Frigid floodwaters inundate Fargo San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA The Senate delayed consideration of its proposal to tax such bonuses punitively after the White House gave the plan a cool reception. ... See all stories on this topic

US-POLITICS Summary Washington Post - United States "It's an opportunity to solidify what has been a very good start in the bilateral relationship," White House deputy national security adviser Denis ... See all stories on this topic

whitehouse.gov overwhelmed by challenges Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA whitehouse.gov, envisioned as the primary vehicle for President Obama to communicate with the online masses, has been overwhelmed by challenges that ... See all stories on this topic

Budget difficult for all sides Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA By Craig Gilbert of the Journal Sentinel President Barack Obama speaks about the economy Thursday at the White House. The president’s budget faces ... See all stories on this topic

White House Announces International Meetings to Address Energy and ... New York Times - United States ... and joint ventures that increase the supply of clean energy while cutting greenhouse gas emissions,” according to a White House news release. ... See all stories on this topic

White House finalizing plan for more auto aid The Associated Press Obama was scheduled to announce his decision on Monday at the White House. General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner met with members of the task force on Friday. ... See all stories on this topic

Gay families, politics, history, and rolling easter eggs on the ... Examiner.com - USA President and First Lady Obama recently announced the annual White House Easter Egg Roll to be held Monday, April 13. Tickets are no longer available for ... See all stories on this topic

Washington Memo High-Minded Budget Goals Yield to Reality New York Times - United States Both Congressional Democrats and the White House argued that projections by the budget office were overly pessimistic and too uncertain. ... See all stories on this topic

When Obama travels, White House travels with him | Sindh Today By Sindh Today London, March 29 (ANI): While US President Barack Obama is gearing up for his first official overseas trips, it seems that the entire White House staff are preparing to fly with him. Obama is all set to meet the Queen before joining 19 ... Sindh Today - http://www.sindhtoday.net/

US won't make stimulus demands at G20, White House says | TopNews ... By Manish Sood US won't make stimulus demands at G20, White House says Washington - US President Barack Obama will not make demands for new economic stimulus programmes by the other members of Group of 20 (G20) top economies in London this week, TopNews United States - http://topnews.us/

Free Email Account, 3GB Storage, Spam and Virus Protection at Mail.com White House planning more auto financial aid. AP -. By KEN THOMAS. White House planning more auto financial aid. AP. The Obama administration was finishing work on a plan to give more financial aid to two Detroit automakers in return ... Top Headlines - http://www.mail.com/News.aspx?cat=topheadlines&subcat=

The Chronicle-Telegram - Lorain County's leading news source By Associated Press White House plans more aid to automakers. Associated Press. WASHINGTON — The Obama administration was finishing work on a plan to give more financial aid to two Detroit automakers in return for tough cost-cutting measures that will ... Chronicle-Telegram - http://www.chroniclet.com/

BAGnewsNotes: Bankers On Parade By Michael Shaw (The BAG) The CEOs arrived today at the White House alone or escorted by other company executives; some were quickly ushered in through the security gate by Bartlett, while others were forced to go through the usual routine for visitors. ... BAGnewsNotes - http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/

President's Audience Heavy on Supporters Washington Post - United States Her invitation to the White House came through the Nurse Alliance Leadership Council, she said. Like Sawner, she said didn't know until she got to the forum ... See all stories on this topic

White House Easter Egg Roll 2009—hottest ticket around DC's ... Examiner.com - USA Give out of towners a chance to get tickets online for the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn at the President's Park (White House. ... See all stories on this topic

Easter egg on First Lady Michelle Obama's face? Chicago Sun-Times - United States The issue: changing the way tickets are distributed for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, which this year will be a nine-hour affair starting at 8 am ... See all stories on this topic

Local High School to Get a Commencement Visit from the First Lady Washington Post - United States By Garance Franke-Ruta First lady Michelle Obama will be the 2009 commencement speaker at a local District public charter school, the White House announced ... See all stories on this topic

