Morning Fix: The White House Plays (Political) Hardball Washington Post David Paterson faces a difficult path to re-election in 2010, leading the White House to intervene. Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images The White House's ... See all stories on this topic

Who's the Liar Now, Mr. Obama? The New American Before the night was out, Wilson had been pressured to call the White House to apologize. Not content that Rep. Wilson apologized directly to the White ... See all stories on this topic

The Associated Press SPIN METER: $2 trillion in health savings? Where? The Associated Press The White House event on May 11 clearly had political significance. It was an early sign that the same interest groups that helped derail President Bill ... See all stories on this topic

Obama: Health care overhaul won't burden middle class Austin American-Statesman As the Senate Finance Committee prepares to vote on the legislation this week, the White House is trying to hold together fractious Democrats, ... See all stories on this topic

New York Times A Sunday Morning Obamathon: Five Interviewers, One Message New York Times In photos provided by the White House, President Obama spoke with, clockwise from center left, Bob Schieffer of CBS, George Stephanopoulos of ABC, ... See all stories on this topic

White House dismisses Fox News as 'ideological outlet,' renewing feud Washington Examiner ... who was a top aide to former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill. The White House indeed took aim at Fox, with a spokesman saying, “We figured Fox would ... See all stories on this topic

New York Times Paterson Says He Will Run Despite White House Pressure New York Times David A. Paterson insisted on Sunday that he would continue his campaign for governor, despite urgings from the White House that he step aside for the good ... See all stories on this topic

The Caucus The President's Best Hope in the GOP New York Times “Two-thirds of the costs for covering new people will be paid for by taking waste out of the system,” Mr. Obama said in an interview at the White House. ... See all stories on this topic

White House seems to give Cuomo cover to go for governor Newsday The White House's stunning "stand-down" message to Gov. David A. Paterson seems to give Attorney General Andrew Cuomo just the cover he needs to chase the ... See all stories on this topic

Healthcare Package: Obama Ignores Scathing Rhetoric THISDAY A vote in his committee could occur as early as next week, but many hurdles remain in the House and Senate. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs called ... See all stories on this topic

Chris Wallace Whines That The White House Are A Bunch Of Crybabies ... By Nicole Belle (h/t David N.) Poor widdle Chris Wallace. That mean ol' Barack Obama won't come on his show but he's appearing on virtually every other Sunday show...including Univision, fer cryin' out loud. Univision! Oh, the humiliation of being ... Crooks and Liars - http://crooksandliars.com/

White House dismisses Fox News as 'ideological outlet,' renewing ... By Alan Suderman President Obama's Sunday media blitz of five networks deliberately left out Fox News, with the administration calling it an “ideological outlet.” But by passing over “Fox News Sunday” with host Chris Wallace, Obama skipped over an ... Washington Examiner Site Feed - http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/templates/rss

Despite Pressure from the White House, Paterson Says Will Run | HULIQ By Michael Santo It's been reported that President Barack Obama has asked an increasingly embattled Gov. David Paterson to bow out of the 2010 New York governor's race. On Sunday, however, Paterson said he plans to run anyway. HULIQ - Citizen News Review - http://www.huliq.com/

White House Eyeing Phasing Out of Fossil Fuel Subsidies ... By Sue (ChattahBox)---Ending subsidies to dirty fossil fuel industries is on the agenda for the upcoming G-20 summit to be held in Pittsburgh later this month. And the. ChattahBox News Blog - http://chattahbox.com/

Berkeley Lab Scientist Nominated by White House to Head Key DOE Agency The White House announced its intention to nominate Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley engineer and scientist Arun Majumdar to become the first director of the U.S. Department of Energy's ... AZoNano.com - Nanotechnology News Feed - http://www.azonano.com/

Obama: Health insurance mandate no tax increase - Yahoo! News Sep 17, 2009 ... Obama's network interviews were taped Friday at the White House. He became the first president to appear on five Sunday network shows in the ...

BBC NEWS | Americas | White House rejects racism claim The White House dismisses comments by ex-President Jimmy Carter that criticism of Barack Obama is based on racism.

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A page from 'Dear Leader' playbook Minneapolis Star Tribune The fracas erupted over the accompanying lesson plans, or "menu of classroom activities," assembled by the White House and the federal Department of ... See all stories on this topic

Women's rights a priority for Obama panel ABC News By Mimi Hall, USA TODAY A new White House Council on Women and Girls is assessing every government agency to see if its programs do enough to benefit women. ... See all stories on this topic

White House renews regulatory push on anniversary of economic meltdown The Hill White House press secretary Robert Gibbs on Friday said Obama's message will be to ensure Americans that “what happened a year ago, never happens again. ... See all stories on this topic

New York Times Lawmaker Says No New Apology for Outburst New York Times Mr. Wilson also called the White House and reached Rahm Emanuel, the president's chief of staff, who accepted an apology on behalf of Mr. Obama. ... See all stories on this topic

