Barack Obama made a lot of promises during the campaign, then came the crisis in the economy. Can Obama fix the economy and spend big money on healthcare, education, infrastructure and energy ...

President Barack Obama set some big goals for wildfire management during his campaign, and the Interior Department funding bill he recently signed delivers on his main goals. As part of his budget, ...

President Barack Obama made a campaign promise that he would not leave New Orleans and the Gulf Coast hanging in their post-Katrina recovery. As the fifth anniversary of that tragic storm approaches, ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. In Barack Obama’s first weeks in office, in a series of executive orders and public ...

President Barack Obama has revised his promise to Americans that they could keep their old health plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a report from The Hill.

President Barack Obama accepting the 2012 U.S Democratic presidential nomination during the final night of the Democratic National Convention. Minnesota news you can count on. From local stories to ...

DENVER ? Sen. Barack Obama accepted the Democratic Party presidential nomination on Thursday, declaring that the ?American promise has been threatened? by eight years under President Bush and that Sen ...

As a candidate, Barack Obama promised to strengthen the International Atomic Energy Association by outlining some lofty goals. The IAEA is an international organization that seeks to promote the ...

Update (12:22 p.m. EDT): The brief address is over without a question-and-answer period. Obama ended by calling on Congress: "Pass a bill extending the tax cuts to the middle class. I will sign it ...