During an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama said he believed same-sex marriage should be legal.

U.S. President Barack Obama gestures shaka at the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) 18th annual gala dinner in Washington May 8, 2012. PHOTOS: The best images from the past 24 hours
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U.S. President Barack Obama gestures shaka at the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) 18th annual gala dinner in Washington May 8, 2012.

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U.S. President Barack Obama (C) attends the White House Correspondents Association annual dinner in Washington and stands next to Reuters Editor in Chief Steve Adler (L) and WHCA President and Reuters correspondent Caren Bohan (R) April 28, 2012. REUTERS/Larry Downing LIVE BLOG: The White House Correspondents’ Dinner
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U.S. President Barack Obama (C) attends the White House Correspondents Association annual dinner in Washington and stands next to Reuters Editor in Chief Steve Adler (L) and WHCA President and Reuters correspondent Caren Bohan (R) April 28, 2012. REUTERS/Larry Downing

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reuterspolitics: Taxes for America’s highest earners have fallen sharply since 1995, according to a White House report released on Tuesday ahead of a speech by President Barack Obama on fairness in the tax code that is a key part of his campaign for re-election. The White House estimated the 400 highest income households in the country, who all earned more than $110 million, paid an average of 18.1 percent of their income in federal taxes in 2007, well down for 29.9 percent those households paid in 1995. Obama travels to Florida on Tuesday where he will urge support for the Buffett Rule, named after billionaire investor Warren Buffett, that calls for people making more than $1 million a year to pay more in tax than middle-class families. Obama’s senior campaign adviser, David Axelrod, said most Americans would agree with the principle behind the tax change. READ MORE: White House highlights tax fairness ahead of Obama speech
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Taxes for America’s highest earners have fallen sharply since 1995, according to a White House report released on Tuesday ahead of a speech by President Barack Obama on fairness in the tax code that is a key part of his campaign for re-election.

The White House estimated the 400 highest income households in the country, who all earned more than $110 million, paid an average of 18.1 percent of their income in federal taxes in 2007, well down for 29.9 percent those households paid in 1995.

Obama travels to Florida on Tuesday where he will urge support for the Buffett Rule, named after billionaire investor Warren Buffett, that calls for people making more than $1 million a year to pay more in tax than middle-class families.

Obama’s senior campaign adviser, David Axelrod, said most Americans would agree with the principle behind the tax change.

READ MORE: White House highlights tax fairness ahead of Obama speech

Source: reuterspolitics

U.S. President Barack Obama does push-ups while playing basketball during the 2012 White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn in Washington April 9, 2012. [REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque] See more Reuters photography
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U.S. President Barack Obama does push-ups while playing basketball during the 2012 White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn in Washington April 9, 2012. [REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque]

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The microphone was hot, and this time, President Barack Obama was happily aware that he was being recorded. During the opening of a speech he gave to news editors in Washington, Obama took a light jab at the media for reporting sideline discussions he had with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Seoul that were, unbeknownst to the pair, picked up by press microphones. “It is a pleasure to speak to all of you — and to have a microphone that I can see,” Obama said to laughter from the audience of news executives. “Feel free to transmit any of this to Vladimir if you see him.” READ MORE: Obama likes knowing when the microphone is on
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The microphone was hot, and this time, President Barack Obama was happily aware that he was being recorded.

During the opening of a speech he gave to news editors in Washington, Obama took a light jab at the media for reporting sideline discussions he had with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Seoul that were, unbeknownst to the pair, picked up by press microphones.

“It is a pleasure to speak to all of you — and to have a microphone that I can see,” Obama said to laughter from the audience of news executives.

“Feel free to transmit any of this to Vladimir if you see him.”

READ MORE: Obama likes knowing when the microphone is on

President Barack Obama voiced doubt on Tuesday on the prospects for progress with Moscow on missile defense until after the November U.S. election as he staunchly defended remarks caught on camera the day before with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Obama was overheard assuring Medvedev on Monday that he would have “more flexibility” to deal with contentious arms-control issues after the November 6 presidential ballot, drawing sharp criticism back home from his Republican foes. Speaking on the sidelines of a global nuclear security summit in Seoul, Obama sought to put the controversy to rest but made clear that his earlier comments reflected a political reality that “everybody understands.” “I don’t think it’s any surprise that you can’t start that a few months before presidential and congressional elections in the United States and at a time when they just completed elections in Russia,” Obama told reporters with Medvedev at his side. Read more: Obama seeks to defuse controversy on missile comments
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President Barack Obama voiced doubt on Tuesday on the prospects for progress with Moscow on missile defense until after the November U.S. election as he staunchly defended remarks caught on camera the day before with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Obama was overheard assuring Medvedev on Monday that he would have “more flexibility” to deal with contentious arms-control issues after the November 6 presidential ballot, drawing sharp criticism back home from his Republican foes.

Speaking on the sidelines of a global nuclear security summit in Seoul, Obama sought to put the controversy to rest but made clear that his earlier comments reflected a political reality that “everybody understands.”

“I don’t think it’s any surprise that you can’t start that a few months before presidential and congressional elections in the United States and at a time when they just completed elections in Russia,” Obama told reporters with Medvedev at his side.

Read more: Obama seeks to defuse controversy on missile comments

ROUGH CUTS: President Obama - “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon.”

The death of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teenager gunned down by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman has generated nationwide outrage.

Thousands have taken to the streets in Florida and New York, demanding the arrest of the shooter.

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thedailyfeed: 4.2 million people visited President Obama’s website in January — more than the Republican candidates combined.  Among the Republicans, Paul garnered the most visits to his site, boasting 830,000 in January. Gingrich’s site, Newt.org, was visited the least, with just 609,000 views. 
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4.2 million people visited President Obama’s website in January — more than the Republican candidates combined. 

Among the Republicans, Paul garnered the most visits to his site, boasting 830,000 in January. Gingrich’s site, Newt.org, was visited the least, with just 609,000 views. 

Source: thedaily.com

Actor George Clooney departs the White House after his meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama about Darfur at the White House in Washington March 15, 2012. [REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque]
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Actor George Clooney departs the White House after his meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama about Darfur at the White House in Washington March 15, 2012. [REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque]