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Readers of this blog know all about Edith Childs, the woman who inspired President Obama's "fired up" slogan. I was the first reporter to find her two years ago.

Obama just wrapped up a dramatic re-telling of the story, which he used to...

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This afternoon I interviewed GOP Whip Eric Cantor, who disputed the stimulus projections Vice President Biden laid out in a speech earlier.

At the end of the interview we talked a bit about President Obama's upcoming health care address Wednesday before a...

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Vice President Joe Biden starts the week with a renewed health care push, asking supporters to join the White House in its efforts to debunk rumors and imploring Americans to send in their personal stories to showcase the need for reform.

"The biggest myth of all...

As we put together coverage on Sen. Teddy Kennedy's death, I am reflecting on his tremendous impact on the 2008 campaign.

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I've spent a lot of time in New Orleans, and it's fantastic to hear those (sometimes rare) bits of good news.

A man I've written quite a bit about, Robert Green, came to Washington last week to share his good news.

Green's past four years haven't...

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File this under "You can't make this stuff up": a 13-month old joke about health care resurfaced today when President Obama held a town hall meeting in Raleigh.

Long story short, Obama today seemed to randomly call on a woman who said her father had given him...

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Even though Barack Obama used it successfully during the campaign, it took the White House a while to get up to speed on Twitter.

I wrote earlier this year the Republicans were using the medium largely unchallenged by the Obama administration, but it's now...

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A few hours before President Obama stepped to the mound at the Major League Baseball All-Star game in St. Louis Cardinals territory, a sports analyst told me there was no way he'd wear his White Sox gear. 

But that's exactly what he did, another demonstration that...

The Daily Show's John Oliver was a top attraction today at the Campus Progress conference in D.C.

Right before he started talking, organizers said no audio or video would be allowed.

During his remarks to the liberal-leaning college students gathered in...

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That's not a typo -- the liberal group MoveOn, which helped President Obama win the election last fall, is now targeting the White House.

Keying off the furor over chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's Wall Street Journal remarks on health care that I blogged about earlier,...

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President Obama next week will join New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine for a rally at Rutgers.

Corzine faces a tough reelection bid this fall, when just two states (New Jersey and Virginia) hold gubernatorial elections. 

The endorsement is likely to give the governor a...

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Organizing for America, President Obama's campaign arm housed at the DNC, is raising money to start television ads starring some of the hundreds of thousands of people who submitted their own personal health care stories.

"These personal messages will make a powerful case for why...

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As I noted last week, the trip abroad with President Obama was a bit of a whirlwind. We were on the go the entire time, stopping in Riyadh, Cairo, Dresden and Paris.
Here are a few photos from the trip, along with some...

It got a lot of laughs at the White House press briefing when reporters joked Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor should get senators to sign her cast after she fractured her ankle, but looks like somebody thought it...

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DRESDEN, GERMANY -- The whirlwind tour continues here Friday as President Obama sees Buchenwald concentration camp and meets wounded U.S. troops.

When the press charter touched down here at midnight local Thursday night, we...

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - President Obama tomorrow will deliver one of the most anticipated -- and lengthy -- speeches of his political career.

Aides told us reporters traveling abroad with POTUS that the speech tomorrow in Cairo will...

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We knew President Obama was a big sports fan, but he broadcast that to the world today when the White House video live stream played nearly 10 minutes of ESPN programming.

The tech snafu appeared...

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White House press secretary Robert Gibbs opined a bit today on President Obama's Supreme Court selection, telling reporters it is a decision "he alone will make," adding he doesn't think the the lobbying of interest groups will help and might even be "counterproductive."

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The group formerly known as the Obama campaign and now called Organizing for America is urging supporters to take "the next step" and write letters to the editor of their local newspapers with their story of supporting the president's budget.

Mitch Stewart, executive director...

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As President Obama looks ahead to pushing health care reform, some Democrats are splitting when it comes to including a public option within the plan.

Former DNC Chairman Howard Dean urged progressives to keep Obama's feet to the fire and demand a...