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.

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama must persuade voters to give him the benefit of the doubt when he defends his policies in the State of the Union address on Tuesday, since his promised efforts to boost jobs and other key goals are still works in progress. Some of the most pressing issues facing his presidency have bogged down in a divided Congress or been sidelined while Obama focuses on ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama#39;s jobs council called on Tuesday for a corporate tax overhaul, expanded domestic drilling and new regulatory reforms, a set of proposals unlikely to provide a quick fix for high unemployment or gain much traction in an election year. A panel of top U.S. business leaders advising Obama - whose re-election chances could hinge on whether he can boost ...

President Barack Obama says his administration has made quot;substantial progressquot; in embracing outside ideas on how to solidify the economic recovery.

Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney#39;s team hit back Saturday at President Barack Obama#39;s campaign for portraying him as a jobs destroyer, ahead of a pivotal US election primary in South Carolina.