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President Obama is heading back to Washington on Saturday after a two-week holiday visit to Hawaii, but he won't stick around for long.

Eager to stay on the offensive as new Republican majorities are seated in Congress, the president plans to take a more bullish economic message on the road next week in something of an early test drive of his State of the Union message.

During stops in Michigan, Arizona and Tennessee, Obama plans to draw a connection between actions his administration took early in his presidency and increasingly positive economic trends in sectors such as manufacturing and housing.

Officials say he'll also offer specific new proposals -- some that he'll pursue with Congress and others he'll advance with his own authority -- that are intended to build on that progress, particularly for the middle class.

It's an approach that upends the traditional White House script to start the year, when new policy rollouts are usually reserved for the president's annual address to Congress.

But the White House is eager to sustain momentum it says started to build after November with major actions on immigration and Cuba as Obama began what he calls the "fourth quarter" of his presidency.

The new Congress convenes Tuesday, with a new Republican Senate majority and the largest GOP House majority since 1931. Though incoming Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has pledged to seek common ground with the president on areas such as trade and tax reform, Senate Republicans' first order of business will be to advance legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. The House plans to take up jobs-related legislation it passed in the previous Congress but that the Democratic-led Senate declined to consider.

"If the president is willing to work with us, we'll have a real chance to address our nation's most pressing challenges," Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) said in the Republicans' weekly address.

But behind the scenes, GOP leaders are plotting new efforts to take on the president's healthcare law and target other administration actions on the environment and immigration.

The White House sees an immediate political opportunity there and hopes to contrast a president offering new initiatives that build on past successes with a GOP intent on undoing them.

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HONOLULU After returning to Washington Sunday from a two-week vacation in Hawaii, President Barack Obama will spend the days before his Jan. 20 State of the Union address pitchingAmericans on the economic policies he intends to propose.

Mr. Obama plans to roll out legislative proposals and executive actions over the week on issues including housing, manufacturing and higher education, White House spokesman Eric Schultz said. He will do so while traveling the country highlighting progress in the economy, Mr. Schultz said.

The strategy is a shift from previous years when the White House has kept a tight lid on proposals Mr. Obama would announce in his State of the Union address. Mr. Obamas aides hope the approach builds on momentum from the lame-duck congressional session, which resulted in an agreement to fund the government through September.

Mr. Obama will visit the Detroit area on Jan. 7 to emphasize the success of the governments bailout of the auto industry, followed by stops in Phoenix to focus on housing policies and in Tennessee for an event on college affordability.

Vice President Joe Biden will join Mr. Obama in Tennessee, the kind of joint appearance the White House usually reserves for after the State of the Union address.

The president is eager to get to work, and looks forward to working with the new Congress on policies that will make sure middle-class Americans are sharing in the economic recovery, Mr. Schultz said.

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The Obama administration on Friday imposed a wave of sanctions against members of the North Korean government, amounting to the U.S. government's first official response to the cyber-attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Despite lingering questions from private security analysts over whether North Korea was responsible for the hack -- as the FBI has alleged -- the White House described the new sanctions as retaliation against Pyongyang.

"We take seriously North Korea's attack that aimed to create destructive financial effects on a U.S. company and to threaten artists and other individuals with the goal of restricting their right to free expression," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement. "As the president has said, our response to North Korea's attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment will be proportional, and will take place at a time and in a manner of our choosing. Today's actions are the first aspect of our response."

An executive order signed by President Obama authorizes sanctions against agencies and officials associated with the North Korean government and Workers' Party of Korea. Obama, in the order, cited North Korea's "provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions and policies ... including its destructive, coercive cyber-related actions during November and December 2014."

The Treasury Department, in turn, designated three government-tied entities and 10 North Korean officials under those sanctions. The sanctions would deny them access to the U.S. financial system and bar them from entering the U.S.

The department does not name North Korean leader Kim Jong-un but does designate representatives of the government stationed in Russia, Iran and Syria, among others. It also names North Korea's primary intelligence organization, its primary arms dealer and an organization that deals with technology procurement called the Korea Tangun Trading Corporation.

North Korea is already subject to other U.S. sanctions over its nuclear program.

Some of those targeted by Friday's actions are already subject to sanctions. Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called for stronger measures.

Its good to see the Administration challenging North Koreas latest aggression - cyberattacks that can do grave damage, he said in a statement.But many of the North Koreans blacklisted today have already been targeted by U.S. sanctions. We need to go further to sanction those financial institutions in Asia and beyond that are supporting the brutal and dangerous North Korean regime, as was done in 2005.

The Sony hack severely disrupted Sony's systems and leaked private communications, embarrassing the company. U.S. officials indicated North Korea punished Sony over plans to release "The Interview," a comedy film about two journalists sent to assassinate North Korea's leader.

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