Scott Horsley

President Obama announced at the White House Sunday night that terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden had been killed in a U.S.-led operation. The announcement comes just months before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

President Obama and Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli discussed a new trade agreement Thursday that the White House hopes will win quick congressional approval.

The deal is one of three the Obama administration has been working on as part of the president's push to double U.S. exports.

The White House inherited the three trade agreements — including deals with South Korea and Colombia — from the Bush administration. And at first, President Obama had reservations about all of them.

Gas prices were on the program for President Obama this week. He visited Virginia, Nevada and California, highlighting the cost of gasoline among other hardships the American people are dealing with. The president offered little in the way of short-term relief, though.

It didn't take any prompting from the audience to get Obama started on the subject of gas prices. He brought it up himself, again and again — as if to say no matter how far removed Washington may seem, he understands the challenges American drivers face.

House Republicans introduced a budget last week to deal with the country's long-term debt. That GOP plan calls for big tax cuts and a major overhaul of Medicare for future retirees. NPR's Scott Horsley reports on what the government's own workforce shows about how the Republican plan might work.

There's a tradition in which politicians try to hold back criticism of the president while he's on foreign soil. President Obama had not even stepped off Air Force One Wednesday when Speaker John Boehner released a letter listing pointed questions on the administration's plan for Libya.