Obama and George H.W. Bush share White House stage to promote volunteerism
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 07/15/13 03:15 PM
The two Presidents came together to offer bipartisan celebration for the 5,000th Daily Point of Light, an award that began during 41's presidency.
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Obama honors George H. W. Bush during White House ceremony
By STEVE DOTY | 07/15/13 02:25 PM
Former President George H. W. Bush honored during ceremony recognizing 5,000th Point of Light recipient.
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White House: Harry Reid has every reason to go nuclear after GOP obstruction
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 07/15/13 02:05 PM
White House spokesman Jay Carney gave his strongest argument to date for the need for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to invoke the so-called "nuclear option" -- a way for Democrats to break through Senate gridlock to...
Read More... Obama has ?no opinion to express? on possible federal case against George Zimmerman
By BRIAN HUGHES | 07/15/13 01:35 PM
If President Obama has a view on whether his Justice Department should bring a civil rights case against George Zimmerman, the White House isn?t sharing it.
Read More... Blacks, Hispanics, youth abandoning Obama
By PAUL BEDARD | 07/15/13 09:40 AM
Feeling let down by a president they once had high expectations for, blacks, Hispanics and younger voters are starting to give up on President Obama. Pollster John Zogby told Secrets that his latest poll found a big...
Read More... Eric Holder releases revised guidelines for snooping on the media
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 07/12/13 05:40 PM
Among other changes, the Justice Department will be restricted from labeling a journalist as a criminal co-conspirator in seeking a search warrant for reporting materials.
Read More... Who will replace Janet Napolitano?
By BRIAN HUGHES | 07/12/13 03:20 PM
The White House on Friday refused to float possible successors to the outgoing homeland security chief, but a handful of candidates are receiving buzz in the wake of the shakeup to Obama?s second-term Cabinet.
Read More... Reporter: Will Obama continue to force-feed Guantanamo detainees during Ramadan?
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 07/12/13 02:30 PM
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney indicated that the process would continue even though the prisoners were attempting a hunger strike.
Read More... Zogby's report card: Obama 'disappears when he should be out front'
By PAUL BEDARD | 07/12/13 11:15 AM
Pollster John Zogby reports in our weekly White House report card that this is another summer where President Obama has let events get away from him.
Read More... Amid immigration debate, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano steps down
By BRIAN HUGHES | 07/12/13 11:00 AM
Amid a fierce immigration debate in Washington, Napolitano is leaving Obama's cabinet to become the next president of the University of California system.
Read More... Ma?ana presidency: Obama puts off hard issues until tomorrow
By BRIAN HUGHES | 07/12/13 07:36 AM
By pushing back until 2015 the employer mandate requirement, President Obama is looking to navigate tough terrain in much the same way he did with environmental policy, immigration and even other provisions of Obamacare:...
Read More... Despite retreat, no pause in money flow for Obamacare
By BYRON YORK | 07/11/13 08:50 PM
As a not-so-serious part of their ongoing effort to get rid of Obamacare, House Republicans in May started a Twitter fight they called #ObamacareInThreeWords. Rep. Darrell Issa got things started with a tweet that said...
Read More... Obama calls up Danny Werfel, Washington's cleanup man, to restore trust in the scandal-plagued IRS
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 07/11/13 02:05 PM
Acting IRS Administrator Danny Werfel may sound more like a scrappy Washington Nationals rookie than the man President Obama hand-selected to try to restore public trust in the tax-collecting agency America loves to hate....
Read More... Shifting stance? McCain, Schumer --- and even the White House --- say they can work with House GOP on immigration reform
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 07/11/13 02:35 PM
Sen. John McCain and Sen. Charles Schumer, the two leaders of the Senate Gang of Eight immigration negotiators, cast House Republicans? stubborn refusal to take up the Senate-passed bill in a positive light Thursday....
Read More... Federal Reserve governor Elizabeth Duke announces retirement, raising prospect of confirmation fight
By JOSEPH LAWLER | 07/11/13 11:40 AM
Federal Reserve governor Elizabeth Duke announced Thursday that she would step down from her position at the central bank at the end of August, opening up a spot on the seven-member board for President Obama to fill....
Read More... Poll: Obama?s rating on foreign affairs hits record low
By BRIAN HUGHES | 07/11/13 10:20 AM
A new poll released by Quinnipiac University on Thursday gave President Obama his lowest marks ever for his handling of foreign policy, with just 40 percent of respondents saying they supported his approach to events...
Read More... Morning Examiner: Where?s the heat?
By CONN CARROLL | 07/11/13 08:05 AM
President Obama?s hope that 68 Senate votes for giving illegal immigrants citizenship would pressure the House into action died Wednesday when Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said in a joint leadership statement the bill...