White House Debate Led to Plan to Widen Afghan Effort New York Times - United States Mr. Obama left a final White House meeting in the Situation Room last Friday signaling to participants that he was close to a decision, but that he wanted ... See all stories on this topic

Michelle Obama's no-win role Los Angeles Times - CA,USA ... (discussed at some length on Slate.com) over the sleek, unfarmer-like black outfit she chose when she broke ground for a White House vegetable garden. ... See all stories on this topic

With Obama in White House, Flush Times for the Nation’s Black News ... New York Times - United States This month, he invited 50 black newspaper publishers to meet with him at the White House. And at his news conference Tuesday, he skipped over several ... See all stories on this topic

White House kitchen garden AZ Central.com - AZ,USA 27, 2009 01:36 PM Michelle Obama and some Washington DC school children began turning dirt in what will be the first White House vegetable garden since ... See all stories on this topic

Multi-National Organization Is Upset With the White House FOXNews - USA By Bret Baier Some Greeks are upset with how White House officials handled the annual Greek Independence Day Commemoration Wednesday. ... See all stories on this topic

A shovel ready project starts at the White House OCRegister - Santa Ana,CA,USA BY CINDY MCNATT I suppose you have heard that the Obamas are going to plant an organic vegetable garden at the White House. There hasn't been a vegetable ... See all stories on this topic

White House will set deadlines for concessions, Times says ... The Times reported that the White House autos task force was likely to set a deadline of weeks rather than months for GM and Chrysler to reach a deal with creditors and the UAW. Under the terms of the $17.4 billion in emergency loans ... Automotive News Breaking News Feed - http://www.autonews.com/

White House: US to 'Disrupt, Dismantle, and Destroy' Al Qaida GlobalSecurity.org is the leading source for reliable Homeland Security news and Homeland Security information, directed by John Pike. GlobalSecurity.org - http://www.globalsecurity.org/

The Volokh Conspiracy - A Response on Ethics and Religion: By Richard Painter, guest-blogging As an aside, I should respond to one commentator who suggested that a White House ethics lawyer could “take away my money, my job, or my liberty, using the power of the state.” Actually, I did nothing of the kind. ... The Volokh Conspiracy - http://volokh.com/

Without Bush ‘millstone,’ GOP can mount comeback, leader says ... By Man In The Middle McConnell also said he doesn’t mind the “party of no” label Congressional Democrats and the White House give Republicans. “I don’t feel anyone should be apologetic for opposing a bad idea,” McConnell said. “I’m not fearful of an effort ... Help The Middle Class - http://helpthemiddleclass.com/

Obama Monitoring Midwest Flooding, Pledges Government Help By The Huffington Post News Editors President Barack Obama announces a new comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Friday, March 27, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. Obama assured the nation Saturday ... The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raw_feed_index.rdf

Obama needs to get veteran health care right Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA At a White House meeting with the president last week, they argued that prospective employers would be less likely to hire seriously ill or injured veterans ... See all stories on this topic

House Republicans Present Outline of Alternative Budget Washington Post - United States White House press secretary Robert Gibbs joked that "it took me several minutes to read it." "I think the administration is glad that the Republicans heard ... See all stories on this topic

White House steps up budget sales pitch Financial Times - London,England,UK By Andrew Ward in Washington Barack Obama has returned to campaign mode this week as he tries to rally Democrats behind his $3600bn budget in the face of ... See all stories on this topic

First Lady plants garden at White House BYU Newsnet - Provo,UT,USA By Abram Jones - 26 Mar 2009 Obama invited two dozen students to the White House to break ground on a new kitchen garden located on the south lawn of the ... See all stories on this topic

Slow Boil Over Egg Roll Tickets on Web Washington Post - United States By Timothy Wilson The White House's Internet distribution of tickets to this year's Easter Egg Roll appears to have begun with a splat. ... See all stories on this topic

