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President Obama signed his health insurance reform plan into law two years ago. Some of the provisions of the law have already gone into effect.

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Today, President Obama spoke again about the country’s need for an all-of-the-above U.S. energy strategy.

President Obama has called for an "all of the above" energy strategy , ranging from taxpayer funding for electric vehicles to more drilling for oil and natural gas. The goal is to get a greater contribution from domestic renewable energy sources, such as the sun and wind, yet maintain cheap domestic energy from traditional fossil fuels. [More]

It will help more start-ups get out of the gate, but after that it's going to be messy. Yesterday the House passed the Jumpstart our Business Start-ups (or JOBS) Act, in a rare demonstration of bipartisan good feeling. The bill’s wide support (it passed 390 to 23) indicates just how well-loved start-ups are now in the popular imagination

Can paying recent graduates to work and play in Detroit infuse the city with extra creativity? Challenge Detroit is banking on it. "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste," President Obama's then chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is reported to have said of the 2008 meltdown of the financial sector.

Last week President Obama signed a sweeping aviation bill that, among other things, will open the skies to “unmanned aircraft systems,” more commonly known as drones. Much of the discussion regarding the coming era of domestic drones has been focused on the many important questions regarding their use at low altitudes. To what extent will it be legal, for example, for drones to hover 300 feet above residential neighborhoods snapping pictures into backyards and windows?

President Obama and the Treasury Department proposed a major overhaul to the corporate tax rate. Here's what it means for small business

David Cross told Playboy Magazine that he snorted cocaine just feet away from President Obama during the White House Correspondent's Diner back in 2009.

Using smarty-pants economists and computer scientists, Yahoo analyzed historical data and says the math points to the prez taking the White House this fall. An entire industry has emerged to try to predict who will triumph in any particular political contest

Today, President Obama unveiled his $3.8 trillion 2013 budget proposal for the federal government.

No, not because Buffett said so. Because 2012 could be a year in which paying more now could mean paying less later

President Obama pledged $130 million for Alzheimer's disease research over the next two years, and an additional $26 million to support caregivers.