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Thousands of protesters crowded together outside the Bank of England in London today, a day before President Obama and other leaders gathered for the G-20 summit to discuss the world's economic crisis. Some protesters lunged toward the police line.

President says he'll visit China to talk money matters later this year, also accepts invitation to visit Moscow.

Most respondents point to financial industry as culprit, but doubts are rising about some of the administration's recovery plans.

Administration backs away from calls for other nations to mirror U.S. efforts to combat the financial crisis with ramped up spending.

President Barack Obama defended his strategy of tackling multiple challenges instead of focusing solely on fixing the U.S. economy in a return on Wednesday to the political fund-raising that helped elect him.

President Barack Obama said on Tuesday his administration was confronting the economic crisis on all fronts and seeing signs of progress as he sought to reassure recession-weary Americans about his recovery strategy.

President Obama on Monday moved to fill three top jobs at the Treasury Department to help Secretary Tim Geithner manage the federal bureaucracy charged with helping the nation's struggling economy.

President Barack Obama is hoping to use comedian Jay Leno's late-night show to add a light touch to his work getting the economy on track. But news photographers who cover the White House aren't laughing.

The ailing economy. Health care. Bank bailouts. Troop deployments. Is President Obama juggling too many balls?

President Obama and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on Monday will announce administration plans to make lending to small businesses more attractive, two senior administration officials said.