WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Friday personally sought to deflect criticism of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, who finds herself under...
Politico | Posted 06.28.2009 | Comedy
Whenever there's laughter in the James S. Brady Briefing Room -- by either the briefer or the briefed -- the official White House stenographer indicat...
The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics
White House Press Secretary indicated in Thursday afternoon's briefing that the White House is in the midst of "active" negotiations with the Pentagon...
Iris Martin | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics
We know you thrive on breaking news and our story is being suppressed, by evil banksters and their cronies, who would rather go bankrupt than confess.
Anna Post | Posted 06.19.2009 | Style
Gibbs did what so many of us have dreamed of in restaurants, movie theaters, and crowded airports: He confiscated the phone and tossed it down an adjacent hallway.
Lane Hudson | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics
Same rights, different name. Same rights, different vehicle. Same rights, delivered in a different way. Same rights, but....
Fred Redmond | Posted 06.12.2009 | World
"Free trade should be premised on fundamental respect for human rights, especially the rights of the workers producing the goods to be traded. In Colombia, workers cannot exercise their right without fear of being threatened or killed."
AP | Posted 06.12.2009 | World
WASHINGTON — The White House is announcing dates for visits this month by the leaders of Israel, Egypt and the Palestinian authority, part of Pr...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics
Two days after comedian Wanda Sykes quipped during the White House Correspondents Association dinner that Rush Limbaugh was likely the 20th hijacker o...
Steve Clemons | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics
There is no excuse at all -- none -- for the White House to allow the bigotry and harassment of gays and lesbians in the armed forces to stand. Gays populate the armed services now.
Lane Hudson | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics
We are in the midst of a revolution. The White House and other Democrats should shed their feigned distaste for equal rights for gays. Now is the time.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics
The Obama White House, to this point, remains untroubled by the opposition of the Democratic Party's newest member, Arlen Specter, to the president's ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics
Batting down suggestions from longtime Republican Judiciary Committee member Orrin Hatch, Robert Gibbs said on Tuesday that the president would not ha...
Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media
A reporter pressed Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Monday whether the White House is concerned about the fate of newspapers. Gibbs' reply suggested th...
Huffington Post | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics
Visit this page for live streaming video whenever Press Secretary Robert Gibbs gives the White House press briefing. Video below: var so = new SW...
John McQuaid | Posted 05.30.2009 | Media
Obama's ambitions depend on his ability to nudge the news cycle away from the cable network- and Drudge-driven obsession with transient panics and cultural outrages. He's been partially successful so far.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics
If there were any lingering doubts about how Arlen Specter would be welcomed in the Democratic Party, or if the party would welcome a primary challeng...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics
For the fourth time this week, the White House press briefing was dominated by questions over the president's stance -- seemingly souring -- on the id...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics
HuffPost has comprehensive coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests. Click here for the latest photos and video. Pressed repeatedly to respond to t...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics
The Obama administration stated its support on Tuesday for a three-judge panel ruling that Al Franken had received the most votes in the Senate electi...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics
The White House made history on Monday. And it wasn't just by loosening travel and remittance restrictions for individuals looking to reach out to fam...
White House | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics
President Obama's first major trip overseas has been over for almost a week, but some of the best photos from the eight day extravaganza came out toda...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics
The President fully supports the Department of Justice's citing of the state secrets privilege to brush aside lawsuits targeting officials who oversaw...
Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.08.2009 | World
it is hard not to wonder about the "coincidence" of Obama's visit being confined to the airport and coming in the midst of a rising tide in violence in Iraq over the past several days.
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.06.2009 | Politics
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, asked by reporters if the administration thought North Korea's rocket launch was timed to President Obama's ...
Huffingtion Post/AP | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics