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• Sheriffs criticize Colorado gun laws

  April 3, 2013 8:37 PM

  DENVER - Sheriffs from more than a dozen Colorado counties held a news conference Wednesday to highlight what they see as flaws with the state's new gun control laws. The event was held a short distance away from the Denver Police Academy where President Obama held up the gun laws... more »

• Obama will make a stop in Denver today

  April 3, 2013 3:52 AM

  It's a trip to Colorado to continue his push for federal gun control legislation. President Obama will speak today at the Denver Police Academy. The academy is not far from the site of the mass shooting at an Aurora theater. The state has recently passed legislation aimed at curbing gun... more »

• NRA Day controversy highlights political divide

  April 1, 2013 8:32 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS - El Paso County Commissioners will vote this week whether to declare Thursday as Friends of the National Rifle Association Day . The resolution of appreciation is entirely symbolic. "They're fabulous community partners," said commissioner Peggy Littleton, who doesn't mind people knowing that she carries a concealed... more »

• Obama on NHL labor talks: 'Do right by your fans'

  December 13, 2012 9:45 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is urging the NHL and the players' association to "do right by your fans" and find a solution to the league's lockout. Obama says in an interview with WCCO-TV in Minneapolis that as president, he shouldn't have to get involved in a sports lockout.... more »

• Vice President Joe Biden stops in Pueblo Play Video

  November 3, 2012 8:24 PM

  Around 1,200 people packed the gym at Central High School in Pueblo today. We were there to hear from Vice President Joe Biden during one of his last campaign stops this election season. It's not the first time Joe Biden's been to Pueblo right before an election. He... more »

• Voting machines changed their vote, some say Play Video

  November 3, 2012 12:49 AM

  How would you feel if you went to vote for Mitt Romney, but it turned out you voted for Barack Obama? That's the concern in Pueblo County as early voters are coming forward, saying electronic voting machines changed their vote. Reports of problems have come from every polling location... more »

• Gov. Hickenlooper discusses the election on Meet the Press

  October 28, 2012 8:43 PM

  Several governors appeared on Meet The Press this morning, and John Hickenlooper was one of them. The main thing each has in common is they govern a battleground state. They all discussed their own viewpoints on the economy, jobs, and the election. Governor Hickenlooper says he was able to do... more »

• Here's what Paul Ryan had to say during a campaign stop today in Pueblo West

  October 22, 2012 7:04 PM

  Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Paul Ryan rallied in Pueblo West today. Around 500 people showed up just one day after he spoke in Colorado Springs. He took the stage this morning at Vision Mechanical. Ryan used the location for his speech because it's a small business, and he says that's what... more »

• Democrats rally for President Obama in Pueblo

  October 22, 2012 6:56 PM

  Not far from the Paul Ryan rally in Pueblo West today, Democrats in Pueblo rallied at the Union Depot to challenge Ryan's remarks and promote President Obama. Many women were on hand at the rally to speak up about why they want Mr. Obama re-elected. They say he has consistently... more »

• Beware of ticket scams involving Denver's Prez debate

  September 29, 2012 1:20 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The University of Denver is warning people about scams involving tickets to Wednesday's presidential debate between incumbent Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney. The university, which is hosting the event, says the debate is by invitation only and tickets will not be distributed before Wednesday. The... more »

• New politically fun phone app benefits blind and visually impaired children Play Video

  September 9, 2012 5:52 PM

  How about some fun this campaign season? From negatives ads to political bickering between friends on Facebook, you may already be exhausted. We found a political but fun phone app that's sole purpose is actually a good cause! The Rush-Miller Foundation started over a decade ago when Eric Miller's... more »

• Candidate-speak not helping undecided voters

  September 3, 2012 9:05 PM

  We're in the middle of political convention season, but there's a problem "Neither party has given definitive plans," says Glen Maurer, an undecided voter. Instead of getting their questions answered, voters, like Maurer, are left with more of them. "I want, what are you going to do?... more »

• Ale to the Chief: White House releases beer recipe

  September 1, 2012 7:49 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House has released its long-sought recipe for beer. President Barack Obama has been talking about the White House brew, but he and other officials have refused to disclose details of how it's made, despite an online petition and repeated questions from reporters. Well, beer lovers,... more »

• President Obama will make an appearance in Boulder

  August 27, 2012 5:55 PM

  President Barack Obama is scheduled to make a campaign stop in Boulder on Sunday. The unspecified events in Boulder will be the president's second campaign stop in Colorado in less than a week. He is scheduled to appear at a rally at Colorado State University in Fort Collins on Tuesday... more »