The White House, Open for Questions Washington Post - United States "I promised to open up the White House to the American people," Obama said at the start of the session, adding that the meeting "marks an important step ... See all stories on this topic

Creation of White House cybersecurity office remains uncertain Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA Rather than "include another structure" within the White House, there may be a call for an increase in staffing within the Office of Management and Budget ... See all stories on this topic

Transcript of Interview With White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Washington Post - United States Welcome to Voices Of Power, we are here at the White House with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. Thank you for joining us Robert. MS. ROMANO: I'm good. ... See all stories on this topic

Obama to unveil auto aid plan by Tuesday -W. House Reuters - USA "What the president said today and what he's maintained through the process is that America needs viable automobile manufacturers," White House spokesman ... See all stories on this topic

White House Warns North Korea on Missile Launch Voice of America - USA By Cindy Saine The White House warned North Korea on Thursday that a missile launch it is suspected of planning for next month would be "provocative" and ... See all stories on this topic

White House to Keep Agencies Focus on Terrorism Homeland Security News By national The Obama administration is moving to solidify one of the most significant shifts of resources put into place under President George W. Bush: the transformation of the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation into ... Homeland Security News - http://www.nationalterroralert.com/

Care2 Reports From the White House By Past Member Two lucky Care2 members, Sally M. and Michelle W., got to join Care2's Director of Political Advocacy, Heather H., as part of the audience at President Barack Obama's Virtual Town Hall this morning, where he took questions from both the ... Causes blog posts by LiAnna Davis - http://www.care2.com/causes/

Obama Says He Will Speak On Auto Bailout Future - BusinessWeek By David Welch Though members of the White House task force have indicated in recent days that their work will not likely be finished by the deadline, Obama said today in an online town-hall meeting that he will have something to say about the ailing ... Auto Beat - BusinessWeek - http://www.businessweek.com/autos/autobeat/

Obama Holds Digital Townhall « Webs@Work By khengze President Barack Obama seized the bully pulpit today and reprised the best of his acclaimed campaign skills in a first-of-its-kind Internet town hall from the White House — a direct sales pitch for Americans to support for his broad and ... Webs@Work - http://blogswork.wordpress.com/

Cybersecurity review is putting emphasis on privacy : News ... By zdnews-asia@cnet.com (Stephanie Condon) While the Senate is working on its own plan for White House-run cybersecurity efforts, Langevin said Hathaway's assessment may ultimately suggest a strategy with a stronger emphasis on inter-agency efforts. ... ZDNet Asia Latest Tech News - http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/

Obama touts gains and goals USA Today - USA The news conference came after Obama's roughest week in the White House because of the outcry over the AIG bonuses. He defended Treasury Secretary Timothy ... See all stories on this topic

State Capitol is getting a garden, too San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA First lady Michelle Obama held a groundbreaking Friday for a White House Kitchen Garden, and California first lady Maria Shriver announced Tuesday that a ... See all stories on this topic

Stay focused on big picture, Obama urges USA Today - USA Bruce Reed, a top White House adviser for President Clinton who now heads the Democratic Leadership Council, called the session "a fireside press ... See all stories on this topic

Obama tries to temper furor over AIG bonuses The Associated Press In the White House, however, the situation seemed to be spinning out of control. Some fellow Democrats questioned the constitutionality and wisdom of the ... See all stories on this topic

A pesky problem for the White House vegetable garden Kansas City Star - MO,USA So I called the White House and spoke with Michelle Obama’s deputy press secretary, Semonti Mustaphi. That conversation ended something like this. ... See all stories on this topic

White House unveils plan to fight drug cartels at border Los Angeles Times - CA,USA The White House also pledged to redouble its efforts to diminish the demand for illegal drugs in the United States and staunch the flow of weapons and ... See all stories on this topic

Whitehouse unveils financial rescue plan WBIR-TV - Knoxville,TN,USA Of all the economic remedies being unleashed at the White House, administration officials say this might be the most important. It's another huge economic ... See all stories on this topic

