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The White House brushed off congressional demands for a detailed report outlining U.S. objectives in Libya, a move likely to stoke further anger on Capitol Hill over President Barack Obama's decision not to seek lawmakers' consent for the military operation.

The threat of a first-ever default by the federal gov't is pushing President Obama and the GOP toward an agreement to cut gov't spending.

Michelle Obama announced Friday that she's heading to Africa on an official visit later this month, stopping in South Africa and Botswana to continue her work encouraging young people around the world to become active in their countries.

President Barack Obama's key fundraisers are being asked to raise $60 million for the president's re-election campaign and the Democratic Party by the end of June.

In an effort to support the 2012 presidential election, Al Sharpton has announced he will open chapters of his National Action Network in Iowa.

Nearly six years have passed since Hurricane Katrina drowned New Orleans in misery, but many residents haven't forgiven the Federal Emergency Management Agency for its sluggish response to the storm. Now another delayed reaction by FEMA — a stop-and-start push to recoup millions of dollars in disaster aid — is reminding storm victims why they often cursed the agency's name.

PBS officials say hackers have cracked the network's website, posting a phony story claiming dead rapper Tupac Shakur was alive in New Zealand, and a group that claimed responsibility for the hacking complained about a recent "Frontline" investigative news program on WikiLeaks.

Six months after Republicans alarmed Democrats with a midterm election wave, President Barack Obama has shaken off the jitters and found his political footing despite sluggish economic growth and deep public anxiety about the direction of the country.

Sure the object of the game in any sport is to score more points than your opponent, but you also have to defend your challenger so that they don’t score those points to beat you. The Chicago Bulls, led by reigning league MVP Derrick Rose, does this better than any team in the NBA. The brain trust of this defense is none other than former New York Knick assistant coach Tom Thibodeau. 

As the publishing industry wrapped up four days of digital talk at its annual national convention, Amazon.com's Kindle was seen as the clear, if not dominant, player in the growing e-market; Barnes & Noble's Nook was considered a pleasant surprise and Apple's iPad an underachiever.