• President Obama heads back to Colorado next week

  August 22, 2012 4:51 PM

  President Barack Obama is returning to Colorado next week to try to steal the spotlight from the Republican National Convention. Obama is scheduled to address a rally at CSU Fort Collins on Tuesday evening, just as the Republicans' convention in Tampa heads toward its climax. Mitt Romney is scheduled to... more »

• Michelle Obama talks about the American Dream in Pueblo Play Video

  June 20, 2012 7:24 PM

  First Lady Michelle Obama creates a buzz in Pueblo. She is campaigning for her husband. Colorado is among several key battleground states, so we found out more from Mrs. Obama from the rally at the state fairgrounds. Long lines waiting to get a glimpse of the First... more »

• Obama salutes Air Force Academy football team

  April 23, 2012 8:29 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama struck a football running back's pose after congratulating the Air Force Academy football team for winning the Commander in Chief trophy, the academy's second in two years and 18th overall. Obama presented the trophy during a ceremony Monday in the White House East Room.... more »

• Obama says nation needs 'Buffett Rule'

  April 16, 2012 1:27 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says the nation can't afford to keep giving tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans "who don't need them and didn't even ask for them." Obama is using his weekly radio and Internet address to urge Americans to ask their member of Congress to support... more »

• Obama: Scenery may help Broncos lure Manning

  March 12, 2012 5:51 PM

  DENVER (AP) - President Barack Obama says the Denver Broncos will have an advantage if scenery is a factor in Peyton Manning's decision on what team to join. Obama made the comment Monday at the end of a White House interview with KCNC-TV in Denver. The president said, "If natural... more »

• Colorado gets No Child Left Behind exemption

  February 9, 2012 6:14 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Associated Press has learned that President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict requirements of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law. The move gives long-sought leeway to states that promise to improve how they prepare and evaluate students. A White House... more »

• Huntsman out of GOP race- to endorse Romney

  January 16, 2012 11:30 AM

  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Jon Huntsman staked his presidential campaign on New Hampshire and his bid to become a legitimate competitor on distinguishing himself from front-runner Mitt Romney. But less than a week after a disappointing third-place finish in the GOP primary there, Huntsman decided to quit the race and... more »

• Negative ads mix with holiday cheer in Iowa

  December 20, 2011 7:12 PM

  DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - Iowa residents flipping their TV channels this season aren't finding a whole lot of Christmas cheer. A barrage of negative campaign ads is flooding the airwaves, with ghoulish images of Newt Gingrich and Nancy Pelosi crowding Santa and doomsday music drowning out holiday song. Mitt Romney... more »

• Obama adviser says president best for middle-class

  October 27, 2011 10:14 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A presidential campaign adviser says that Barack Obama can tap into the frustrations typified by the Occupy Wall Street movement better than any Republican rival in 2012. Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs tells NBC's "Today" show Obama "is out there fighting for the middle class."... more »

• White House aims to speed up job-creating projects

  August 31, 2011 3:44 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama wants to hit the accelerator on job-creating infrastructure projects. The White House says Obama has directed the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Interior, Transportation and Housing and Urban Development to identify up to three high-priority projects that will create jobs and that already have... more »

• Libyan rebels say they are closing in on Tripoli

  August 21, 2011 4:42 AM

  TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Libyan rebels say they are closing in on Tripoli from the west and the front line is now less than 20 miles from the capital. They say a 600-strong rebel force that set out eastward from the coastal city of Zawiya reached the outskirts of... more »

• Appeals court strikes health insurance requirement

  August 12, 2011 1:47 PM

  ATLANTA (AP) - A federal appeals court has struck down the requirement in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul package that virtually all Americans must carry health insurance or face penalties. A divided three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday struck down the so-called individual... more »

• 'Really close' to debt deal as deadline nears

  July 31, 2011 4:21 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) -- Racing to avoid a government default, President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders reached urgently for a compromise Sunday to permit vital borrowing by the Treasury in exchange for more than $2 trillion in long-term spending cuts. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said the two sides were... more »

• President sends message to Congress to reach a deal

  July 30, 2011 10:43 AM

  In a weekly radio address President Barack Obama made reference to a ticking clock counting down to a Tuesday deadline proclaiming that the disagreements are not that great in urging Democratic and Republican lawmakers to work together in reaching a deal that would avoid a default in the US government... more »

• Obama calls Giffords' recovery a miracle

  June 14, 2011 8:26 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has an "incredible spirit," and calls her ongoing recovery from a gunshot to the head "a genuine miracle." Obama says it's "almost unimaginable" that Giffords is now walking, talking and laughing. He met with the congresswoman in April... more »