The Associated Press AP Top News at 8:15 pm EDT The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The White House and members of Congress on Sunday played down an immediate role for a government health insurance option and turned attention ... See all stories on this topic

Obama to speak on financial crisis one year later Newsday ... the markets into turmoil, as part of the White House's effort to rekindle bank regulatory reform efforts that have petered out recently on Capitol Hill. ... See all stories on this topic

Obama Heads to Wall Street, Turns Attention to Financial Reform Washington Post The toughest challenge to the administration's agenda is likely to arise in the Senate, where few legislators seem obligated to follow the White House's ... See all stories on this topic

Obama "Indoctrinates" Our Children with Neutral Ideology ToTheCenter.com For example, I've heard the complaints that the White House had not originally planned to post the speech in advance, and about the original idea, ... See all stories on this topic

CNN: Gibbs on Whether Race Impacts Obama's Detractors Washington Post WHITE HOUSE PRESS SEC. ROBERT GIBBS: I don't think the president believes that people are upset because of the color of his skin. ... See all stories on this topic

FOXNews Senators Dismiss House Health Plan, as White House Sends Mixed Signals FOXNews But the White House would not go so far. It continued to send out mixed signals over whether it believes the most controversial element of the House bills ... See all stories on this topic

White House Dismisses Dowd Claim That Wilson Outburst Was Race ... By Last Best Hope Is the WH blind or crazy? Joe Wilson is clearly a white guy so of course he's racist. PROVE HE'S NOT you gop nazis. wink http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/13/white-house-dismisses-dowd-claim-wilson-outburst-race-based/ ... Say Anything: Reader Blogs - http://sayanythingblog.com/

Washington Post Home Page Buries Massive 9-12 Rally in Teeny-Weeny ... By Tim Graham With Beck and the White House having a daily e-mail relationship, I wonder if the "save-the-date" e-mail Beck sent regarding the 9/12 Project protesters marching on DC and the White House, on 9/12, slipped through the cracks. ... NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal... - http://newsbusters.org/

White House Spokesman Suggests 30% Cut in Medicare Spending ... By Rutabaga Ridgepole While discussing some relatively minor cuts in Medicare spending featured currently, or formerly, or in the future of one of the many, many different versions of Obamacare floating incomprehensibly around in Congress, White House ... Cafe Talk Aggregator - http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/

White House Changes its Position on ObamaCare Abortion, Wants ... By Dan Perrin (Profile) If I understand what has happened this week in the fur-ball-fight known as ObamaCare, the left got rolled. The White House says: 1) there will be an explicit ban on health benefits for illegal aliens; 2) there will be an explicit ban on ... Dan_Perrin's blog - http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/

The Raw Story » Santorum mulling run for White House: Reports By Daniel Tencer As The Hill reported Sunday, Santorum appears to be doing more than just "thinking about" a White House run, as LifeSiteNews reported -- he appears to be taking direct logistical steps towards one. The Philadelphia Bulletin reported ... The Raw Story - http://rawstory.com/blog/

White House stiffens against illegal immigrants - Yahoo! News The White House strengthened its stand against health care coverage for illegal immigrants Friday, and a pivotal Senate committee looked ready to follow its ...

White House cautiously optimistic on stimulus jobs - Yahoo! News White House economists said Thursday that the Obama administration's recovery efforts have saved or created more than 1 million jobs, an estimate that ...

White House Dismisses Furor Over Obama Speech to Students as ... Sep 4, 2009 ... The White House said earlier this week that the president's address Tuesday is intended to be an inspirational, pro-education message to all ...

ABC News Obama's Back-to-School Controversy The White House Defends Speech ... ABC News The firestorm surrounding the planned speech erupted when the White House put out lesson plans suggesting that students write a letter about how they could ... See all stories on this topic

The Associated Press INSIDE WASHINGTON: Labor board in gridlock The Associated Press Those vacancies have lingered into President Barack Obama's first term, despite the Democrats being in power in the White House and Congress. ... See all stories on this topic

Van Jones: Cursing aide left voluntarily, White House said Chicago Tribune By Peter Wallsten Tribune Newspapers WASHINGTON — - White House officials said Sunday that the presidential environmental adviser Van Jones resigned this ... See all stories on this topic

White House Draws Limited Role For Public Option Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON - Amid political battles over the role of government in health care and other functions, White House officials Sunday offered carefully drawn ... See all stories on this topic

The Money Times Obama to post White House visitor logs on the Web The Money Times “For the first time in history, records of White House visitors will be made available to the public on an ongoing basis,” Obama said in a statement. ... See all stories on this topic

Los Angeles Times Obama is fast losing white voters' support Los Angeles Times A White House official acknowledged Sunday that Jones had been vetted less rigorously than other officials. In another episode, some conservatives have ... See all stories on this topic

