President Barack Obama on Wednesday declared an end to the war on budget deficits and pledged instead to fight the “deficit of opportunity” for the poor and middle class. In a lengthy speech on his ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama conducted a massive media blitz Sunday to try to convince more Americans to back a U.S. healthcare overhaul that he and his Democrats are determined to ...

The full text of his speech can be found here (in the video his speech starts at the 49 minute mark). The crux of the speech is this: With an endless parade of distractions, political posturing and ...

Offering a more upbeat view of the economy, President Barack Obama resurrected his jobs proposals Thursday, advancing modest initiatives as he pushed for action on more ambitious efforts that face ...

President Obama on Tuesday outlined a series of policies he said would save home ownership for the middle class. In a speech Tuesday in Arizona, one of the states hit hardest by the housing crisis ...

"The middle class is shrinking" might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists alike use it to justify nearly all government interventions, from tariffs to minimum-wage hikes to ...

The rich aren’t taxed enough and the middle class is taxed too much. As for your taxes, you probably think they’re too high as well. Those are the results of an Associated Press-GfK poll that found ...

Since 1979, the American Enterprise Institute calculated, the ranks of the upper middle class, earning $133,000 to $400,000, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama insisted he can overhaul the U.S. healthcare system and keep a campaign pledge not to raise taxes for anyone but the wealthiest Americans, in a media ...