Elizabeth Warren
Senate contender Warren denies using ethnicity for unfair gain
BOSTON - U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren has acknowledged for the first time she told two prestigious law schools she had a Native American heritage but disputed suggestions that she used her ethnicity to help gain employment at the universities.
Obama, staying on attack, highlights consumer watchdog
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama, on the attack against Republicans, visited his new consumer financial protection agency chief on Friday to praise the agency's mission while urging Congress to extend a payroll tax cut through the end of the year.
White House mum over possible appointment legal advice
WASHINGTON - The White House on Thursday refused to say whether lawyers at the U.S. Justice Department gave the green light to President Barack Obama's controversial appointments to two agencies but experts said the department almost certainly did provide advice. | Video
Analysis: Obama consumer chief decision under a legal cloud
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could become entangled in a legal battle over its legitimacy, though history and the Constitution appear to favor him, experts said.
Obama defies Republicans with consumer agency pick
WASHINGTON/CLEVELAND - A defiant President Barack Obama said he will bypass Congress and install Richard Cordray as head of the country's new consumer financial watchdog, escalating an election-year fight with Republicans, who questioned the legality of the move.
Obama says won't take "no" on consumer watchdog
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Saturday said he will not take "no" for an answer on his nominee to head a new consumer watchdog agency, despite Republicans vowing to block him.
Obama says won't take 'no' on consumer watchdog
WASHINGTON, Dec 10 - President Barack Obama on Saturday said he will not take "no" for an answer on his nominee to head a new consumer watchdog agency, despite Republicans vowing to block him.
Republicans block Obama's consumer nominee
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans on Thursday beat back Democratic President Barack Obama's pick to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and each party accused the other of holding consumers hostage to politics.
Obama: Not giving up on consumer protection bureau
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he would not give up on having a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after Senate Republicans blocked his nominee to head the consumer watchdog.
Obama: Not giving up on consumer protection bureau
WASHINGTON, Dec 8 - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he would not give up on having a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after Senate Republicans blocked his nominee to head the consumer watchdog.
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Obama takes time to relax in Chicago hometown
CHICAGO - Life's simple pleasures are complicated when you are the president of the United States.
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