Read More... Obama to host George H.W. Bush at White House
By BRIAN HUGHES | 07/10/13 03:15 PM
President Obama will welcome President George H.W. Bush and members of the former first family to the White House on Monday to honor service volunteers. Former first lady Barbara Bush will join the 41st president to...
Read More... White House spokesman defends Obamacare delays, calls those who question them ?willfully ignorant?
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 07/10/13 02:30 PM
White House spokesman Jay Carney grew testy Wednesday in defending the administration?s decision to delay the implementation of the health care law?s employer mandate, saying critics who question the legality of...
Read More... White House: Senate Dem who criticized employer mandate delay is ?willfully ignorant?
By JOEL GEHRKE | 07/10/13 02:20 PM
President Obama?s spokesman described a top Senate Democrat (and Republicans who agree with him) as ?willfully ignorant? after the lawmaker faulted the Obama administration for deciding to delay the implementation...
Read More... Obama administration touts $150 million in new grants for health care enrollment
By BRIAN HUGHES | 07/10/13 11:40 AM
The Obama administration on Wednesday announced $150 million worth of new grants intended to help consumers enroll in Obamacare, looking to brush off mounting questions about the implementation of the president?s...
Read More... Obama begins push to pressure House GOP on immigration
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 07/10/13 07:00 AM
The president is starting to use the power of the presidency to push for a comprehensive immigration bill ? a risky change of his largely hands-off strategy on the issue so far this year.
Read More... Poised for easy confirmation, FBI nominee James Comey calls waterboarding torture
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 07/09/13 04:20 PM
James Comey, the nominee for FBI director, seemed poised for an easy confirmation Tuesday after testifying that he objected to waterboarding and tried to lobby the Bush administration to stop utilizing the practice to no...
Read More... Road trip! Obama on course to be most-traveled prez ever
By PAUL BEDARD | 07/09/13 03:00 PM
President Obama, who spent 95 days overseas during his first term despite a prolonged reelection bid and coast-to-coast PR campaigns for Obamacare and gun control, is on course to spend more time out of the country than...
Read More... Star sings censored version of Cee Lo's 'F*** You' at White House state dinner for kids
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 07/09/13 02:26 PM
Censoring the f-word, the n-word, the s-word, and the a-word, singer Rachel Crow performed a kid-friendly version of rap artist Cee Lo Green's song "F*** You" at the White House. Crow was the featured entertainment,...
Read More... White House projects smaller deficit, slower growth
By JOSEPH LAWLER | 07/08/13 04:25 PM
The White House expects the federal budget to shrink by over $200 billion this fiscal year, the Office of Management and Budget announced Monday.
Read More... White House: Obamacare delays are ?right thing to do?
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 07/08/13 03:30 PM
White House spokesman Jay Carney on Monday said pushing off important Obamacare mandates and accountability provisions is the ?right thing to do? and demonstrates the administration?s ?flexibility? when it comes...
Read More... White House rejects calls to cut off aid to Egypt
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 07/08/13 02:30 PM
The White House is rejecting calls to cut off aid to Egypt while it transitions to a new leader and will not label the ouster of the country?s former President Morsi at coup d'?tat ? at least for now. President...
Read More... Obama team ?will take the time necessary? to decide if military coup took place in Egypt
By JOEL GEHRKE | 07/08/13 01:50 PM
President Obama?s spokesman told reporters that the United States has not decided if a coup took place in Egypt last week, when the military forcibly deposed democratically-elected President Mohamed Morsi from power in...
Read More... White House denies request for recount of 2012 election
By JOEL GEHRKE | 07/08/13 11:55 AM
The White House responded to a petition calling for a recount of the 2012 election by denying the request and affirming that ?this election was decided fairly and democratically.?
Read More... After health care delays, Obama presses Cabinet to make government 'smarter'
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 07/08/13 11:49 AM
President Obama is directing his cabinet to find more efficient, ?smarter? ways to run government in his second term just two days after his administration opened the door to widespread fraud in the roll out of health...
Read More... To save faltering health care law, Obama hires drug and hospital lobbyist
By TIMOTHY P. CARNEY | 07/08/13 11:15 AM
Chris Jennings left the Clinton White House and started a lobbying firm. The firm and Jennings lobbied on behalf of drugmakers and hospitals during the Affordable Care Act debates, and then deregistered as a lobbying...
Read More... Andrea Mitchell defends Michelle Obama?s ?prison? comment
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 07/08/13 08:10 AM
MSNBC?s Andrea Mitchell complained that conservative bloggers erroneously reported that First Lady Michelle Obama described the White House as a ?really nice prison,? during a discussion with First Lady Laura Bush...
