WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran's launch of a rocket capable of carrying a satellite was a "provocative act," a White House spokesman said on Wednesday. Asked for a reaction to Iran's announcement that it had launched a Kavoshgar-3 rocket, White House spokesman Bill Burton said the United States was still checking to see if the launch had taken place. "A ...

Facing growing opposition to its plans to hold the Sept. 11 terrorist trial in New York City, the Obama administration is considering moving the proceedings elsewhere. Two administration officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Friday the Justice Department is drawing up plans for possible alternate locations to ...

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - President Barack Obama believes the Senate will confirm Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for a second term to lead the U.S. central bank, the White House said on Friday. White House spokesman Bill Burton told reporters on Air Force One that Obama had confidence in Bernanke and his actions to help turn the economy around. "(Obama) has ...

President Barack Obama returned Monday to the White House he never really escaped. Obama and his family took an overnight flight from Hawaii, capping an 11-day holiday vacation sure to be remembered more for the botched attempt to blow up a Christmas Day flight than ...