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  • White House exodus stirs political buzz

    By Kara Rowland - The Washington Times

    The White House has seen a stunning pre-election exodus of high-level staffers, culminating in the departure over the last two weeks of President Obama’s chief of staff and national security adviser. Published October 10, 2010 Comments

  • ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS "As long as I'm your president and Martin O'Malley is your governor, we will not allow politicians ... to sacrifice your education for tax cuts we cannot afford," President Obama said at a campaign rally for Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday at a rally at Bowie State University.

    Obama backs O’Malley at Bowie campaign rally

    By Joseph Weber - The Washington Times

    President Obama visited Maryland on Thursday to support incumbent Gov. Martin O’Malley’s re-election bid and to urge Democrats to vote in November, despite their disappointment with the first two years of his presidency. Published October 7, 2010 Comments

  • Obama vetoes bill on foreclosure documents

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    Even though the measure passed Congress without a single dissenting vote, President Obama this week spotted potentially nefarious side effects in an arcane bill to rewrite rules on notarized documents, issuing only the second veto of his presidency Thursday. Published October 7, 2010 Comments

  • President Obama speaks Tuesday during the White House Summit on Community Colleges in the East Room of the White House. (Associated Press)

    Obama use of foe’s tax records reviewed

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    A federal inspector general is looking into whether the Obama administration used confidential taxpayer information in an effort to attack a political opponent, Koch Industries. Published October 5, 2010 Comments

  • President Carter, shown here in 1979, speaks against a backdrop of solar panels at the White House. Activists used one of Mr. Carter's panels to help persuade President Obama to set an example by powering his residence with solar energy. (Associated Press)

    Solar panels to go atop White House

    By Dina Cappiello - Associated Press

    Solar power is coming to President Obama’s residence. Published October 5, 2010 Comments

Recent Articles

  • Rhode Island passes civil unions bill

    By Ian MacDougall - Associated Press

    The Rhode Island Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that would allow same-sex couples to enter into civil unions, a measure that Gov. Lincoln Chafee's office says he intends to sign into law. Published June 30, 2011 Comments

  • Source: Marine out of running to head joint chiefs

    By Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press

    A defense official says Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright no longer is in the running to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He long was thought the top candidate. Published May 25, 2011 Comments

  • Obama, in Florida, makes nice with Republicans

    By Julie Pace - Associated Press

    Eager to show some bipartisanship, President Obama is sharing a stage in Florida with Jeb Bush, brother of former President George W. Bush whose policies Mr. Obama blames for sending the nation's economy spiraling into a recession. Published March 4, 2011 Comments

  • Obama wades back into Wisconsin budget row

    By Kara Rowland - The Washington Times

    Wading back into the battle between Republican governors and public employee unions, President Obama on Monday told governors gathered at the White House that balancing state budgets will require shared sacrifice and that it doesn't do "any good when public employees are denigrated or vilified." Published February 28, 2011 Comments

  • Obama says government shutdown imperils economy

    By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

    President Obama says the economic recovery will stall if Congress can't agree on spending cuts and avoid a government shutdown. Published February 26, 2011 Comments

  • White House names male social secretary

    By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

    Jeremy Bernard, currently senior adviser to the U.S. ambassador to France, will trade Paris for Washington and take on the high-profile assignment of social secretary, the White House announced Friday. Published February 25, 2011 Comments

  • U.S. to impose sanctions on Libya

    By Kara Rowland - The Washington Times

    The White House dramatically stepped up its response to the crisis in Libya after Americans were evacuated out of the country Friday afternoon, with spokesman Jay Carney saying leader Moammar Gadhafi has "zero" legitimacy. Published February 25, 2011 Comments

  • Chief of Intel to join White House council on jobs

    By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

    Casting about for innovative job-creation ideas, President Obama is naming one of his critics to an advisory council responsible for finding new ways to promote economic growth and bring jobs to the U.S. Mr. Obama will name Intel Corp. CEO Paul Otellino to the jobs and competitiveness council during a visit to the company's semiconductor manufacturing facility in Hillsboro, Ore., on Friday, a White House official said. Published February 18, 2011 Comments

  • Obama seeks shared sacrifice in budget fight

    By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

    "Everybody's going to have to give a little bit" to solve the nation's fiscal problems, President Obama told reporters at a hastily called White House press briefing Tuesday morning. Published February 15, 2011 Comments

  • Obama deflects criticism of 2012 budget

    By Kara Rowland - The Washington Times

    Facing criticism that his just-released budget failed to provide a path to solving the nation's fiscal problems, President Obama said Tuesday he had taken a first step, but would need help from congressional Republicans to craft a viable long-term solution. Published February 15, 2011 Comments

  • Obama sends Congress $3.73 trillion budget

    By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

    President Obama has sent Congress a $3.73 trillion budget that holds out the prospect of eventually bringing deficits under control through spending cuts and tax increases. But the fiscal blueprint largely ignores his own deficit commission's recommendations to slash huge entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare. Published February 14, 2011 Comments

  • Obama says Egypt must reach 'genuine democracy'

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    Calling the upheaval in Cairo a chance "to witness history taking place," President Obama on Friday said Egypt now has an obligation to follow through to full democracy now that President Hosni Mubarak has ceded power and fled the city. Published February 11, 2011 Comments

  • Obama tells prayer breakfast of deeper faith

    By Kara Rowland - The Washington Times

    Saying his Christian faith has been a "sustaining force" the past two years, President Obama on Thursday prayed for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as she recovers from a gunshot wound and the Egyptian people as bloody clashes continue in Cairo. Published February 3, 2011 Comments

  • White House: Mubarak has chance to show who he is

    By Bradley Klapper and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

    The White House said Wednesday that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has a chance to show the world "exactly who he is" by bringing desperately needed change to his country now. Published February 2, 2011 Comments

  • Limited access to signing event for arms treaty draws media ire

    By Kara Rowland - The Washington Times

    President Obama signed one of his top foreign-policy priorities Wednesday, and set off a row with the White House press corps in the process. Published February 2, 2011 Comments

  • Obama open to 'tweak' of health care, not repeal

    By Erica Werner - Associated Press

    President Obama ridiculed lingering opposition to his 10-month-old health care law Friday and vowed to oppose efforts to repeal it, underscoring his commitment to his signature legislative achievement despite the new reality of a divided Congress. Published January 28, 2011 Comments

  • Obama focuses on economic potential, names GE chief to jobs panel

    By Jim Kuhnhenn - Associated Press

    President Barack Obama says "putting the economy into overdrive" is a top priority, even as a new poll showed the public giving him poor marks in this area. Published January 21, 2011 Comments

  • Obama hosts Hu as world powers seek common ground

    By Matthew Pennington - Associated Press

    President Obama welcomed Chinese President Hu Jintao to the White House Wednesday for the start of daylong meetings to address currency, trade, security and human rights concerns. Mr. Obama, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and their wives greeted Mr. Hu as he arrived at the presidential mansion. Published January 19, 2011 Comments

  • Obama: China's rise 'good for the world'

    By Jim Kuhnhenn and Matthew Pennington - Associated Press

    President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao vowed closer cooperation on Wednesday on critical issues ranging from increasing trade between the world's two largest economies to fighting terrorism. But they also stood fast on differences, especially over human rights. Published January 19, 2011 Comments

  • Obama wants to shed rules that hurt job growth

    By Julie Pace - Associated Press

    President Obama on Tuesday ordered a review of federal regulations with an eye toward getting rid of those that stifle job creation and hurt economic growth, a move aimed at both soothing anger over the government's reach and mending Obama's relationship with the business community. Published January 18, 2011 Comments

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