Peter Baker New York Times

President Barack Obama has made clear what he will miss the most when he leaves office in 15 months. "People sometimes ask me what the biggest perk of being president is," he told visitors at the White House last week. "No. 1 is the plane."

"We are going to more effectively capture what is the boundless energy and talent of Americans who have the will but sometimes need a little help..."

Perhaps it is nothing more than an accident of timing that as federal workers brace for a summer filled with unpaid furlough days, their leaders are traveling the nation and globe on trips that exude luxury.

President Barack Obama plans to open a new phase in the nation's long struggle with terrorism on Thursday by restricting the use of unmanned drone strikes that have been at the heart of his national security strategy and shifting control of them away from the CIA to the military.

US President Obama invited former President George W Bush to join him at ground zero in New York City on Thursday to mark the killing of Osama bin Laden, but Mr. Bush declined, a spokesman for the former president confirmed on Tuesday."President Bush will not be in attendance on Thursday," said his spokesman, David Sherzer. "He appreciated the invi...

For years, the agonizing search for Osama bin Laden kept coming up empty. Then last July, Pakistanis working for the Central Intelligence Agency drove up behind a white Suzuki navigating the bustling streets near Peshawar, Pakistan, and wrote down the car's license plate.The man in the car was bin Laden's most trusted courier, and over the next mon...

Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world, was killed in a firefight with United States forces in Pakistan on Sunday, President Obama announced. (Watch: Obama announces Osama's death | Full Text) In a dramatic late-night appearance in the East Room of the Whi...

Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world, was killed in a firefight with United States forces in Pakistan on Sunday, President Obama announced.In a dramatic late-night appearance in the East Room of the White House, Mr. Obama declared that "justice has been ...

US President Obama made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan  on Friday as he sought to smooth over a troubled relationship with President Hamid Karzai  and take stock of a nine-year-old American-led war that he hopes to begin winding down next summer.Mr. Obama arrived at Bagram Air Base after a secret overnight flight. Bad weather and hig...

Somewhere along the way, the apostle of change became its target, engulfed by the same currents that swept him to the White House two years ago. Now, President Obama must find a way to recalibrate with nothing less than his presidency on the line. The verdict delivered by voters on Tuesday effectively put an end to his transformational ambitions an...

Federal agents and police detectives have arrested a Connecticut man, Faisal Shahzad, in connection with Saturday's failed Times Square car bombing, two people briefed on the investigation said.

US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday "a systemic failure" allowed the attempted Christmas Day attack on a US-bound flight from Amsterdam.

President Barack Obama has made clear what he will miss the most when he leaves office in 15 months. "People sometimes ask me what the biggest perk of being president is," he told visitors at the White House last week. "No. 1 is the plane."

"We are going to more effectively capture what is the boundless energy and talent of Americans who have the will but sometimes need a little help..."

Perhaps it is nothing more than an accident of timing that as federal workers brace for a summer filled with unpaid furlough days, their leaders are traveling the nation and globe on trips that exude luxury.

President Barack Obama plans to open a new phase in the nation's long struggle with terrorism on Thursday by restricting the use of unmanned drone strikes that have been at the heart of his national security strategy and shifting control of them away from the CIA to the military.

US President Obama invited former President George W Bush to join him at ground zero in New York City on Thursday to mark the killing of Osama bin Laden, but Mr. Bush declined, a spokesman for the former president confirmed on Tuesday."President Bush will not be in attendance on Thursday," said his spokesman, David Sherzer. "He appreciated the invi...

For years, the agonizing search for Osama bin Laden kept coming up empty. Then last July, Pakistanis working for the Central Intelligence Agency drove up behind a white Suzuki navigating the bustling streets near Peshawar, Pakistan, and wrote down the car's license plate.The man in the car was bin Laden's most trusted courier, and over the next mon...

Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world, was killed in a firefight with United States forces in Pakistan on Sunday, President Obama announced. (Watch: Obama announces Osama's death | Full Text) In a dramatic late-night appearance in the East Room of the Whi...

Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world, was killed in a firefight with United States forces in Pakistan on Sunday, President Obama announced.In a dramatic late-night appearance in the East Room of the White House, Mr. Obama declared that "justice has been ...

US President Obama made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan  on Friday as he sought to smooth over a troubled relationship with President Hamid Karzai  and take stock of a nine-year-old American-led war that he hopes to begin winding down next summer.Mr. Obama arrived at Bagram Air Base after a secret overnight flight. Bad weather and hig...

Somewhere along the way, the apostle of change became its target, engulfed by the same currents that swept him to the White House two years ago. Now, President Obama must find a way to recalibrate with nothing less than his presidency on the line. The verdict delivered by voters on Tuesday effectively put an end to his transformational ambitions an...

Federal agents and police detectives have arrested a Connecticut man, Faisal Shahzad, in connection with Saturday's failed Times Square car bombing, two people briefed on the investigation said.

US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday "a systemic failure" allowed the attempted Christmas Day attack on a US-bound flight from Amsterdam.