Live Blogging President Obama's Press Conference Washington Post - United States Obama will meet reporters in the East Room of the White House just hours after Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner asked Congress to grant him new ... See all stories on this topic

Obama news conference: Has race been an issue at the White House? Los Angeles Times - CA,USA Has race at all been an issue in the deliberations at the White House? Have the last 64 days "been a colorblind time?" she wanted to know. The last 64 days, ... See all stories on this topic

Obama news conference: A warning about demonizing investors Los Angeles Times - CA,USA The first question President Obama fielded in his White House news conference -- which is taking place right now -- addressed a proposal that would give the ... See all stories on this topic

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Administration officials signal White House might accept cuts to ... Obama administration officials have indicated they might be willing to accept reductions to President Obama's budget proposal as long as his. Medical News - http://www.news-medical.net/

White House gifts: it's the snub that counts | watoday.com.au One of the most carefully watched moments of Kevin Rudd's visit to Washington will be the exchange of gifts at the start of his meeting with President Barack Obama, scheduled to take place overnight Australian time. WA Today News Headlines - http://www.watoday.com.au/

RealClearPolitics - Articles - Obama's Primetime Press Conference By The White House And I'm just wondering whether, in any of the policy debates that you've had within the White House, the issue of race has come up or whether it has in the way you feel you've been perceived by other leaders or by the American people? ... RealClearPolitics - Articles... - http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/

How Torture Became Administration Policy During Bush's Second Term The chronology of events – the White House collaborating with Yoo and Bybee to develop the memos after 9/11, Goldsmith and Comey then challenging them before being driven from their jobs, and Bradbury reviving the Yoo-Bybee arguments ... The Public Record | Independent,... - http://www.pubrecord.org/component/content/frontpage.html

Geithner to Ask Congress for Broad Power to Seize Firms Washington Post - United States The Treasury secretary, a member of the president's Cabinet, would exercise the new powers in consultation with the White House, the Federal Reserve and ... See all stories on this topic

Grading WhiteHouse.gov Washington Post - United States Today, we begin a monthly feature that invites five thinkers across the online political and cultural spectrum to grade President Obama's WhiteHouse.gov. ... See all stories on this topic

White House to hold lottery for tickets to Easter Egg Roll Chicago Tribune - United States By Mike Dorning | Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — An invitation to the White House could soon be on the way to your e-mail inbox. For the first time, ... See all stories on this topic

Guys gain, too White House women’s council could make a difference ... Houston Chronicle - United States The best point President Obama made when he announced the new White House Council on Women and Girls was that its mission, while gender-specific, ... See all stories on this topic

EPA Presses Obama To Regulate Warming Washington Post - United States The agency's finding, which was sent to the White House Office of Management and Budget without fanfare on Friday, also reversed one of the Bush ... See all stories on this topic

Dow Jumps as White House Moves on Bad Bank Assets ABC News - USA By TOM RAUM AP Writer AP President Barack Obama speaks to reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington,. ... See all stories on this topic

White House seen reviewing greenhouse gas dangers AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) — The White House is reviewing a report outlining the dangers to health and the environment posed by global warming, which could pave the ... See all stories on this topic

Obama to Pursue Budget Goals on Hill Washington Post - United States That is $2.3 trillion more than the White House had previously estimated. "My impression is that the administration is getting quite nervous about having ... See all stories on this topic

Senate Will Delay Bill For Punitive Bonus Tax Washington Post - United States By Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane Jarred by a cool reception from the White House and fears of unintended consequences across the financial world, ... See all stories on this topic

Easter Egg Roll Tickets to Be Distributed Online Washington Post - United States By Michael E. Ruane Tickets to the White House's annual Easter Egg Roll will for the first time be distributed online. Gone is the first-come, first-served ... See all stories on this topic

