President Barack Obama is railing against attempts by, quote, a "faction of the far right" to undermine his health care law.

The White House insisted Monday that to garner Obama's signature, any bill must satisfy the president's principles the path to citizenship chief among them.

One major principle of Barack Obama's presidency that his foes love to hate that government, when it works right, can be best-equipped to aid and protect Americans is finding fresh currency among some Republicans.

The White House says President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in light of automatic spending cuts that have led to furloughs for thousands of federal workers.

Former President Bill Clinton's 8,300-square-foot Harlem office near the Apollo Theater costs taxpayers nearly $450,000. George W. Bush spends $85,000 on telephone fees, and another $60,000 on travel. Jimmy Carter sends $15,000 worth of postage all on the government's dime.

President Barack Obama will meet Friday with the top leaders in the House and Senate, several hours past the deadline for averting automatic budget cuts, to discuss how to proceed on divisive tax-and-spend issues.

President Barack Obama is pushing for a higher minimum wage because he says Americans who work full time should not be in poverty.

President Barack Obama will let his jobs council expire this week without renewing its charter, winding down one source of input from the business community even as unemployment remains stubbornly high.