U.S. President Barack Obama has assured German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a phone call that the United States "is not monitoring and will not monitor" her communications, said the White House on Wednesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday conversed with French President Francois Hollande over the phone following the news reports about the U.S. National Security Agency's alleged spying efforts against French citizens, said the White House.
U.S. Senate Wednesday night approved the bipartisan deal which would lift the debt ceiling and end the partial shutdown of the federal government, bringing the bill closer to a final congressional passage.
U.S. President Barack Obama plans to meet with Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon, the White House said.
As the fiscal wrangle over U.S. federal government's budget and debt ceiling lingers, U.S. President Barack Obama has started to reach out to congressional leaders of both parties to end the fiscal impasse.
A White House meeting between U. S. President Barack Obama and House Republican leaders on Thursday ended with no specific determination made on how to end the government shutdown or raise the nation's debt limit.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Democrats and Republicans to work on their budget differences to end the fiscal logjam, saying he is willing to talk with Republicans only after the threats of government shutdown and debt default are removed.
U.S. Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Saturday unanimously approved a bill to pay back about 800,000 furloughed government workers once the current partial government shutdown ends.
U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and her fellow Democrats urged Republicans on Thursday to reopen the federal government and not to blend shutdown with debt ceiling.
U.S. President Barack Obama has canceled his plan to attend an APEC summit in Indonesia and a East Asia summit in Brunei next week because of the government shutdown impasse, the White House said late Thursday.
U.S. President Barack Obama's refusal to work in a bipartisan way has led to the first partial government shutdown in 17 years, said U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor Thursday, who insisted a key part of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, should be delayed for one year.
A White House meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders on Wednesday afternoon ended with finger pointing but little sign of progress toward ending the government shutdown.
A White House meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders on Wednesday afternoon ended with finger pointing but little sign of progress toward ending the government shutdown.
U.S. President Barack Obama and the House Republicans geared up for a budget fight on Friday as Washington faces a potential government shutdown.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday secured the key backing of House leaders in his push for military action in Syria, as his administration continued to persuade the rest of Congress by sending Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to make the case in a Senate hearing.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday had lunch with former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, and the White House said the meeting was "chiefly social," denying they were discussing prospects for Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday narrowly defeated an amendment of the Defense Authorization Act that would restrict surveillance of the American public by the National Security Agency (NSA).
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