Barack Obama

President Barack Obama is getting out of Washington on Friday to rally public support for his newly unveiled jobs initiatives. However, the President of the St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce says small business owners here in Central Minnesota just want the federal government to get out of the way.

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Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann is criticizing President Barack Obama's plan to create jobs. She says Obama's approach amounts to more "failed gimmicks."

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More than 1,000 people gathered outside Cannon Falls City Hall in hopes of snagging a ticket to hear President Barack Obama speak on the first stop of his three-day bus trip across the Midwest.

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President Barack Obama is planning to stop in southern Minnesota during a three-day bus tour to promote his economic policies next week. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday that the bus tour will make stops in Minnesota, northeastern Iowa and western Illinois from Aug. 15 to Aug. 17.

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Over the past few days we at WJON.com had a very unscientific poll of Republican Presidential candidates. The overwhelming favorite was Ron Paul with 47% of the respondents choosing him.

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Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota has formally entered the presidential race. The tea party favorite announced Monday that she has filed papers to kick off her bid for the GOP nomination to challenge President Barack Obama next year.

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Vice President Joe Biden is headed to Minnesota for a high-dollar fundraiser toward President Barack Obama's re-election. Biden was set to appear at a private event hosted by a donor Wednesday, where attendees are being asked to pay $10,000 per couple to the Obama Victory Fund.

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Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks against the United States, is dead, and the U.S. is in possession of his body, a person familiar with the situation said late Sunday.

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Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann told a South Carolina tax day tea party rally that President Barrack Obama is Wall Street's best friend. Bachmann later told reporters in Columbia that she can't wait to take him on even though she's not ready to announce plans to seek the GOP presidential nomination until around June.

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Congresswoman Michele Bachmann says President Barack Obama has failed to demonstrate a vital U.S. national security interest for going into Libya.

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