President Barack Obama said Sunday that he deserved to be re-elected because the US economy is adding jobs and recovering, in stark contrast to the bleak monthly unemployment hikes he inherited in 2009.

The most recent US jobs report may be the turning point for Barack Obama#39;s presidential re-election chances.

On Tuesday, the White House’s website highlighted President Barack Obama’s campaign trail support for the H-1B visa program. Just hours before, he had dismissed a woman’s worries about her husband and other American engineers losing jobs to foreign engineers allowed into the United States under H-1B.

President Barack Obama is trying to rebuild the American economy, one job at a time — literally.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will pitch new initiatives on jobs, taxes and housing in an election-year State of the Union address on Tuesday, making a sweeping case for a second term despite the slow U.S. economic recovery and high jobless rate. Framed in what is expected to be a starkly populist speech, most of Obama#39;s proposals will face stiff Republican resistance, limiting ...