President

Budget Battles

  • Romney vs. Obama: A Clearer Choice after Ryan

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    Mitt Romney had a reputation as the head of Bain Capital for seeking to reduce the private equity firm’s risk and maximizing its reward. But the presumptive Republican presidential nominee took a...

  • Republican Convention Will Be No Tea Party

    By Samuel P Jacobs, Reuters

    Since attorney Ted Cruz's victory in the Texas GOP primary for a Senate seat last week, Tea Party members across the country have been touting the strength of their conservative movement and its...

  • The Rising Stock Market Could Get Obama Reelected

    By Rodrigo Campos, Reuters

    Barack Obama often gets slammed for his stewardship of the U.S. economy, but for stock investors, he's been one of the best presidents since World War Two.

  • Obama’s Surging New Poll Numbers Widen the Gap

    By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal Times

    The barrage of negative ads painting Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee, as a wealthy, tax-avoiding aristocrat is working for President Obama. With just a few weeks before the national...

  • Why Obama's Welfare Waivers Have Both Sides Seething

    By Eric Pianin

    When he first heard that the administration was offering some states the chance to waive some work requirements in the federal welfare program, Ron Haskins said he had little doubt that President...