Determined to project both command and compassion, President Barack Obama is returning to the Louisiana coast for a fresh reality check on work to stanch the oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico and ...

President Barack Obama on Friday angrily decried the "ridiculous spectacle" of oil industry officials pointing fingers of blame for the catastrophic spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — BP is seeking a court order compelling the White House to turn over emails by a former top adviser to President Barack Obama about the administration's response to last summer ...

From the beginning of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill—which has now resulted in at least 50 million gallons oil spewing into the ocean, if not far more—President Barack Obama has been in an awkward ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Declaring himself as angry as the rest of the nation, President Barack Obama assailed oil drillers and his own administration Friday as he ordered extra scrutiny of drilling permits ...

Panel will investigate oil industry practices and government response. May 17, 2010— -- President Obama announced today that he will create a presidential commision to investigate the oil spill ...

President Barack Obama has largely stood by his promise on wetlands restoration, with some help from an unlikely source: the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, a shipping ...

CAMP DAVID, Md. — President Barack Obama reassured anxious Persian Gulf nations on Thursday that the United States is committed to helping protect their security, including the potential use of ...