Fergie White House Concert For Obama Girls By Castina Mrs. Duhamel Goes To Washington....and The White House prepares to get Fergalicious. The NY Daily News' Gatecrasher column is reporting that Black Eyed. Pop Crunch - http://www.popcrunch.com/

Green Car Congress: EPA Sends Proposed GHG Endangerment Finding to ... By Mike Millikin As directed by the US Supreme Court, EPA has prepared and sent to the White House for review a proposed finding as to whether man-made greenhouse-gas emissions endanger human health and welfare. If the proposal is issued, ... Green Car Congress - http://www.greencarcongress.com/

White coats in the White House: Former presidential physicians ... By admin Physicians who treat the president are always on call and prepared for the worst. Medicare Stories - http://www.medicarestories.com/

Breakthrough: MIT President Hockfield at the White House ... MIT President Hockfield at the White House: Investing in Energy R&D "Best Strategy" for Economic Growth. Investments in clean energy innovation offer the nation's "best strategy" for economic recovery and "the only route to the ... Breakthrough - http://thebreakthrough.org/blog/

GOP warns about budget hardball - Manu Raju and Jonathan Martin ... By Jonathan Martin,Manu Raju White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said again Monday that it’s too early to say whether Democrats will use the budget process to ram through the president’s legislative agenda. But Senate Republicans — and even some Democrats ... Top 10 POLITICO Story - http://www.politico.com/

White House: 8 percent of toxic asset plan from private Reuters - USA WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 8 percent of the funds for a government plan to deal with toxic bank assets will come from the private sector, White House ... See all stories on this topic

Culver to host White House forum on health care Chicago Tribune - United States The governor will be joined at the Polk County Convention Center by Nancy-Ann deparle, director of the White House Office of Health Care Reform. ... See all stories on this topic

MSCI Asia Pacific ex-Japan index climbs to 2-month high Reuters - USA ... as a revival in risk taking increased ahead of the release of details about a White House plan to get bad assets off the balance sheets of US banks. ... See all stories on this topic

White House works to sell investors on plan to remove bad assets ... Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA ... right, coming into this market to help us buy these toxic assets off banks' balance sheets," said Christina Romer, chief White House economist, ... See all stories on this topic

Schwarzenegger lends voice to infrastructure chorus Los Angeles Times - CA,USA ... that his recent bowling score of an unimpressive 129 in the White House bowling alley was tantamount to a performance by a Special Olympics participant. ... See all stories on this topic

White House: Taxing bonuses is wrong step Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA AP WASHINGTON -- The White House said yesterday that using tax law to pry bonuses from bailed-out company executives is "a dangerous way to go. ... See all stories on this topic

White House woos troubled asset investors United Press International - USA WASHINGTON, March 23 (UPI) -- White House officials Sunday tried to persuade private investors to buy as much as $1 trillion in troubled assets from US ... See all stories on this topic

US Rounding Up Investors to Buy Bad Assets New York Times - United States The White House plan is designed to leverage the dwindling resources of the Treasury Department’s bailout program with money from private investors to buy ... See all stories on this topic

GOP Wary of White House Optimism on Economy New York Times - United States Earlier in the day, Christina D. Romer, chairwoman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, emphasized that optimism during two stops of the Sunday ... See all stories on this topic

FOXNews Administration: Changes May be Needed in 90-Percent Tax on AIG Bonuses FOXNews - USA White House officials acknowledged Sunday that using tax law to get back the $165 million in government-funded bonuses may be "a dangerous way to go. ... See all stories on this topic

Inhabitat » Michelle Obama To Plant White House Edible Garden By Bridgette Steffen A Green Design Blog, Sustainable Design Blog, Future-forward design for the world you inhabit - your daily source for innovations in sustainable architecture and green design for the home. Inhabitat - http://www.inhabitat.com/

Actual News - White House Is Wary of Plan to Tax Bonuses By admin White House Is Wary of Plan to Tax Bonuses. As the Obama administration prepared to unveil major elements of its plan to address the global financial crisis, some of its leading economic officials reacted coolly to congressional actions ... Actual News - http://www.actualteam.com/

