Tom Raum

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Obama, fellow Dems are at odds on big trade bills

Tom Raum · February 18, 2014 7:19 pm

Analysis: Washington gridlock at a crossroads

Tom Raum · February 7, 2014 1:55 pm

Foes of Obama trade pacts mostly fellow Democrats

Tom Raum · January 25, 2014 5:09 pm

Fiscal fatigue grabs capital as Obama preps speech

Tom Raum · January 17, 2014 10:37 pm

FILE This Nov. 27, 2013 file photo of part of the HealthCare.gov website page featuring information about the SHOP Marketplace is photographed in Washington. Although multiple problems have snarled the rollout of President Barack Obama's signature health care law, it's hardly the first time a new, sprawling government program has been beset by early technical glitches, political hostility and gloom-and-doom denouncements. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Health law not first new program with launch woes

Tom Raum · December 25, 2013 7:58 am

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama smiles as he arrives at the Saban Forum to speak about the Middle East at the Willard Hotel in Washington. Obama's approval ratings for handling foreign policy issues generally top his ratings for most domestic issues, including the economy and health care, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. But the poll also suggests a majority of Americans want the president to pull troops out of Afghanistan faster than he's doing, and many are skeptical about a tentative nuclear deal with Iran. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

AP-GfK poll: Obama int’l ratings top domestic ones

Tom Raum · December 18, 2013 6:53 pm

Blue ribbon panels stumble on trimming red ink

Tom Raum · December 2, 2013 8:32 am

For now, a last-minute end to twin fiscal crises

Tom Raum · October 18, 2013 8:38 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, left, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to reporters about their meeting with Senate Republicans regarding the government shutdown and debt ceiling on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Dual crises: Shutdown, debt limit could merge

Tom Raum · October 12, 2013 7:36 pm

Syrian refugees pass through the Turkish Cilvegozu gate border with Syria, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013. United Nations experts are investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria as the United States and allies prepare for the possibility of a punitive strike against President Bashar Assad's regime, blamed by the Syrian opposition for the attack. The international aid group Doctors Without Borders says at least 355 people were killed in the Aug. 21 attack. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Conflict, an alleged chemical attack, and fallout

Tom Raum · August 31, 2013 6:40 pm

President Barack Obama applauds after awarding US Army Staff Sgt. Ty M. Carter, left, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Carter received the medal for his courageous actions while serving as a cavalry scout with Bravo Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, during combat operations in Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2009. Carter is the fifth living recipient to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama awards Medal of Honor to Afghan war veteran

Tom Raum · August 26, 2013 11:49 pm

FILE - In this June 6, 2013, file photo. President Barack Obama gestures while speaking at Mooresville Middle School in Mooresville, N.C. Obama traveled to Mooresville, N.C. to promote his "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour." Back in January 2010, Obama set a lofty goal of doubling U.S. exports in five years. With just 18 months to go to 2015, that target seems to be slipping beyond reach and has vanished from White House talking points. Blame tepid U.S. manufacturing growth, the lingering weak global economy, and a stronger U.S. dollar, which makes it harder to sell American goods and services overseas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Obama likely to miss goal of doubling exports

Tom Raum · August 3, 2013 8:22 am