Standing before a nation on an economic precipice, President Barack Obama aimed to balance candor with can-do Tuesday night in his first address to a joint session of Congress. Millions more anxious Americans were tuning in on TV.
Obama was arguing that his still-unfolding economic revival plan has room for — even demands — a broader [...]

U.S. President Barack Obama has used his first weekly radio address since taking office to outline his plan to stimulate the battered U.S. economy.
Mr. Obama said he wants the $825 billion American Recovery & Reinvestment Plan signed into law in less than 1 month and that both parties in Congress are hard at work on [...]