Econ board has yet to meet publicly - Josh Gerstein - POLITICO.com By Josh Gerstein The White House initially said that the 16-member Presidential Economic Recovery Advisory Board, headed by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, would meet “every few weeks.” Last month, a spokesperson told POLITICO the group ... POLITICO.com: Politics - http://www.politico.com/politics/

The American Spectator : Plenty of Rahm at the AIG Table By The Prowler "Right now, you get the feeling this is all about protecting [White House Chief of Staff] Rahm Emanuel,” says a former Treasury Department lawyer, who worked in that department's counsel's office on the Troubled Asset Relief Program ... The American Spectator and AmSpecBlog - http://spectator.org/

Conrad takes out his knife - David Rogers - POLITICO.com By David Rogers Yet the fact that he would go this far to challenge the president underscores what faces the White House as the Senate and House Budget committees vote this week on their plans for the new fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. ... POLITICO.com: Congress - http://www.politico.com/congress/

Red Ink Red Alert Washington Post - United States Yet both the White House and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that the CBO report is no reason to revise the president's ambitious tax and spending blueprint ... See all stories on this topic

Obama's gaffe might mean trip to White House for Iowa woman Sioux City Journal - Sioux City,IA,USA He apologized later for the remark and wants to invite some Special Olympics bowlers to visit the White House. Enter the story of Special Olympian Mary Beth ... See all stories on this topic

Weekend Opinionator: Obama’s Communication Breakdown New York Times - United States “But the discipline and strategic focus of the campaign have yet to move into the White House. The story of the day often catches the president flat-footed ... See all stories on this topic

The White House South 40th Washington Post - United States First lady Eleanor Roosevelt joined in the effort, planting a garden on the White House lawn. Since then the White House grounds have lain fallow, ... See all stories on this topic

News show lineups for Sunday, March 22 Kansas City Star - MO,USA •CBS’ “Face the Nation,” 1 am Monday on Channel 5, 9:30 am today on Channel 13 —Guests: Austan Goolsbee, member of the White House Council of Economic ... See all stories on this topic

Examiner.com Obama: Don’t leave the White House without your teleprompter Examiner.com - USA They’re called the Special Olympics because they include people that would not otherwise be allowed to participate in some sporting events, not because they ... See all stories on this topic

Examiner.com Kudos to Michelle Obama for the White House vegetable garden Examiner.com - USA Chef Alice Waters announced on CBS’s 60 Minutes last Sunday that she’d love to see a vegetable garden at the White House and Michelle Obama listened. ... See all stories on this topic

Los Angeles Times Not bowled over by Obama's Special Olympics joke Los Angeles Times - CA,USA Obama's comment also hit close to home for David Axelrod, the president's top political guru and a senior White House advisor. Axelrod's daughter, Lauren ... See all stories on this topic

Obama to Push Programs in Budget New York Times - United States Mr. Obama’s remarks came a day after the Congressional Budget Office released projections that the White House’s tax and spending plans would create ... See all stories on this topic

Obama Details His $3.6 Trillion Budget Voice of America - USA White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says the new numbers do not change the president's plans. Meanwhile, the Obama administration is setting tough guidelines ... See all stories on this topic

United Farm Workers Say “No” to White House Garden | Michelle ... By SjP08 Yes...you did read the headline of this post correctly. It appears that the United Farm Workers Union is pretty upset with the Bancroft Elementary School 5th. Michelle Obama Watch - http://michelleobamawatch.com/

OpEdNews » Vegetable Garden to Take Shape at White House WASHINGTON | About two dozen elementary school students helped first lady Michelle Obama break ground on the first day of spring for a garden on the White House grounds. The 1100-square-foot garden, the first of its kind since Eleanor ... OpEdNews - OpEdNews.Com Progressive,... - http://www.opednews.com/

