President Barack Obama is the only president of the last five whose federal Circuit and District Court nominees waited more than half a year to be confirmed after being nominated, according to a new report. Barry J. McMillion, an analyst ...

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President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated two people for federal judgeships: Gregory Howard Woods for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; and Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. ...

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President Barack Obama reflected on “our long journey toward equality for all” this week and issued a proclamation in honor of Law Day, declaring Wednesday to be Law Day USA. “As a nation, we are bound together not by the ...

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WASHINGTON — Enveloped by political gridlock, President Barack Obama reached out to rank-and-file Republicans, hosting GOP senators for dinner Wednesday night and then visiting Capitol Hill next week for separate meetings with Senate and House Republicans. A congressional aide said the ...

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is trying to change the face of a federal judiciary that has a long tradition of white men passing judgment on parties from all walks of life — if he can get his nominees past ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama kept up pressure on Congress on Monday to pass tough new gun legislation, seeking help from law enforcement leaders in three communities that have suffered the horrors of mass shootings. At a White House ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an embarrassing setback for President Barack Obama, a federal appeals court panel ruled Friday that he violated the Constitution in making certain recess appointments and moved to curtail a chief executive’s ability in the future to ...

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WASHINGTON — New taxes are coming Jan. 1 to help finance President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Most people may not notice. But they will pay attention if Congress decides to start taxing employer-sponsored health insurance, one option in play ...

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HONOLULU — With a yearend deadline looming before the economy goes over the so-called fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama is cutting short his traditional Christmas holiday in Hawaii, planning to leave for Washington on Wednesday evening. Obama was expected to ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — One early focus of new gun regulations by President Barack Obama and some lawmakers would reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons, a law widely regarded as imperfect. The ban, which existed for 10 years until 2004, ...

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WASHINGTON — Big differences remain, but there is finally movement in long-stalled talks on avoiding the “fiscal cliff.” House Speaker John Boehner is offering $1 trillion in higher tax revenue over 10 years and an increase in the top tax ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard arguments Wednesday in a case that considers whether President Barack Obama violated the Constitution earlier this year when he bypassed the Senate to fill vacancies in his ...

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