FOXNews Jones' Resignation Could Embolden Administration Critics FOXNews Now that White House green jobs adviser Van Jones has stepped down, Republicans are raising concerns about the administration's reliance on "czars. ... See all stories on this topic

Obama and unions still working it out Kansas City Star By RANDOLPH HEASTER Organized labor has been waiting for this for years, perhaps even decades: There's a Democrat in the White House, and Democrats have ... See all stories on this topic

White House Lesson Washington Post Moreover, the White House's promise to post the full text of the speech online Monday should be further reassurance that the president's interests are ... See all stories on this topic

New York Times White House Names Manufacturing Adviser New York Times President Obama has named Ron Bloom as the administration's senior counselor for manufacturing policy, the White House said Sunday night. ... See all stories on this topic

White House Names Manufacturing Adviser - The Caucus Blog ... By By Derrick Henry Ahead of President Obama's planned remarks at the AFL-CIO's annual Labor Day picnic, he chooses Ron Bloom as senior counselor for manufacturing policy. The Caucus - http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/

The White House shows off its green thumb By Steven Hodson One of the things that Michelle Obama wanted to do once she got to the White House was to provide an example to the American people that having a garden which you could use to help feed your family was a good thing. The Inquisitr - http://www.inquisitr.com/

Chalabi aide: I went from White House to secret U.S. prisoner ... Lami said he'd visited the White House with Chalabi in November 2005 and met with a senior administration Mideast expert. By August 2008, however, when Lami was arrested at the Baghdad airport, the U.S. command considered him a ... Democratic Underground Latest... - http://www.democraticunderground.com/

Fact Checking the White House: Special-Needs Patients Face Fewer ... By Gerrit Lansing Fact Checking the White House: Special-Needs Patients Face Fewer Choices. Posted September 6th, 2009 at 11.34am in Health Care. Since many Americans with special needs, or their caretakers, use Medicare Advantage plans as a way to pay ... The Foundry - http://blog.heritage.org/

When Will This White House Learn You Cannot Negotiate With ... By jackturner Too often, this White House has sent the signal that it seeks common ground and conciliation with parties interested in its total destruction. From my point of view, negotiating with ignorance, fear, hate and irrationality is insane. ... Jack & Jill Politics - http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/

Obama yields on White House visitor logs - White House- msnbc.com Sep 4, 2009 ... The Obama administration says it will release information on most visitors to the White House, starting at the end of this year.

White House Adviser Van Jones Resigns Amid Controversy Over Past ... White House environmental adviser Van Jones resigned late Saturday after a simmering controversy over his past statements and activism erupted into calls ...

White House public health care plan is negotiable Yahoo News White House officials said Sunday a government health insurance option is negotiable, signaling a potential compromise on an issue that President Barack ...

The White House Blog Post The Story of the White House Garden Since groundbreaking and initial tilling in March weve been documenting the progress of the first garden on White House grounds since Eleanor Roosevelt's ...

The White House Press Office MEDIA ADVISORY President Obama to ... As children across America go back to school, President Obama will deliver a national address directly to students on the importance of taking ...

White House Fires Back After Cheney Calls CIA ProbePolitical ... White House Press Secretary Roberts Gibbs broadly dismisses former Vice President Dick Cheney's comments on.

The Associated Press White House: Afghan war not in crisis The Associated Press In the meantime the White House is redefining how it will measure progress, with new benchmarks expected next month. The outline will be presented to ... See all stories on this topic

Mukasey cuts off White House access to information on probes SunJournal.com During his confirmation hearings in October, Mukasey had promised that he would change the policy after senators said it enabled White House officials to ... See all stories on this topic

Washington Times White House: Gitmo closing on schedule Washington Times By Sean Lengell (Contact) | Monday, August 10, 2009 The White House national security adviser said Sunday he is confident the administration will meet its ... See all stories on this topic

Voice of America Making the White House a Home Voice of America By John David Chadwick He describes himself as one of the few people at the White House to personally witness then-President Ronald Reagan and Soviet ... See all stories on this topic

The White House wants all “disinformation” on health care bill to ... Examiner.com A recent blog on the White House official website has asked people to forward “fishy” emails to their address, so that it can be “flagged. ... See all stories on this topic

Tumultuous Environment Makes Health Care Compromise Less Likely New York Times ... with centrists on the Senate Finance Committee maneuvering around obstacles erected by the Democratic left, the Republican right and the White House. ... See all stories on this topic

White House Sliding Back on Signing Statements CBS News For example, most reasonable people would agree that officials and lawyers at the White House and Justice Department are making progress in finally emptying ... See all stories on this topic

