President Barack Obama hosted activist and U2 frontman Bono at the White House's Oval Office Friday to discuss US development policy ahead of key international meetings later this year.

President Barack Obama has accelerated the search for his next Supreme Court nominee by interviewing candidates, including federal judges Merrick Garland and Sidney Thomas, according to a person with knowledge of the conversations.

A top adviser to President Barack Obama says no new oil drilling will be authorized until authorities learn what caused the explosion of the rig Deepwater Horizon

President Barack Obama on Friday directed that no new offshore oil drilling leases be issued unless rigs have new safeguards to prevent a repeat of the explosion that unleashed the massive spill threatening the Gulf Coast with major environmental damage.

President Barack Obama says mining accidents like the latest one in Kentucky that claimed two lives must be prevented.