White House Eyes Purchasing Toxic Assets : Bizzia By Stephen Kersey In an attempt to get the banking industry to start loaning money to businesses and individuals at a healthy rate, the White House reportedly wants to purchase the toxic assets that are haunting banks across the United States. ... Bizzia - http://www.bizzia.com/

Victory for White House garden : Super Eco By Sarah Gilbert White House assistant chef Sam Kass, who we hoped would be an advocate for food change, appears to have been key in the project; though Michelle said she'd been thinking about planting a garden (this is her first) since January. ... Super Eco News Feed - http://www.supereco.com/

Truthdig - Ear to the Ground - White House Looking to Curb Wall ... By editor@truthdig.com 2009/03/21 - Faced with the glaring problem of indulgence and intractability on the highest tiers of Wall Street’s corporate behemoths, the Obama administration is considering different options to make financial institutions more ... Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines - http://www.truthdig.com/

US plans new Iran steps: White House AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) — The White House says it has more steps planned to entice Iran to engage in dialogue after President Barack Obama offered a "new ... See all stories on this topic

White House on deficit, stimulus...Bernanke hits bonuses ... Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck - Bismarck,ND,USA WASHINGTON (AP) The White House says new projections of spiraling budget deficits won't stop President Barack Obama from cutting red ink in half within four ... See all stories on this topic

Obama Outlines Plan to Help Prevent Waste in Economic Stimulus Package New York Times - United States He said he had rejected a proposal to use stimulus money for modernizing the electrical and heating systems in the East Wing of the White House because the ... See all stories on this topic

White House Memo As the Public Simmers, Obama Lets Off Steam New York Times - United States By JEFF ZELENY WASHINGTON — To win the White House, Barack Obama grew adept at navigating obstacles. But few of those challenges tested his communications ... See all stories on this topic

Obama apologizes to Shriver for Special Olympics remark Los Angeles Times - CA,USA The president, Shriver said, wants to invite some Special Olympic athletes to the White House to bowl or play basketball. Read the rest of Silva's report. See all stories on this topic

South Carolina Governor Rejects Stimulus Money New York Times - United States In a statement released this afternoon, he said: We’re obviously disappointed by the White House’s decision, because it cuts against the notion of ... See all stories on this topic

US plans new Iran steps: White House AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) — The White House said Friday it had more steps planned to entice Iran into dialogue following President Barack Obama's message offering a ... See all stories on this topic

White House avoids questions about punitive tax on AIG bonuses Los Angeles Times - CA,USA By Michael Muskal White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was noncommittal today over whether President Obama, who spent much of the week condemning ... See all stories on this topic

President pitches recovery plan to state legislators USA Today - USA President Obama spoke this hour to members of the National Council of State Legislatures at the White House. His subject: The ailing economy, his economic ... See all stories on this topic

Federal Deficit Soars Past Previous Estimates Washington Post - United States After meeting with Obama at the White House this week, Conrad said the president "understands the legislative process" and that "it's going to require ... See all stories on this topic

White House Kitchen Garden Becomes Reality On March 19, 2009 Michelle Obama, with the help of some local schoolchildren, broke ground on the South Lawn for the first vegetable garden at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt's victory garden during World War II. ... About Gourmet Food - http://gourmetfood.about.com/?r=94

Front Row Washington » Blog Archive » First Draft: White House ... By Deborah Zabarenko Calling up memories of the “victory gardens” of World War II, when Americans were encouraged to grow their own produce to help the war effort, the White House garden is not a brand new idea. John Adams and Eleanor Roosevelt had gardens, ... Front Row Washington - http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/

RealClearMarkets - AP - Markets - Mar 20, 2009 - White House nixes ... By Jim Davenport White House Budget Director Peter Orszag (OHR'-zag) sent the Republican governor a letter Friday saying the federal cash should be used on education, not to pay off school construction debt. Sanford had asked to use $700 million in ... AP - Markets - http://www.realclearmarkets.com/

