Bush White House

Bush White House Sought To Soften Treaty On 'Enforced Disappearances'

Washington Post | R. Jeffrey Smith | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics


From 2003 to 2006, the Bush administration quietly tried to relax the draft language of a treaty meant to bar and punish "enforced disappearances" so ...

More Evidence of Political Tampering by Bush Administration in Attorney Firing Scandal

Rep. Adam Schiff | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics


Rep. Adam Schiff

Since I worked in the Justice Department for six years as an Asst. U.S. Attorney, I found the extent of the politicization of the department that led to the attorney firing scandal especially shocking and distressing.

US Seeking Seat On UN Human Rights Council, Reversing Bush Precedent

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The United States will seek election to the U.N. Human Rights Council this year, the State Department said Tuesday, announcing the ...

Marcus Baram

Where Are They Now? The Bush White House (SLIDESHOW)

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics


Since leaving the White House, members of the Bush administration have had varying experiences adjusting to a new reality. President Bush, who was un...

Bush Chief Of Staff To Obama: Put Your Jacket On (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.08.2009 | Style


UPDATE: We've unearthed a photo of Bush breaking his own dress code by going jacketless in the Oval Office on January 22, 2001. **Scroll down for vid...

21 Things Bush Does After Leaving the White House

Dan Greenburg | Posted 02.28.2009 | Comedy


Dan Greenburg

15. Embarks on an international tour as a stand-up comedian, but bombs in Iran.

Judge Issues Order To Halt White House From Deleting Further Emails

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has been hit with a last-minute court order to preserve electronic messages, the result of long problems wi...

Judge To Bush Administration: "Surrender" Your Emails

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has been hit with a last-minute court order to preserve electronic messages, the result of long problems wi...

Congress Pushes Judge To Secure Bush Records

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The new Congress on Thursday asked a federal judge to force the Bush White House to keep documents on the controversial firings of ...

Vanity Fair: Farewell To All That: An Oral History Of The Bush White House

Vanity Fair | Cullen Murphy and Todd S. Purdum | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics


The threat of 9/11 ignored. The threat of Iraq hyped and manipulated. Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib. Hurricane Katrina. The shredding of civil liberties....

Auto bill clears House; Should it pass the Senate, too?

Steve Parker | Posted 01.10.2009 | Business


Steve Parker

And now, it's on to the Senate! The House today passed, 237 to 170, HR 7321, the automotive loan bailout bill, and has sent it on to the Senate. H...

The Neo-Cons Are Not Gone, Nor Forgotten

Brian Ross | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics


Brian Ross

Much of the economic crisis is also being engineered by our sweet neo-cons to create an untenable situation for the Dems coming into power.

Pay Attention: Americans Who Live Abroad Are Still Americans

Beth Arnold | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics


Beth Arnold

The fact that some of us Americans don't live within our country's borders doesn't make us less American. In this time of unifying America, accept your cousins who don't live at home.

Dems Eye Reversal Of Bush's Midnight Regulations

Politico | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics


Congressional Democrats are eyeing a little-known, Clinton-era law as a way to reverse Bush administration midnight regulations -- even ones that have...

Auto Industry Drops 32%; GM Plummets Over 45%

Steve Parker | Posted 12.04.2008 | Business


Steve Parker

Obama has consistently shown his support for an American car-making industry, a modern and green industry able to build the kinds of cars and trucks people will want to buy.

Bush Loyalists Throw Pity Party

Washington Monthly | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics


After failing in every imaginable way, with the worst approval ratings since the dawn of modern polling, and with a party that wants the president to ...

Jason Linkins

Slate's Mapped Diagram Of Administration Wrongdoing Demonstrates The Awfulness Of Alberto Gonzalez

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics


The only thing in all the world I love more than flowcharts, which are awesome, are Venn diagrams. I especially adore interactive Venn diagrams and I...

Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.12.2008 | Media


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

U.S. mayors resolve to avoid burning dirty tar sands oil, Bush signs $162B war spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan, Afghanistan civilian death toll rises sharply, Scalia still blames Gore for the 2000 election debacle.

White House Deputy Chief Of Staff Quitting

CNN | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics


White House Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin will be leaving his job this month, according to White House spokesperson Dana Perino. Perino says Hagin'...

Scott McClellan And The Opacity Agenda

Jay Rosen | Posted 06.11.2008 | Home


Jay Rosen

McClellan as White House spokesman lacked experience, talent, charm, agility, depth. But Bush and Cheney saw these defects as an advantage. They actually wanted the executive branch to become more opaque, and he was the perfect man for the job.

Scott McClellan Hits #1 On Amazon! What Really Happened With What Happened — His Publisher Tells All!

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 06.05.2008 | Media


We asked the publisher if the publicity of McClellan's book felt different this time around, or if this was exactly what he planned. After all, doesn't every publisher plan for their books to hit #1?

White House Responds To Scott McClellan's Accusations

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — In a shocking turnabout, the press secretary most known for defending President Bush on Iraq, Katrina and a host of other controver...

Scott McLellan, Former Press Secretary, Attacks Bush's White House

Politico/Washington Post | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics


The Politico and Washington Post have excerpts from former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's scathing book on the Bush Administration. Fr...

Bush Talks, Dances While Waiting For John McCain: What Do You Think Bush is Saying?

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


John McCain came to the White House today to accept the endorsement of President Bush. While waiting for McCain to arrive, Bush stood on the North Po...