Calling the latest job losses astounding, President Barack Obama said Friday he will not accept a future marked by a recurring cycle of Americans forced out of work due to economic woes.

Full text of President Obama’s speech to the Columbus Division of Police recruiting class.

UPDATED: A group of police recruits who were laid off due to city budget cuts graduate and are sworn in, joined by President Barack Obama.

Police sources tell NBC 4 President Barack Obama will attend next week’s CPD police recruit graduation ceremony.

President Barack Obama is sending Congress a “hard choices” budget that would boost taxes on the wealthy and curtail Medicare payments to insurance companies and hospitals to make way for a $634 billion down payment on universal health care.

Handing the new administration a big win, the House Friday passed President Barack Obama’s $787 billion plan to resuscitate the economy.

An Ohio firefighter says he’s quitting a marching band after he was suspended from the group for giving President Barack Obama a nod and wave.

Barack Obama was sworn in yesterday as the nation’s first African-American president, declaring it time for Americans to “pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin the work of remaking America.“

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Residents celebrate Obama’s inauguration throughout the day in different ways.

The nation swears in its 44th president Tuesday.

Stepping into history, Barack Hussein Obama grasped the reins of power as America’s first black president Tuesday.

As President-Elect Barack Obama will have the “elect” dropped from his title, the current President will have the word “current” dropped from his on Tuesday.

While millions take part in the inauguration of Barack Obama, Central Ohioans are getting ready to celebrate the historic day.