• Obama cheered over bin Laden's death

  May 10, 2011 10:17 PM

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The killing of Osama bin Laden has given President Barack Obama a new applause line for fundraising events. Obama boasted at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser Tuesday night that thanks to the U.S. military and American intelligence agencies, "Osama bin Laden will never again threaten... more »

• President Barack Obama says, "we cannot stand idly by"

  March 19, 2011 6:06 PM

  BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - President Barack Obama says the United States has launched a limited military action against Libya because the U.S. and its allies, as he puts it, "cannot stand idly by when a tyrant tells his people there will be no mercy." From Brazil, Obama reiterated the U.S.... more »

• White House takes credit for Bush-era wind jobs

  October 21, 2010 8:38 AM

  The Obama administration is crediting its anti-recession stimulus plan with creating up to 50,000 jobs on dozens of wind farms, even though many of those wind farms were built before the stimulus money began to flow or even before President Barack Obama was inaugurated. Out of 70 major wind... more »

• Chief of Staff Emanuel says goodbye to White House

  October 1, 2010 12:37 PM

  President Barack Obama has formally announced the departure of his chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, praising him as "extraordinarily well-qualified" for his new challenge - a run for mayor of Chicago. Emanuel stood next to Obama as the president gave him a high-profile send-off in the East Room. ... more »

• President signs $30 billion small business lending bill

  September 27, 2010 4:10 PM

  President Barack Obama has signed a bill creating a $30 billion fund to help small businesses expand and hire. The bill also includes eight separate tax breaks for small businesses and a boost for Small Business Administration loan programs. Obama says the incentives will help small businesses create jobs... more »

• President to address the nation on Iraq

  August 31, 2010 8:32 AM

  President Barack Obama speaks to the nation tonight to herald the formal end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq. The president will say tonight he's fulfilled a campaign promise. Ahead of the speech, he's thanking troops at Fort Bliss, Texas, for the valor they've shown in Iraq.... more »

• GOP House leader: Obama economic team should resign

  August 24, 2010 10:48 AM

  In a speech on jobs and the economy, House Republican leader John Boehner is urging President Barack Obama to support an extension of tax cuts and to fire key economic advisers. The text was released in advance before the lawmaker from southern Ohio spoke to the City Club of... more »

• US troops in Iraq fall below 50,000 number

  August 24, 2010 8:21 AM

  The American military says the number of US troops in Iraq has fallen below the 50,000 figure that was mandated by President Barack Obama. This is the lowest troop level in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. American forces in Iraq will no longer conduct what are described... more »

• President Obama politicking, raising money

  August 16, 2010 8:54 AM

  President Barack Obama is touching nearly every region of the country to stir up cash and attention for Democrats, launching a three-day trip. Obama will spend the heart of his Monday in Wisconsin, raising money for gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett and other Wisconsin Democrats. He will cap his... more »

• Obama playing host to Super Bowl champs

  August 9, 2010 8:53 AM

  Now that training camp is underway for the new NFL season, President Barack Obama will welcome the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints to the White House on Monday. The Saints will hold a football clinic with Washington-area children before the event with Obama. After their White House meeting,... more »

• States continue legal battle against health care law

  August 6, 2010 8:19 AM

  Twenty states and the nation's most influential small business lobby are about to respond to the federal government's attempt to dismiss their lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The states, the National Federation of Independent Business and several individual taxpayers will file their response Friday. A key... more »

• Obama pleads with Colorado Dems to stick with Bennet

  August 4, 2010 8:29 AM

  President Barack Obama is pleading with Colorado Democrats to stick with Sen. Michael Bennet in a primary challenge, calling the appointed senator "the person that I want alongside me." Bennet is facing a primary challenge from Andrew Romanoff, a former state lawmaker who has blasted Bennet as too cozy... more »

• Obama defends education policies to critics

  July 29, 2010 1:39 PM

  President Barack Obama says the country's long-term economic success will be tied to the success of the nation's schools. Speaking at the centennial convention of the National Urban League, Obama says he won't tolerate a status quo where United States lags behind other countries in education achievements. The... more »

• Obama's message to voters: Things could be worse

  July 26, 2010 8:42 AM

  President Barack Obama is trying to convince a cranky electorate not to change course in mid stream -- or in this case, at mid-term. His message for the fall elections, which are looking ominous for his Democrats, is that Republicans caused the nation's economic troubles, but he and the... more »