White House: North Korea Seeking Improved US Relations Wall Street Journal Jones said, and the White House felt obtaining their freedom was important. Gen. Jones and other members of the Obama foreign policy appearing on Sunday ... See all stories on this topic

White House: Iran confirms 3 US hikers in custody The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The White House says Iran has confirmed it has three American hikers in custody. The Americans strayed into Iran while hiking in the mountains ... See all stories on this topic

After cyber attacks, White House must strengthen nation's computer ... Kansas City Star So far, the White House has made little progress in boosting the nation's cyber security. In May, President Barack Obama announced creation of a new effort ... See all stories on this topic

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Your Name in White House Database and What it Might Mean : Stop ... By Maggie Thornton In a comment this morning online, I mentioned that the White House seems unconcerned about asking us to “flag” anyone they find with dissenting information on the Obama administration's health care reform. Robert Gibbs, the White House ... Stop The ACLU - http://www.stoptheaclu.com/

Economist's View: "The White House's Deal With Big Pharma ... By Mark Thoma Robert Reich says the administration's promise not to use the government's purchasing power to lower the price of drugs in return for a large, pharmaceutical industry sponsored ad campaign in support of health care reform undercuts and ... Economist's View - http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/

Robert Reich's Blog: How the White House's Deal With Big Pharma ... By Robert Reich Last week, after being reported in the Los Angeles Times, the White House confirmed it has promised Big Pharma that any healthcare legislation will bar the government from using its huge purchasing power to negotiate lower drug prices. ... Robert Reich's Blog - http://robertreich.blogspot.com/

Dan Rather Pleads for White House Action on News Media ... By Rich Noyes RE: Dan Rather Pleads for White House Action on News Media. August 9, 2009 - 14:41 ET by Popeyecpo. Rather just doesn't get it as many of MSM reporters do not. The public wants the unvarnished truth without the editoral bias spin. ... NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal... - http://newsbusters.org/

White House Fishy Emails: Associated Press, MSNBC Haven't Reported ... By LBG1 After six months in the White House its apparent that some of the press, especially the Associated Press and MSNBC, are busy reporting stories such as Sarah Palin's Facebook remarks about Obama healthcare and Paula Abdul leaving ... DBKP - Death By 1000 Papercuts - DBKP - http://deathby1000papercuts.com/

White House Warns Rush: Nazi Talk Puts You On "Thin Ice" The White House struck back hard on Friday against conservative pundits and town hall protesters who have compared the President to Hitler and his policies ...

White House Move to Collect 'Fishy' Info May Be Illegal, Critics ... Aug 7, 2009 ... The White House has been under fire since posting a blog on Tuesday that asks supporters to e-mail any.

White House: 'War on terrorism' is over - Washington Times Aug 6, 2009 ... The US is no longer engaged in a "war on terrorism." Neither is it fighting " jihadists" or in a "global war." President Obama's top homeland ...

Cornyn accuses White House of compiling 'enemies list' | News for ... Aug 6, 2009 ... Washington News - The Dallas Morning News is your trusted source for news from Washington DC Staff Writer Todd J. Gillman - Columnist Todd ...

White House uses Web against Drudge attack - Yahoo! News The White House is turning to the Internet to hit back at a Web posting that claims to show President Barack Obama explaining how his health care reform ...

White House says no to tax hike for middle class - Yahoo! News Aug 3, 2009 ... In a rebuke to the Treasury secretary, the White House said Monday that President Barack Obama remains opposed to any tax hike for families ...

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The White House stands by its claims. Its allies claim that CBO forecasts, for instance, don't reflect potential future cost savings that might be expected ...
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Even after the Cambridge police dropped all charges against Gates, and after Gates and Crowley met at the White House on Thursday over beers with President ...
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Discuss Article President Obama's biergartenbiergarten moment at the White House on Thursday may have started out as a political stunt, but in the end it ...
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US prison plan for Guantanamo inmates under review, officials say
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Officials at the White House, Justice Department and other agencies confirmed the idea of a "courtroom within a detention facility" was being examined. ...
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... the statistics all suggested a vertical decline," said Lawrence H. Summers, the top White House economic adviser, on "Meet the Press. ...
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The drumbeat will begin Monday, when Kathleen Sebelius, the health and human services secretary, travels to Hartford to talk about what the White House now ...
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In one of his first acts in the White House, Obama signed an executive order that committed his administration to closing Guantanamo Bay within one year. ...
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When Martin Luther King dreamed of the day when our children would not be known by the color of their skin but by the content of their character, he was re-expressing the brilliant but unrealized dreams of Genesis 1 --.
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With tickets priced at just $49.50, a Green Day concert has to be one of the best bargains on the live music scene as far as big-name bands. They visited the White House but I didn't see any Obamas in any of the photos. ...
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White House adviser won't say no to tax increaseWASHINGTON — A top White House adviser says he can't rule out a tax on middle-class Americans to pay for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
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