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Speaking to TODAY's Matt Lauer in the Green Room of the White House for nearly 30 minutes, President Obama said that additional funding tied to significant reforms — including a longer school year and lifting teaching as a profession — is a much-needed fix.

Nearly two years after he won the White House promising to end the war in Iraq, President Obama on Monday plans to mark the formal end of the combat mission there.

President Obama reached back to the financially happy days of Bill Clinton to pick the next budget director, announcing on Tuesday that Jacob Lew will be nominated for the key fiscal post.

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan has been summoned to Washington to explain derogatory comments about President Barack Obama and his colleagues.

A top aide to President Barack Obama discussed a possible administration job with a Colorado Democrat to try to keep him from running for the U.S. Senate against a candidate Obama had endorsed, the White House acknowledged on Thursday.

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said on Tuesday that she intends to press the issue of border security in a meeting this week with President Barack Obama at the White House.

President Barack Obama put aside policy pronouncements for a night and took a stab at stand-up comedy on Saturday at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

President Obama plans to nominate three new Federal Reserve governors, a source says.

White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has publicly discussed his well-known political ambition: Being mayor of Chicago. Of course, 21-year incumbent Richard Daley will have to retire first. "I hope Mayor Daley seeks reelection; I will work and ...

The White House said the economic stimulus bill created or saved about 2.5 million jobs through the first quarter, mostly as a result of tax relief and financial assistance to lower- and middle-income families.