• Volcker sees economy as unstable

  July 23, 2010 9:13 AM

  Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker says years of over-consumption and the resulting debt have made the country's economy unstable. He told about 750 people Thursday in Steamboat Springs that both political parties have to come together to move the country forward and expressed frustration with the current political... more »

• Gulf Coasters skeptical of Obama, BP promises

  June 15, 2010 11:25 AM

  President Barack Obama promised that life would return to normal for people living on the stricken Gulf Coast, and BP said by the end of the month it would contain more than three times as much oil spewing from a ruptured undersea well. The pledges didn't placate some residents.... more »

• Obama to head to gulf in pivotal week for disaster response

  June 14, 2010 8:09 AM

  A crucial week is beginning for the disaster recovery effort along the Gulf coast as President Barack Obama heads there for his fourth visit to the oil spill zone. Obama will wrap up the two-day visit with a national address and on Wednesday, he plans to lay down the... more »

• White House used Bill Clinton to get Sestak out of senate race

  May 28, 2010 11:22 AM

  The White House confirms that it used former President Bill Clinton as an intermediary to discourage Rep. Joe Sestak's Democratic primary challenge in the Pennsylvania Senate race. A White House official familiar with the matter says Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel used Clinton as a go-between to ask Sestak... more »

• Obama heading to Louisiana for oil spill update

  May 28, 2010 8:11 AM

  President Barack Obama is heading to coastal areas of Louisiana for an update on the latest efforts to stop the devastating spill of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Obama was to get a briefing today from Adm. Thad Allen, who is overseeing the response to the spill... more »

• New Hawaii law shuns Obama document requests

  May 13, 2010 10:12 AM

  It's now law in Hawaii that the government can ignore requests for President Barack Obama's birth certificate. Republican Gov. Linda Lingle signed into law Wednesday a bill allowing state government agencies not to respond to follow-up requests for information if they determine that the subsequent request is substantially similar... more »

• Despite gulf spill, Americans still want drilling

  May 13, 2010 8:11 AM

  A new poll finds that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill hasn't stained President Barack Obama nor dimmed the public's desire for offshore energy drilling. While some conservative pundits have called this "Obama's Katrina," that's not how the public feels. The AP-GfK poll found that BP PLC, the company... more »

• Obama to choose Kagan for Supreme Court

  May 10, 2010 8:15 AM

  The woman President Barack Obama is set to nominate to the Supreme Court is known as sharp, politically savvy and someone who has led a blazing legal career. Solicitor General Elena Kagan was the first female dean of Harvard Law School and the first woman to serve as the top... more »

• White House adviser spills secret: Obama loves pie

  April 24, 2010 11:06 AM

  Presidents have had their indulgences - Ronald Reagan loved jellybeans and Bill Clinton binged at McDonald's. What's President Barack Obama's weak spot? Pie. Obama's senior adviser, David Axelrod, tells Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show" Friday that the president was forced to "separate" from the White House pastry chef to... more »

• Colorado school competes for Obama graduation speech

  April 10, 2010 1:14 PM

  A Colorado high school is in the race to win a commencement speech delivered by President Barack Obama. The Denver School of Science & Technology was one of six schools named a finalist in the national competition on Friday. The charter school was selected after submitting answers to essay questions,... more »

• Obama to allow oil drilling off Virginia coast

  March 31, 2010 9:30 AM

  President Barack Obama plans to announce that the government will allow oil drilling 50 miles off Virginia's shoreline but will reject some proposed drilling sites in Alaska. Obama scheduled an announcement Wednesday at Andrews air base near Washington. In the speech, he was set to discuss why he is changing... more »

• Scientists look to tobacco as a potential biofuel

  March 29, 2010 10:23 AM

  Some researchers say an age-old cash crop long the focus of public health debate could be used to help solve the nation's energy crisis, by genetically modifying the tobacco leaf for use as a biofuel. The golden leaf is the latest in a series of possible biofuels like switchgrass... more »

• Obama makes surprise trip to Afghanistan

  March 28, 2010 12:40 PM

  President Barack Obama has arrived in Afghanistan for a surprise visit, his first in-person view as commander in chief of the war he dramatically escalated. Obama landed at night and for a stay of just a few hours. He flew by helicopter from Bagram Air Field to the capital.... more »

• Obama to announce loan guarantee for nuclear plant

  February 16, 2010 10:53 AM

  President Barack Obama is expected to announce federal loan guarantees for construction of a new nuclear power plant as he highlights investment in energy jobs. Obama is scheduled to make remarks after touring a job training center at the headquarters of Local 26 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers... more »