The White House says President Barack Obama on Friday morning will sign a bill that expands a popular homebuyers tax credit and extends unemployment benefits.

Congress is sending President Barack Obama legislation to expand a popular homebuyers tax credit and extend unemployment benefits.

House Republicans have produced a health care bill to offer as an alternative to legislation by majority Democrats, focusing more on lowering costs than expanding coverage.

President Barack Obama has spent a few hours getting a first-hand look at the cost of war: the Americans who return in flag-covered caskets. Obama made a midnight trip to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware base to honor the return of 18 Americans killed in Afghanistan this week.

President Barack Obama says a $680 billion defense policy bill he signed into law proves that it’s possible to change the business-as-usual atmosphere in Washington.

President Barack Obama says Americans’ values are offended by excessive paychecks for executives whose companies were bailed out by taxpayers. Speaking at the White House on Thursday, Obama praised the Treasury Department’s decision to order seven big companies that haven’t paid back last year’s government bailouts to halve their top executives’ average compensation.

A pivotal Senate committee has approved a sweeping remake of the country’s health care system, delivering a long-sought boost to President Barack Obama’s goal of expanding coverage. The 14-9 vote in the Senate Finance Committee sets up a historic debate on the Senate floor and moves health care overhaul closer to reality than it has been for decades.

President Barack Obama says he will make his decision on new troops for Afghanistan in “the coming weeks.“

One of President Barack Obama’s top aides says Fox News Channel acts like a wing of the Republican Party. White House Communications Director Anita Dunn told CNN’s “Reliable Sources” on Sunday that Fox News operates “almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party.“

He says he’s surprised and humbled…and that he doesn’t deserve to be in the company of some of the others who’ve won the Nobel Peace Prize. President Barack Obama was awarded the prize today, in what members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said could be seen as an effort to build gloal support for his policies.

The committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize says it decided to give that prize to President Barack Obama to “promote what he stands for” and for the “positive processes” that he’s started. The prize was created partly to encourage ongoing peace efforts—but Obama’s work is at a far earlier stage than with past winners of the prize.

As he sets a new course for the United States in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama is apparently ready to draw distinctions between the Taliban and al-Qaida—and focus the fight on al-Qaida. His spokesman, Robert Gibbs, says, “They’re not the same type of group.“

Senate Democrats have reached a deal to extend unemployment insurance benefits to workers in every state who are in danger of seeing their benefits run dry in the coming weeks.

The House has voted to significantly expand four-decades-old hate crimes law to protect those attacked because of their sexual orientation. The Senate is expected to act soon on the bill, which is attached to must-pass defense policy legislation.

President Barack Obama keeps his attention on global terror and security matters on Tuesday, as he continues a series of meetings with advisers and others on Afghanistan.

House Republicans are backing off an effort to reprimand a Florida congressman for saying the GOP’s health care plans amount to wanting sick people to “die quickly.“ Republicans led by Rep. Tom Price of Georgia drafted a resolution last week scolding Democrat Alan Grayson for his remarks. The measure mirrored a resolution that Democrats pushed through last month against Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., for shouting “You lie!“ at President Barack Obama.

The government is now trying to get the word out that any cell phone use while behind the wheel can be extremly dangerous. In Washington, the Transportation Department is so worried about drivers who don’t keep their minds on driving, that they’re holding a summit meeting about it. Distracted Drivers reportedly cause thousands of traffic deaths a year. ABC News’ T.J. Winick has more.

The Senate Finance Committee has voted against creating a new government health insurance plan to compete with the private market.

President Barack Obama says the United States was slow to recognize the magnitude of climate change, but that Washington is moving swiftly to catch up.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, says in a confidential report that without additional forces, the war against insurgents will end in failure, The Washington Post reported Monday.

President Barack Obama is making another impassioned plea for passage of his health care plan, calling it a “defining struggle of this generation.“

The White House says President Barack Obama doesn’t believe he’s being criticized because of his race. Spokesman Robert Gibbs said Wednesday that Obama - the nation’s first black president - doesn’t think that criticism of his policies is “based on the color of his skin.“

The Food and Drug Administration approved the new swine flu vaccine Tuesday, a long-anticipated step as the government works to get vaccinations under way next month.

Barring a last-minute apology to Congress, Republican Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina faces what is likely to be a partisan vote scolding him for shouting “You lie!“ at President Barack Obama.

President Barack Obama says he sees new signs of the kind of high-risk business behavior that nearly caused a financial meltdown a year ago and is warning Wall Street there won’t be another bailout.

White House economists say the Obama administration’s recovery efforts have saved or created more than a million jobs. President Barack Obama has promised that his $787 billion stimulus plan will create or save 3.5 million jobs by the end of next year. In its first report to Congress, the Council on Economic Advisers says the number is more than 1 million, and the stimulus has been the driving force.

President Barack Obama says he accepts Republican Rep. Joe Wilson’s apology for shouting “You lie!“ at the president during his speech to Congress Wednesday night. Obama says Wilson apologized “quickly and without equivocation.“

President Barack Obama is keeping up the drumroll for health insurance change, saying new government figures paint a grim picture of 6 million Americans losing their coverage.

President Barack Obama addressed Congress in a hard push for Healthcare Reform. We have a rundown of the speech and reaction from lawmakers who represent the CSRA. UPDATE from ABC News:
President Obama awaits the fallout from Wednesday night’s passionate plea to Congress to pass his top priority…health care reform. Did he change minds? One of the biggest moments of interest came when a South Carolina Republican lawmaker yelled out in the middle of the address. What was behind the heckling from the Republican side of the room? ABC News John Hendren is in Washington with the latest.

Public disapproval of President Barack Obama’s handling of health care has jumped to 52 percent, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll released hours before he makes his case for overhaul in a prime-time address to Congress.