Obama mocks Trump’s presidential ambitions
President jokes billionaire businessman could bring change to the White House by transforming it into a tacky casino
Obama, Trump together for White House Correspondents’ Dinner
President Barack Obama is shifting from consoler to comic for his appearance before a mix of politicians, celebrities and journalists at Washington's premier black-tie dinner.
Obama briefly leaves dinner upon news of Libyan airstrike
President Obama briefly left the dais at the White House Correspondents Dinner as the news broke from Libya that Moammar Kadafi’s son had been killed in a NATO airstrike that targeted a house where the Libyan leader had been visiting.
Video: NRA VP: Holder’s got to go
National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre called for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's resignation in a speech Saturday morning at the Association's annual meeting in Pittsburgh.Yemen deal in jeopardy amid coup fears
Yemen's president says he won't leave the country to sign a hard-fought political deal because he fears his departure could spark a coup, a senior ruling party official told CNN on Saturday.Syrian forces told to use ‘any means necessary’ to crush rebellion in Dara
A Syrian military source says President Bashar Assad's security forces have been ordered to quell the uprising in Dara 'even if this means that the city is to be burned down.' Tanks fire on the city Saturday and destroy a mosque, witnesses say, and at least four people are killed.Syrian security forces besieging the flashpoint city of Dara have been ordered to use "any means necessary" to crush the rebellion that sparked the weeks-long uprising against the regime of President Bashar Assad, a Syrian military source said Saturday.
Mugabe in Rome for pope’s beatification
The Vatican can't tell Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe not to attend, a spokesman says. Mugabe is under an EU-wide travel ban for alleged human rights abuses.Obama: Never seen devastation like this
President Obama toured tornado-damaged neighborhoods in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, today and promised the federal government would help rebuild the towns.Obama meets with Giffords; final Endeavour flight delayed
The space shuttle Endeavour's final launch was delayed Friday. Cmdr. Mark Kelly's wife, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, met with President Obama at Kennedy Space Center.Tornado-ravaged communities tally their losses
In hard-hit DeKalb County, Ala., where 33 people died, residents help one another with shelters and the cleanup. In Tuscaloosa, the mayor says the city is living a ‘nightmare.’
On a day when President Obama toured tornado-ravaged Tuscaloosa and declared that he’d never seen devastation like it, residents of DeKalb County — a lesser-known region of corn and chicken farms about 150 miles northeast — were quietly counting the cost of their own tragedy.