Read More... Obama sends ?thoughts and prayers? to victims of airliner crash
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 07/07/13 08:55 AM
President Obama expressed gratitude to the first responders and sent his thoughts and prayers to victims of the airliner that hard-landed and caught fire on the runway at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday.
Read More... Obama hits the links during long holiday weekend
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 07/05/13 01:55 PM
President Obama got in some golf Friday, the day after hosting wounded warriors at the White House for a BBQ on the south lawn and 4th of July fireworks viewing. It was the 126th time during his presidency that Obama...
Read More... WaPo wants more NSA transparency so they can help protect Obama from scandal
By ASHE SCHOW | 07/05/13 12:15 PM
The Washington Post has found a way to show outrage toward the NSA's surveillance scandal while remaining loyal to President Obama: ask for transparency so that the press can protect their beloved president.
Read More... White House claims mediocre jobs report shows Recovery Act worked
By ASHE SCHOW | 07/05/13 11:45 AM
It's to be expected. Every month the White House claims that the economy is improving despite evidence to the contrary. On Friday, Alan Kreuger, chairman of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, said, "In the...
Read More... Before going golfing, Obama blames Bush for weak jobs report
By PAUL BEDARD | 07/05/13 10:20 AM
The White House on Friday continued to blame the economy President Obama inherited from President Bush for the weak growth in jobs, issuing a statement citing the "deep hole that was caused by the severe recession that...
Read More... Zogby's Report Card: Stumbling Obama needs to go to summer school
By PAUL BEDARD | 07/05/13 07:35 AM
Pollster John Zogby reports that support for the president is sliding in part because a majority believe the country is heading in the wrong direction while inside the administration there are problems with Obamacare and...
Read More... Photo: Obama family watches fireworks from White House rooftop
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 07/05/13 07:00 AM
White House photographer Pete Souza shared the above photo on Twitter last night, as President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their daughter Malia watched the Independence Day fireworks.
Read More... Obama ?deeply concerned? by military coup in Egypt
By BRIAN HUGHES | 07/03/13 07:15 PM
President Obama on Wednesday said he was ?deeply concerned? by the Egyptian military?s ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, vowing to review American aid to the North African nation and calling on commanders there to...
Read More... Egyptian military ousts Morsi; Obama administration rips leader's response to protests
By BRIAN HUGHES | 07/03/13 03:00 PM
The Obama administration Wednesday criticized embattled Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi?s defiant reaction to the mushrooming protests in Cairo, saying the leader had not done enough to showcase his commitment to...
Read More... White House vetoes public seeing Obama?s thanks to librarians
By GABRIELLA MORRONGIELLO | 07/03/13 01:15 PM
White House officials vetoed all public airing of a video of President Obama thanking the American Library Association Sunday for helping inform the public about Obamacare.
Read More... Obama's 2013 Air Force One bill $24 million --- $6.5 million for Africa alone
By PAUL BEDARD | 07/03/13 04:40 AM
President Obama, already the most traveled chief executive in the modern era after internationalist former President George H.W. Bush, is expected to run up an Air Force One tab of at least $24 million this year alone,...
Read More... Keith Ellison: Obama has surrounded himself with too many from big business
By SEAN HIGGINS | 07/02/13 09:00 PM
The co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus says the president is not keeping his promises to protect low-wage workers.
Read More... Gallup poll: Americans think Obama displays good judgment during a crisis
By ASHE SCHOW | 07/02/13 04:35 PM
Despite the multiple scandals surrounding President Obama and his administration, the American people still think he shows good judgment in a crisis, according to a new Gallup survey.
Read More... Obama can't shake an Egyptian case of deja vu
By BRIAN HUGHES | 07/02/13 04:05 PM
Once again, Egyptian protesters are threatening to overthrow the government in Cairo, and the White House is on the defensive about whether it hitched its wagon to a flawed leader.
Read More... Ecuador threatens Obama --- with roses
By PAUL BEDARD | 07/02/13 10:30 AM
The country's anti-American government has seized on its most popular export to the U.S. to warn President Obama not to retaliate if the Latin American nation grants asylum to secrets leaker Edward Snowden.
Read More... Wrapping up Africa tour, Obama makes joint but silent appearance with Bush
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 07/02/13 09:55 AM
President Obama joined forces with President George W. Bush in Africa Tuesday, participating in a silent wreath-laying ceremony honoring the victims of a terrorist attack on the embassy in Tanzania. The two U.S....
Read More... Michelle Obama: Being First Lady is like living in a ?really nice prison?
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 07/02/13 08:50 AM
The first lady said she loved her job and found it liberating in some respects, but confining in others: ?There are some prison elements to it,? she joked. ?But it?s a really nice prison.?
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