan, while spending for the wars increases.pm.1.healthy.choices
The Japanese Prime Minister is singing a different tune, but this one isn't strictly political.
President Obama's favorite metaphor lately seems to be a mop. We get a handle on it.
'Talk radio' is a powerful force in U.S. politics, but why does one point of view seem to rule the waves?
The United States is fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but there are thousands of troops caught-up in a very different battle and President Barack Obama is promising to win it.
The president's healthcare plan gets a boost from Republican Senator Olympia Snowe. Will her colleagues warm to it?
Gay and Lesbian Americans voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama. Now they're waiting to for him to pay them back.
The Nobel Prize for Peace goes to President Barack Obama barely nine months into his term.
Does the world's most prestigious prize actually make anything easier for the president?
The Nobel Committee likes him, but have a look about what they're saying about Obama on TV.
The most talked-about man in American politics isn't in America or in politics.
U.S. President Barack Obama and his advisers are reportedly split on whether to send more troops to Afghanistan.
With world leaders gathered at the UN and G20 Summit, Barack Obama launches Washington in a new direction.
Foreign policy is all about foreign problems. Can the US president really achieve what's on his agenda?
Are president Obama's opponents using racist imagery and anger to fight his initiatives?
Our analysts say the talk about race is part of a bigger ethnic transformation of the USA.
Are white Americans turning against Barack Obama because of the color of his skin?
Is an insulting accusation on live TV any different from the politics of talk shows and town-hall meetings?
President Barack Obama convenes a joint session of Congress to talk healthcare, but we're all talking about his heckler.
American politicians rarely get rude publicly, unless they think they're speaking privately
U.S. President Barack Obama announced this week that the "time for bickering is over" and then found out just how wrong he could be.
Could George W. Bush or some of his top aides end up behind bars?
Can a speech to a joint session of Congress save the president's health reform plan?
A talkative ex-member of Sarah Palin's household will do just about anything to stay in the public eye.
The U.S. budget deficit grows by the trillions, while an official investigation into CIA prisoner abuse grows more likely.
A look at how Senator Edward Kennedy's death could affect the health care reform debate.
He may seem calm and collected, but President Barack Obama can get cranky too.
For the first time in more than 60 years, America is without a Kennedy on the national stage and it's more than just a sentimental loss to President Barack Obama.
As the president campaigns for his healthcare reform plans, protesters appear with weapons in hand.
When the health reform battle is over, what will Americans end up with?
Former Texas Congressman Tom DeLay is the latest in a list of people who could have just stayed seated.
Plans for healthcare reform run into problems and protests, in public meetings with U.S. voters.
We see how a particularly menacing allegation measures-up on the Truth-O-meter.
Washington D.C. is hot in the summer but President Barack Obama is learning that outside the capital right now it's even hotter.
Bill or Hillary? Who is America's top diplomat? A new Justice for all. And 2 billion reasons to junk the clunker.
A cold or the cold shoulder before Iran's president is sworn-in. Town hall meetings get ugly for some U.S. lawmakers.
A special health care edition of the Truth-o-Meter. Beach-blanket bipartisanship as politicians plot summer escapes.
President Obama tries to end an uproar about race by inviting a policeman and a professor for some backyard beers.
After the reconciliation effort in the Rose Garden, a sober look at how much a few cold ones can really help.
It may have been the most famous "happy hour" in modern American history.
President Obama campaigns hard for a new health insurance plan but Congress backs away from a quick deal.
Our bi-partisan political panel parses the president's position and prospects. Profoudly.
U.S. President Barack Obama is trying to reform American health care, and it may be weakening the pulse of his presidency.
Senators grill U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor in confirmation hearings.
There are more than 200 men behind bars in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In a way, U.S. President Barack Obama is trapped there too.
They were the two most famous African-Americans in the world: President Barack Obama and Michael Jackson.
U.S. President Barack Obama joins other world leaders but keeps his distance from the King of Pop.
The president's agenda gets a boost from a new member of the Senate.
The governor of South Carolina reveals an an affair with a woman in Argentina.
President Barack Obama has accomplished some extraordinary things but can he really shoot down a fighter jet?
Getting too close to the president proves to be a forlorn fly's final and fatal mistake.
U.S. President Barack Obama makes careful comments about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's contested election in Iran.
Did demonstrators in the streets of Tehran deserve more support from the White House?
Protesters were on the streets of Tehran all week, demanding real democracy. Where, some people were asking, was U.S. President Obama?
Paygo may sound like a resort island but will Congress agree to a low-budget vacation?
The president personally joins the push for healthcare reform. So count on more spending. And less too!
Our weekly look at the Truth-O-Meter: the president's profits, a stimulus scam and sticking-it to the Boy Scouts.
Has Sarah Palin started running for president? In the last week alone, the Alaska governor appeared at a Republican fundraiser in Washington D.C., attended a baseball game in New York and even led a small-town parade on the U.S. east coast, 5,000 kilometers from her small town on the western side of the continent.
President Obama offers his long-awaited speech to the Muslim world, pledging good faith and support for peace.
The president's trip has a personal side but is its approach to politics and history missing the mark?
A look at your mail and the latest biting commentary from Bo, the presidential pooch.
U.S. President Barack Obama is visiting the Middle East and Europe this week pursuing diplomacy and dialogue, trying to renew faith in America.
How the current and former president are spending their leisure hours.
Members of Congress wrestle with detention issues and snub the president over financing. Will Obama ever get away from Gitmo?
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