WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will face fresh pressure on Cuba and illegal drugs when he meets this week with Latin American leaders, some of whom have grown skeptical of his promise to forge a new era of partnership.

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is embracing an unlikely group of political icons as he tries to paint Mitt Romney as extreme: He#39;s praising Republican presidents from Abraham Lincoln to Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan.

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is embracing an unlikely group of political icons as he tries to paint Mitt Romney as extreme: He#39;s praising Republican presidents from Abraham Lincoln to Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is laying groundwork to make the majority-conservative Supreme Court a campaign issue this fall, taking a political page from Republicans who have long railed against liberal judges who don#39;t vote their way.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is laying groundwork to make the majority-conservative Supreme Court a campaign issue this fall, taking a political page from Republicans who have long railed against liberal judges who donand#8217;t vote their way.