05/14/13 Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for President Barack Obama

• Trio of troubles threatening Obama's second term _{2013-05-14, 08:30 pm}
  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama seemed to lose control of his second-term agenda even before he was sworn in, when a school massacre led him to lift gun control to the fore.
• IRS Lambasted After Reportedly Targeting Conservative Groups _{2013-05-14, 08:28 pm}
  ... views. "I will not tolerate it and we will make sure we find out exactly what happened on this," said President Barack Obama. "Corrections need to be made because if they're not made right now, then things can only get worse," Cummings said. Art ...
• Obama struggles with rocky start to 2nd term _{2013-05-14, 07:00 pm}
  ... of the past week portray an administration engulfed in potential scandal, providing opponents of President Barack Obama with plenty of ammunition to try to derail his agenda in the early months of his second term. The scenario invites comparisons to ...
• Obama's Runaway Administration _{2013-05-14, 06:32 pm}
  ... conservative groups on bureaucrats, and snooping on journalists' phone records on the Justice department. Barack Obama returned to Washington, D.C. from a fundraiser in New York City amidst a flurry of bad news about his administration. (Pool, via ...
• That Nineties Show _{2013-05-14, 08:18 pm}
  ... the Obama administration to another one that ended almost forty years ago. And while many of the comparisons of Barack Obama to Richard Nixon are indeed apt, one doesn't have to go that far back in history to find an even better parallel. For those ...
• Holder says he played no role in AP phone subpoena _{2013-05-14, 08:12 pm}
  ... information gathering from the news cooperative has created a bipartisan political headache for President Barack Obama, with prominent Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill expressing outrage, along with press freedom groups. The government ...
• Syria undecided on international peace conference _{2013-05-14, 08:04 pm}
  ... Sochi last week for talks on Syria. Cameron is currently in the US for further talks on Syria with US President Barack Obama. About 70,000 people have died in Syria since the beginning of the uprising against Assad in March 2011, according to UN ...
• Kerry expects Syrian officials to attend talks for peaceful transition in Syria _{2013-05-14, 07:52 pm}
  ... spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly on the matter. President Barack Obama has said he does not foresee any circumstance where he would order U.S. ground troops into Syria, even as Washington pursues more ...
• Attorney General orders probe into US tax agency's targeting of conservative groups _{2013-05-14, 07:50 pm}
  President Barack Obama gestures during a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron, Monday, May 13, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, where they talked about subjects ranging from Syria's civil war to preparations for a coming summit in Northern Ireland.
• 2013 deficit estimate lowered to $642 billion _{2013-05-14, 07:49 pm}
  ... Last year's deficit was $1.1 trillion, capping four consecutive trillion dollar-plus deficits during President Barack Obama's first term. Obama inherited an economy in recession, which stunted tax revenues for several years. The deficit picture is ...