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White House Issues Another Veto Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.15.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The White House warned Congress Tuesday that President Barack Obama may be forced to veto a bill authorizing defense spending that the H...

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WATCH: WH Press Corps Clash With Jay Carney

Posted 04.05.2012

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CBS News' Norah O'Donnell and Fox News' Ed Henry clashed with White House press secretary Jay Carney over President Obama's use of the word "unprecede...

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Election 2012: Rhetoric, Confusion and Spin

Mitch Feierstein | Posted 05.23.2012

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Political reality has this tricksy way of escaping from Hollywood's clutches.

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Can We Please Stop Giving This Man Important Jobs Now?

Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.30.2012

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What exactly does Larry Summers have to do to stop being offered important jobs? Hold up a liquor store? Kill a guy? That is the question many are as...

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Obama, Explained

The Atlantic | James Fallows | Posted 04.11.2012

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As Barack Obama contends for a second term in office, two conflicting narratives of his presidency have emerged. Is he a skillful political player and...

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President Urged To Recognize Slaves Who Built The White House

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 02.09.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Congress two years ago acknowledged the work of slaves in building the United States Capitol, and a lawmaker Thursday argued that it is ...

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Barack Obama Still 'Evolving' On Same-Sex Marriage: White House

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.07.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama continues to "evolve" on the topic of same-sex marriage, his top spokesman said Tuesday, just hours after a feder...

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Obama Memos Reveal Key Difficulties

The New Yorker | Ryan Lizza | Posted 01.23.2012

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On a frigid January evening in 2009, a week before his Inauguration, Barack Obama had dinner at the home of George Will, the Washington Post columnist...

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White House Dismisses 'The Obamas' Book As 'Old News'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.06.2012

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Jodi Kantor's detailed new book on the first family has already drawn strong pushback from the Obama administration. White House spokesman Eric Schult...

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Obama White House Details Revealed In New Book

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.09.2012

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Then-White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel offered his resignation to President Barack Obama in the winter of 2010 after a series of columns appeare...

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Questionable Conclusions About Bias at White House Regulatory Review Office

Richard L. Revesz and Michael A. Livermore | Posted 02.01.2012

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The somewhat obscure Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the White House, which considers the costs and benefits of new regulations, is being accused of bias in a recent report.

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A Fateful Weekend for U.S. Fiscal Stability

Bill George | Posted 01.22.2012

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The fate of the fiscal stability of the United States was sealed on the weekend of December 4-5, 2010.

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White House Threatens Veto

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 01.17.2012

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WASHINGTON — The White House is threatening to veto a massive defense bill over its requirement that terrorist suspects be held in military cust...

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Obama Administration Official Details Campaign Strategy Against Romney

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- David Plouffe's declaration Sunday that Mitt Romney lacked the conviction necessary to become president was criticized as the type of pe...

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Who's To Blame For Obama's Immigration Policies?

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 12.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Since the beginning of his administration, immigration reform has been a sensitive issue for President Barack Obama. As the disappointme...

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Obamas To Host Halloween With Candy, Cookies And Costumes

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 12.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will welcome elementary school students from 17 area public schools to the White Ho...

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Did The White House Press Office Snub The Washington Post?

FishbowlDC | Betsy Rothstein on October 24, 2011 11:30 AM | Posted 12.24.2011

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This morning WhiteHouseDossier.com's Keith Koffler casts the White House press office in a dark light as he writes about the "petty treatment" WaPo al...

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SLIDESHOW: The Full List Of 2011 Presidential Citizens Medal Winners

Posted 12.21.2011

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Among those awarded by President Obama for their commitment to service were an LGBT activists, an environmentalist and a woman honored posthumously fo...

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Memo to Occupy! How to Keep the Movement Alive, Spread the Message and Change the World

Derek Shearer | Posted 12.12.2011

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Economic inequality in the US is outrageous, and Wall Street interests do heavily influence both political parties -- but being right about the situation does not mean that it will change. Your movement needs content -- and it needs dialogue. Here are a few modest suggestions.

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Major White House Official Says He Won't Stay Past 2012

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.11.2011

White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley told NBC Chicago Monday that he will not stay past President Barack Obama's re-election. "I made a commitment to...

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Ron Suskind, Anita Dunn Dispute Account Of White House's Woman Problem

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The debate over whether the Obama White House has been a hostile work place for women devolved on Tuesday into a sharp dispute over repo...

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Lessons From the Debt Ceiling Crisis: Bipartisanship in the Tea Party Era

Bradford Kane | Posted 11.06.2011

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The Tea Party displays the power of a sizable extremist faction to reject bipartisanship and impose its demands at any cost, in this case jeopardizing the nation's credit rating and overall economy, with ominous future implications.

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Obama Hosts Ramadan Dinner

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 10.10.2011

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President Obama honored the sacrifices that Muslim Americans have made for the country on Wednesday night at the White House's annual Ramadan dinner. ...

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Obama To Host Ramadan Dinner

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 10.10.2011

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The two members of Congress who practice Islam will attend President Obama's annual Ramadan dinner at the White House Wednesday night, along with a nu...

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The Recovery Is Dead, Long Live the Recovery

Robert Scheer | Posted 10.02.2011

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Neither party has ever dared to use the deficit ceiling to blackmail the entire nation -- until now. And for that, the GOP is the party clearly at fault. But it is also true that it was Barack Obama who folded.

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