A weaker-than-expected jobs report became election-year fodder as Republicans seized on the numbers to criticize President Barack Obama, and Democrats warned against reading too much into one month of data.

President Barack Obama accused Republicans on Tuesday of favoring the rich with a budget plan that focuses on cutting popular programs, which the White House sees as a potent vote winner for Democrats ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, seizing on Republican plans to slash spending that the White House sees as a potent vote winner for Democrats in this year#39;s election, will use a speech on Tuesday to reinforce his message that his opponents favor the rich. In a week in which Republican Mitt Romney is expected to extend his lead in the race for his party#39;s nomination to confront ...

Washington — President Barack Obama plans a pair of local campaign fundraisers April#39; at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn and in Oakland County.

Top Democrats — including President Barack Obama’s re-election team — are now keeping their distance from the Trayvon Martin uproar, as each day reveals more facts about the teen’s slaying.