Limos, helicopters, aides turn around after Obama scuttles Asia trip to focus on health care. Rooms were booked, limousines waiting, snipers staking out positions. Then President Barack Obama ditched plans to visit Guam, Indonesia and Australia ? health care trumping Asia, an expected House vote Sunday grounding Air Force One's planned departure that day.

US President Barack Obama confidently declared Wednesday that his historic health care overhaul legislation would pass, as the bill faced a cliffhanger weekend vote likely to define his legacy.

US President Barack Obama's health care overhaul got a boost Wednesday ahead of a likely weekend vote as a Democrat once fiercely against the bill threw his support to the historic legislation.

A fierce Democratic foe of the White House's historic health care overhaul said Wednesday he would vote for the bill, citing a fear that defeating the measure would destroy Barack Obama's presidency.

A fierce Democratic foe of the White House's historic health care overhaul said Wednesday he would vote for the bill, citing a fear that defeating the measure would destroy Barack Obama's presidency.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Exceptions to federal open records law flourish under Obama administration. One year into its promise of greater government transparency, the Obama administration is more often citing exceptions to the nation's open records law to withhold federal records even as the number of requests for information declines, according to a review by The Associated Press of agency audits about the Freedom of Information Act.

Just back from a recent day trip to Georgia, President Barack Obama walked into the Oval Office and told his senior staff to get a grip.

When the going gets tough, Obama focuses on the long view, not the daily ups and downs. Just back from a recent day trip to Georgia, President Barack Obama walked into the Oval Office and told his senior staff to get a grip.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou called on the United States Monday to crack down on speculators he accused of trying to undermine his country battling a severe debt crisis.

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The White House is confident it will meet a June deadline for making appointments to fill vacancies on the Federal Reserve Board, spokesman Bill Burton said on Monday.

CAPITAL CULTURE: Even Barack Obama needs a BFF or two; Chicago friends stay close to him in DC. Even a president needs to have a BFF or two.

EDITOR'S NOTE ? An occasional look at the Obama effect in the capital and beyond.

VIENNA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Thursday it feared Iran may be working now to develop a nuclear-armed missile, as Washington warned Tehran of "consequences" for ignoring international demands to stop its atomic program.

The United States voiced renewed concern Thursday about Iran's nuclear program after a report by the UN's atomic watchdog suggested Tehran may be working on a nuclear warhead.

A Texas man crashed a small plane into a building containing a federal tax office on Thursday after leaving an apparent suicide note on the Internet attacking the US authorities.

The United States voiced renewed concern Thursday about Iran's nuclear program after a report by the UN's atomic watchdog suggested Tehran may be working on a nuclear warhead.

A Texas man crashed a small plane into a building containing a federal tax office on Thursday after leaving an apparent suicide note on the Internet attacking the US authorities.

A disturbed Texas man deliberately crashed a small plane into a building containing a federal tax office Thursday in an apparent suicide attempt, after setting his house on fire, officials said.

A year later, diminished hopes, uncertain future for Obama administration's housing plan. The new president climbed aboard Air Force One a year ago for a trip to Phoenix to reveal his strategy for attacking the housing crisis. It was a signal moment in the buoyant early days of Barack Obama's administration.

New color footage shows JFK arriving in Dallas the day he was assassinated in 1963. New color video footage showing President John F. Kennedy's arrival in Dallas the day he was assassinated is the best home movie ever made of the event, the curator of the Dallas JFK museum said.