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In a White House news conference Thursday morning, President Obama urged Congress to pass his jobs-creation plan.

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As talks resumed Monday after a weekend of no progress with congressional leaders, President Obama insisted that now is the time for a far-reaching deal on the federal debt.

He warned that the U.S. will default on its debts if a deal is not struck soon, and said he will not sign a proposed short-term deal that would postpone the reckoning.

Steve Inskeep talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about Obama's news conference.

Before heading to Hawaii for the holidays, President Obama signed a law to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military, and won ratification of the new START Treaty.

The president's last planned news conference of the year was delivered with a victorious tone.

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For the third time in a week, President Obama spoke about the economy, announcing a new head of the Council of Economic advisers Friday in a nationally televised news conference at the White House.

He also continued to press his case that Republicans are responsible for the bad economy and are presenting no new ideas about how to fix it.

President Obama used a prime-time news conference Wednesday night to try to win support for major changes to the nation's health care system.

With polls showing the public wary of his handling of the issue, Obama tried to allay the concerns of those who now have health insurance and fear their coverage will be reduced.

Austin police have scheduled a 10:30 a.m. news conference to release new information about the deaths of two young people near the UT Campus Tuesday.

When President Obama holds his first Rose Garden news conference later today, he'll be honoring a White house tradition.

The Obama administration was expected to be all about Twittering and Facebook posts and text messages. The mainstream media feared they'd be irrelevant.

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Event: The University of Texas at Austin will hold a news conference to announce the naming of one of its research units.

President William Powers Jr. will make the announcement. When: 1 p.m., Monday, Dec. 1. Where: Main Building, Room 212.

(Members of the news media should stop at the guard booth at the 24th and Whitis [...]

From City of Austin's Watershed Protection and Development Review Department: What: News conference about new flood guages that will help COA prepare better for floods.

When: Friday, March 21, 2008 - 9:30 - 10:30 AM Where: Pedestrian Bridge on Silverway,...