AP - A determined Republican stall campaign in the Senate has sidetracked so many of the men and women nominated by President Barack Obama for judgeships that he has put fewer people on the bench than any president since Richard Nixon at a similar point in his first term 40 years ago.

AFP - US President Barack Obama will mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks at the Pentagon, and Vice President Joe Biden will be at the World Trade Center site in New York, the White House said Monday.

AFP - US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday had the latest of their regular conversations about the war in Afghanistan and the Middle East, the White House said.

AP - The Obama administration is trying to jump-start its sputtering attempts to tackle the foreclosure crisis with an effort to assist homeowners who owe more on their properties than their homes are worth.

AFP - President Barack Obama said Sunday he wants to "keep on pushing" the economy to keep a fragile recovery on track but also pay more attention to getting debt and deficits under control.

AFP - US President Barack Obama Monday paid tribute to Poland's communist-era Solidarity movement on its 30th anniversary, saying it continued to inspire all who seek freedom around the world.

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday expanded financial sanctions against North Korea amid signs that the isolated nation is hoping for an early resumption of stalled nuclear talks.

Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden flew into Iraq Monday to assure Iraqis the United States is not abandoning them as it stops combat operations, a milestone in the 7-1/2 year war the Obama administration is trying to end.

AFP - President Barack Obama will on Tuesday move to reform US export rules, hoping to boost trade while hampering the sale of sensitive technology.

AP - Activists from the Appalachian region called on the Obama administration Monday to end the practice of mountaintop removal coal mining, saying it is destroying their land and harming their water quality.

AP - The White House says there are two words President Barack Obama will not say Tuesday night in his speech about the end of the U.S. combat role in Iraq: "Mission accomplished."

AP - More drenching rain and wind gusts are in the forecast Tuesday for the vacationing President Barack Obama.

Reuters - President Barack Obama's July 2011 date to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan has given a morale boost to Taliban insurgents, who believe they can wait out NATO forces, the top U.S. Marine said Tuesday.

AFP - US troop numbers in Iraq fell below 50,000 on Tuesday, a week ahead of an official end to America's combat mission, as a poll cast doubt on the timing of the pullout and warned of negative consequences.