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Wall St bill blocked again

28 Apr 2010, 12:15PM

US Senate Republicans have again thwarted Democratic efforts to start formal debate on sweeping legislation to rein in Wall Street excesses. Read more

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Republicans block Wall St overhaul bill

President Obama has made the overhaul of financial institutions his top domestic priority.

27 Apr 2010, 9:29AM

Obama's legislation to rein in Wall Street has suffered a setback in the US Senate as Republicans defeated a push to take up the bill. Read more

Obama: We can't afford another GFC

Obama also called for stronger protections for consumers and greater transparency by bringing risky financial instruments such as derivatives out into the open.(Getty)

23 Apr 2010, 6:19AM

President Barack Obama has chastised Wall Street for rampant greed but urged finance barons not to block his regulatory reforms. Read more


Rising doubts over Obama Asia trip

03 Jun 2010, 5:57PM

The White House said that President Barack Obama's Australia and Indonesia trip this month was still on, despite speculation he may delay it again, this time over the BP oil spill. Read more

Bill Clinton raffles himself to clear Hillary's debts

Bill Clinton (Getty)

14 May 2010, 10:13AM

Former US President Bill Clinton is offering himself up as a raffle prize to help his wife Hillary pay off hefty debts from her ill-fated election campaign.

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Is the Mideast ready for an Obama plan?

There is speculation that Obama may step up Middle East peace efforts. (Getty Images)

19 Apr 2010, 12:50PM

Speculation is mounting in Washington foreign policy circles that President Obama could try to bust the Israeli-Palestinian deadlock with his own peace plan.
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Calls for further cuts after nuclear treaty

09 Apr 2010, 8:03AM

Russia and the United States won international praise for signing a landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty, but faced calls for further cuts in the former Cold War foes' arsenals.  Read more

Obamas attend Easter church service

Easter church Obamas (AP)

05 Apr 2010, 3:30PM

President Barack Obama and his family marked the Easter holiday by attending a music-filled service at a historically black Methodist church in southeast Washington.
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Obama expands offshore drilling

Offshore oil platform in California (Getty)

01 Apr 2010, 7:14AM

Barack Obama has announced a plan to expand oil drilling off US coasts, drawing protests from green groups but charges by Republicans he did not go far enough. Read more

Surprise Afghan visit for Obama

US President Barack Obama meets US troops in Afghanistan (EPA/AAP)

29 Mar 2010, 6:20AM

US President Barack Obama has vowed the United States and its partners would get "the job done" in Afghanistan, on a surprise visit to the country. Read more

US health reform bill clears last hurdle

Opposition to health bill (Getty Images)

26 Mar 2010, 1:24PM

US Congress has put the final touches on President Barack Obama's historic health overhaul, passing a set of technical changes to the legislation that will define his political legacy.
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Violent threats over US health votes

25 Mar 2010, 12:46PM

Top Democratic US lawmakers called in police and the FBI after House members who voted for historic health care reform received violent threats and obscene, abusive messages. Read more

Biden F-bomb marks health passage

24 Mar 2010, 11:07AM

As US President Barack Obama signed historic health reform into law, his gaffe-prone deputy Joe Biden said what he felt, but didn't realise his microphone was on.
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