Michelle Obama: How Does Your Garden Grow? - Washington Wire - WSJ Shovel in hand, First Lady Michelle Obama marked the first day of spring by digging up a grassy patch of land on the South Lawn of the White House with 26 fifth graders from Bancroft Elementary School in Washington, DC, taking the first ... WSJ.com: Washington Wire - http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/

White House kitchen garden - Crunchy Con By Rod Dreher Three cheers for First Lady Michelle Obama, who will break ground today on a kitchen garden on the White House lawn! Excerpt: Such a White House garden has been a dream of noted California chef Alice Waters, considered a leader. Crunchy Con - http://blog.beliefnet.com/crunchycon/

Michelle Obama once teased for talking ‘like a white girl’ Chicago Sun-Times - United States One of her goals is to demystify the White House and make it more accessible to the people who live here. Mrs. Obama told the youngsters she felt isolated ... See all stories on this topic

White House launches Web site to help homeowners with mortgage ... Chicago Sun-Times - United States WASHINGTON -- The Obama White House launched a new Web site, makinghomeaffordable.gov, to give homeowners a one-stop place to research options to reduce ... See all stories on this topic

White House Cheat Sheet: Geithner's Big Weekend Washington Post - United States Although White House senior aides insist that Geithner is perfectly secure in his post, the fact that President Obama and White House press secretary Robert ... See all stories on this topic

House Democrats Set September Deadline for Compromise Washington Post - United States By Lori Montgomery and Ceci Connolly House Democrats, in consultation with the White House, will give Republican lawmakers until September to reach a ... See all stories on this topic

As Author, Obama Earns Big Money and a New Deal New York Times - United States The publishing agreement was not announced by the White House but was noted in a routine financial disclosure form in the Senate Office of Public Records. ... See all stories on this topic

The Burden of Battle FOXNews - USA Had the White House not rescinded this immoral and unethical proposal, the VA could have been sued for false advertising. The "O-Team" claimed that charging ... See all stories on this topic

Michelle Obama becomes 'cheerleader-in-chief' USA Today - USA On Thursday morning, she gathered her female posse at the White House for refreshments and instructed them to go forth and be encouraging. ... See all stories on this topic

Five Reasons Obama Should Return His Book Advance FOXNews - USA The White House argues that the $500000 payment is not a “book deal,” but a “license” that was negotiated over the course of months for an abridged youth ... See all stories on this topic

AIG Bonus Bill Passes in Congress, While White House Presses On TMCnet - USA A number of House Republicans had committed instead to vote for an alternative measure sponsored by Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio. ... See all stories on this topic

The Power of the Presidential Pen New York Times - United States (A White House official said Mr. Obama will get $250000, with the other half going to the publisher.) The deal, which was disclosed through a Senate ... See all stories on this topic

National Journal Online -- Lost in Transition -- White House Says ... The White House has sought to paint David F. Hamilton, President Obama's first judicial pick, as a moderate with bipartisan support. (Bloomberg News) True enough, Indiana Sens. Richard Lugar (R) and Evan Bayh (D) have both issued ... Lost in Transition - http://lostintransition.nationaljournal.com/

A. Siegel: The "White House Organic Vegetables Brand"? By A. Siegel The "White House Organic Vegetables Brand"? - The Huffington Post. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raw_feed_index.rdf

Local Food Movement comes to the White House: Obama Plants a ... By Melissa For months, numerous groups and individuals have been petitioning the new administration to be the symbol for all Americans to ... Eco-Chick - http://eco-chick.com/

Obamas to Plant White House Vegetable Garden - Jack & Jill Politics By rikyrah WASHINGTON — On Friday, Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of White House lawn to plant a vegetable garden, the first since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. There will be no beets (the president doesn’t like ... Jack & Jill Politics - http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/

Obama chats with Leno about White House life, new dog US President Barack Obama was alternately somber and light-hearted in an unusual appearance on America’s. NPL Arts top stories - http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/17103.rss?type=rss