Scott Horsley

White House Correspondent for NPR News

Scott Horsley appears in the following:

Obama, Romney On Taxes: Similar Plans, Few Details

Monday, October 01, 2012

Both President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney agree: America's tax system is too complicated. Both men have outlined changes that are broadly similar, although they have some import...

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Candidates Banter Over The Best Side Of The Beltway

Sunday, September 23, 2012

President Obama and Mitt Romney seem to have switched places in recent days. The incumbent president is promising to change Washington from the outside. Meanwhile, Romney, who made hi...

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Obama Polishes His 'Regular Guy' Image With Beer

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Both President Obama and Mitt Romney have been criticized for not being approachable. Their campaigns have spent the last few months convincing Americans to like them. But in the batt...

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Obama, Romney Each Read Jobs Numbers Differently

Saturday, August 04, 2012

President Obama focused on the millions of jobs that have been created in the past 2 1/2 years. His Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, stressed the unemployment rate, which rose to 8...

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G-20 Summit In Mexico To Focus On Euro Crisis

Monday, June 18, 2012

President Obama and other world leaders are gathering in Los Cabos, Mexico, on Monday. They're hoping to get some assurances that European governments are getting control of their fin...

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Job Trend More Than A Blip, But U.S. 'Can't Stop'

Saturday, March 10, 2012

The American job market is still a long way from healthy, but its pulse feels a lot stronger now than it did six months ago. The improvement is a boon for President Obama as he tries ...

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From George Romney To Mitt, A Shrinking Tax Rate

Friday, February 24, 2012

Mitt Romney's tax returns show he pays an effective rate of just under 15 percent. His father, George, paid two to three times that rate. What one family's changing tax burden reveals...

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Obama's Budget: Political Tool Or Spending Plan?

Monday, February 13, 2012

Deficit reduction takes a back seat to job growth in the federal budget President Obama will unveil Monday. The spending plan forecasts more red ink in the current fiscal year than in 2011. Under the president's plan, budget deficits wouldn't reach a sustainable level until 2018.

The budget blueprint calls ...

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GOP Candidates Unite Against Obama's Foreign Policy

Sunday, November 13, 2011

It was billed as the "Commander in Chief" debate, and while Obama earns higher marks for his role as commander in chief than he does overall, Republican hopefuls found plenty to cri...

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Back To Jobs: Obama Reaches Out To 'All Americans'

Saturday, October 22, 2011

As President Obama tours the nation ahead of the 2012 election, he's visiting Democratic and Republican territories alike. Amid a time of big news abroad, the president is continuing to push his jobs bill at home.

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President Obama: All Troops Out Of Iraq By Dec. 31

Friday, October 21, 2011

Obama has always been opposed to the war in Iraq, and is fulfilling a campaign promise to bring the American involvement to an end. He says troop levels in Afghanistan will also be coming down.

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Obama Takes Aim At Republican Jobs Plan

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Throughout his bus tour in the South, the president has pushed his American Jobs Act and hammered at the competing Republican plan. The GOP strategy, which many of the Republican pres...

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Deportations Rise Under Obama Administration

Thursday, August 05, 2010

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is on track to deport or expel some 400,000 illegal immigrants this year. That's 8 percent more than ICE expelled under the Bush administration in 2008.

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