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Bo Obama's First Snow Storm (PHOTOS)

Posted 12.21.2009 | Style


Over the weekend, Washington D.C. was slammed with a massive snow storm. While this did result in some typically frustrating snow day delays, it also...

Copenhagen Deal: Activists React

Posted 12.19.2009 | Green


Copenhagen (AP) -- President Barack Obama declared Friday a "meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough" had been reached among the U.S., China and thr...

Obama Ordered U.S. Military Strike On Yemen Terrorists

ABC News | By BRIAN ROSS, RICHARD ESPOSITO, MATTHEW COLE, LUIS MARTINEZ and KIRIT RADIA | Posted 12.18.2009 | World


On orders from President Barack Obama, the U.S. military launched cruise missiles early Thursday against two suspected al-Qaeda sites in Yemen, admini...

Taibbi, Kuttner Debate Health Care Bill On "Bill Moyers Journal" (VIDEO)

Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics


Robert Kuttner of the American Prospect and Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone agree that the health care bill taking shape in the Senate is a bad one. But ...

Meaningful Agreement: Obama Says 'A First Step' Climate Deal Has Been Reached In Copenhagen

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein/Craig Kanalley | Posted 12.18.2009 | Green


A 'meaningful agreement' has been reached at the Copenhagen climate change conference, according to U.S. officials. The deal includes China, India, a...

A Failed State Senator?

Stephen Herrington | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics


Stephen Herrington

Many Huffington Post commenters, and even article contributors, rush to compare America to Rome in it's decline into a failed nation state. Republican Rome lasted 450 years.

Sam Stein

White House Will Try To Pull Health Care Bill Closer To House's Version

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics


The White House will play an active role in moving health care legislation closer to the House's version once a bill passes the Senate and goes to con...

Dorgan Accuses White House of Unethically Politicizing Safety Warnings From the FDA

David Sirota | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics


David Sirota

It's one thing for the White House to oppose or a measure. But if the White House political staff played ventriloquist for a science/safety declaration from the FDA, that's a huge problem.

Karl Eikenberry Assures Afghans That U.S. Will Stay Beyond 2011

McClatchy | Thomas L. Day | Posted 12.17.2009 | World


KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry Thursday further signaled that a strong American military presence will remain i...

Homeowners Often Rejected Under Obama's Make Home Affordable Loan Modification Plan

McClatchy | Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON -- Ten months after the Obama administration began pressing lenders to do more to prevent foreclosures, many struggling homeowners are hold...

Chris Cillizza: The Political Dangers Of Passing A Health Care Bill

Washington Post | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics


The White House -- as we wrote yesterday -- is dead set on passing the health care bill and will stop at nothing politically to get it done. But, ...

The Parable of the Unmerciful Bankers

Jim Wallis | Posted 12.17.2009 | Business


Jim Wallis

It's estimated that the bonus pool of just one of these big banks would have been enough money to prevent or significantly delay foreclosure for all 2.3 million people who lost their homes last year.

Wall Street Tells the President of the United States to Bugger Off

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 12.19.2009 | Business


Raymond J. Learsy

With the nation up in arms about the perversity of pouring billions into the coffers of the banks the symbolism of the three CEO's tone deaf failure to be present in Washington is beyond understanding.

Greenwald: The Bill Obama Wanted All Along

Salon | Glenn Greenwald | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics


Of all the posts I wrote this year, the one that produced the most vociferious email backlash -- easily -- was this one from August, which examined su...

Obama Transfers Balls to Lieberman in White House Ceremony

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.16.2009 | Comedy


Andy Borowitz

Called the "Balls Summit" by White House aides, the ceremony was intended as an official acknowledgment of Mr. Lieberman's complete control of the nation's health care future.

Obama Writes Letter To North Korea's Kim Jong Il, Says AP Source

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 12.17.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — Washington's recent bid to persuade North Korea to return to nuclear disarmament negotiations included a personal letter to...

Copenhagen Climate Talks Near Deal On Preservation Of Forests

New York Times | ELISABETH ROSENTHAL | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green


COPENHAGEN -- Negotiators have all but completed a sweeping deal that would compensate countries for preserving forests, and in some cases, other natu...

Bailout Banks Keep Tax Breaks As They Repay Loans

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 12.16.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Citigroup and other banks starting to repay the billions of dollars they borrowed from the government are getting another boost as ...

Arianna On "The Ed Show": It Is Absurd To Cede Control Of Health Care Reform To Joe Lieberman

Huff TV | Posted 12.15.2009 | Media


Huff TV

Senator Joe Lieberman has pushed the health care debate to a level of absurdity that can't be ignored, Arianna argued on Tuesday evening. During her a...

Dan Brown, Mitch Albom, Bestselling Authors Pick Books To Give (VIDEO)

msnbc.com | Posted 12.15.2009 | Books


Bestselling authors recommend their favorite books: Dan Brown, Jeff Kinney, Mitch Albom and more tell us which books--non-fiction, novels, cookbooks, ...

The Middle Class Collapse

Les Leopold | Posted 12.16.2009 | Business


Les Leopold

Do the super-rich really earn their wealth? Financial wealth is a slippery concept especially as it slithers through a mountain of bailouts now running somewhere near $13 trillion.

Keeping the Wheels on the Obama Presidency

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics


Lincoln Mitchell

Because he cannot provide peace and prosperity, Obama needs to pass some meaningful legislation to demonstrate that he is doing something positive. Just getting a health care bill passed will mean nothing to many Americans.

Thomson Correctional Center To House Some Guantanamo Detainees: White House

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Taking an important step on the thorny path to closing the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay Cuba, the White House plans to...

General David Rodriguez: Afghanistan Troop Surge Will Take Longer

AP | ANNE GEARAN and AMIR SHAH | Posted 12.15.2009 | World


KABUL — The military may not finish its surge of 30,000 American troops to Afghanistan until nearly a year from now, a senior U.S. commander sai...

Behind The Scenes White House VIDEO: History And Significance Of The Cabinet

Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics


The White House blog has released a rare behind-the-scenes video showing how a White House cabinet meeting comes together. (Hint: there are a lot of ...