The U.S. Congress voted on Thursday to restore aid for about 2.5 million jobless Americans while President Barack Obama had a setback in his fight against unemployment when initial claims for benefits surged.

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Congress votes to restore unemployment benefits

President Barack Obama called Shirley Sherrod, the former government official at the center of a storm of racial controversy, on Thursday to express his “regret” about the events that led to her being forced to resign this week.

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Barack Obama calls Shirley Sherrod, fired USDA director

A Republican — any Republican — has a better chance of being the next Commander-in-Chief than President Barack Obama himself.

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Generic GOPer leads Obama in 2012 presidential race: poll

The president would like Republicans to change their message from “Hell no you can’t” to “Yes we can.” President Barack Obama took a partisan tone during his weekly Saturday address, blasting Senate Republicans for blocking jobless benefits extensions.

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Obama blasts GOP: Quit obstructing jobless benefits extension

Reacting to harsh criticism, an Iowa tea party chapter has replaced a controversial billboard which featured President Barack Obama alongside Adolf Hitler and Communist leader Vladimir Lenin.

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Tea party billboard comparing Obama to Hitler covered up

U.S. President Barack Obama discussed his efforts to stimulate the economy and create jobs with billionaire U.S

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Billonaire Buffett meets with Obama on jobs, economy

Aides to U.S.

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Stimulus saved or created 3 million jobs: Obama aides

Sarah Palin has a message for Barack Obama: “What happens in Vegas shouldn’t stay in Vegas.” The former VP candidate posted the statement on Twitter Sunday, asking fans to share an editorial from the Las Vegas Review-Journal bashing the President for comments he made at a Nevada fundraiser for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

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Sarah Palin calls Barack Obama ‘backasswards’

Disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who has loudly and sometimes profanely denied allegations that he tried to sell Barack Obama’s old Senate seat, was at a loss for words when his spokesman alerted him that investigators were secretly taping him.

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Loudmouth Blago at loss for words after finding out feds recorded him

WASHINGTON — A House measure blending money for President Barack Obama’s Afghanistan troop surge with last-ditch moves by Democrats to salvage their faltering jobs agenda faces an uphill climb in the Senate.

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House passes $80 billion for Afghanistan war