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feud? what feud?

 White House 
 Warns Dems 
 to Avoid Fox 

Strategist reports intimidating phone call after appearance

Nov 6, 09 4:50 PM CST
(Newser) - The Obama administration has toned down its war of words against Fox News, but behind the scenes, it's warning Democratic strategists not to appear on the network. One consultant who made a recent appearance says he received a call afterward from a White House official who told him, "We... More »

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White House • feud • Fox News • David Plouffe • television news • Anita Dunn • political consultant

WHITE HOUSE HALLOWEEN

 Trick-or-Treat ... 
 Mr President 

Obamas open White House doors to 2000+ area schoolkids

Nov 1, 09 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The leader of the free world may have been masquerading as a frumpy suburban dad and handing out dried fruit, but it was still a pretty cool treat for a couple thousand DC-area kids who went trick-or-treating at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave last night. With the first lady dressed as a... More »

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Michelle Obama • White House • Halloween • costume • M&Ms • President Obama • women's issues • trick-or-treaters

White House Takes Crack at Car Website

Blog post assails Edmunds.com's view
of 'clunkers' initiative

Oct 30, 09 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The administration has picked another fight with a media outlet, but not one that employs Glenn Beck. The White House blog took aim at Edmunds.com, which had posted a scathing assessment of the “Cash for Clunkers” program. The snarky post argues that Edmunds must have been “covering... More »

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White House • blog • Obama administration • Cash for Clunkers • Edmunds.com

 Credit Stimulus for 
 650K Jobs: White House 

Directly or indirectly, $150B spent has had great effect, report says

Oct 30, 09 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The economic stimulus package has already created or saved at least 650,000 jobs, the White House said today, even though just $150 billion of the $787 billion has been spent. And the number of jobs is closer to 1 million if it includes positions added indirectly, according to the... More »

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White House • recession • economic stimulus package • job creation • Obama administration • President Obama • economic downturn • federal funding

 White House, Fox News 
 Reach a 'Truce' 

Analysts skeptical about how long it'll last

Oct 28, 09 7:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The White House and Fox News appear to have called a “truce” in their war of words after a meeting today between Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs and Fox exec Michael Clemente. Clemente then returned to the channel’s DC bureau and asked staff to remain “fair and... More »

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Iraq • White House • Fox News • Obama administration • Robert Gibbs • conservative media

ANALYSIS

 Where Bush Was 
 Bashed, Obama 
 Gets Free Pass 

GOP faithful can't fathom why press goes so easy on new president

Oct 27, 09 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supporters of George Bush are miffed about the passes the media has given President Obama for trespasses the former president would likely have been excoriated for. “We have a joke about it. We’re going to start a website: IfBushHadDoneThat.com,” former Bush counselor Ed Gillespie tells Politico.... More »

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Bush administration • White House • Fox News • journalist • American media • George W. Bush • Obama administration • President Obama



 Meet Michelle's 
 'Body Woman' 

Kristen Jarvis came up in Obama's Senate office, and has proven stellar

Oct 27, 09 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kristen Jarvis has had tough jobs. She joined Barack Obama’s office in 2004, when he was a newly minted senator. But that was nothing compared to last year’s presidential campaign, when she was given a different charge: Michelle Obama. As her "body woman," Jarvis did everything... More »

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Iraq • presidential campaign • Michelle Obama • White House • aide • first lady • Election 2008 • Reggie Love • Obama administration • President Obama

girls allowed

 Obama's Golf Game Goes Coed 

Presidential foursome includes a woman for the first time

Oct 25, 09 4:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Within hours of a New York Times story spotlighting the West Wing's alleged "boys' club" atmosphere, President Obama played golf with a woman today for the first time since being sworn in. Melody Barnes, the White House chief domestic policy adviser, hit the links as part of Obama's foursome... More »

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golf • White House • domestic policy • Obama administration • President Obama • women's issues • Melody Barnes • Fort Belvoir

Clarence Page

Actually, Fox Is
a Legit News Operation

Obama must start following through on campaign promises

Oct 25, 09 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Risking his wife's wrath, Clarence Page has to admit he agrees with Sean Hannity. The Fox News host has correctly called President Obama on the disconnect between campaign rhetoric and the attempted boycott of Hannity's employer. "It is disingenuous for right-wing pundits to accuse Obama of dividing the country,... More »

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television • media • cable TV • White House • journalism • Fox News • Glenn Beck • Sean Hannity • Obama administration • President Obama

 Michelle Hits 142 at Hula Hoops 

But the über-fit first lady just can't do double dutch

Oct 22, 09 2:00 AM CDT
(AP) - The president isn't the only Obama with impressive hoops prowess: Michelle managed 142 swivels of a hula hoop yesterday during a "healthy kids fair" on the White House lawn. Jumping rope double dutch? Not so much. The first lady also gave a pep talk about eating right to about... More »

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childhood obesity • Michelle Obama • White House • exercise • healthy eating • french fries • hula hoop • first lady • women's issues • Michelle Obama hula hoop

analysis

 In Fight With Fox, 
 White House Can't Win 

Administration has 'brought a knife to a gunfight': David Carr

Oct 18, 09 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - By tackling Fox News head-on, the Obama administration has almost certainly bitten off more than it can chew, apparently prioritizing payback ahead of rising above the fray. "While there is undoubtedly a visceral thrill in finally setting out after your antagonists," media columnist David Carr writes for the... More »

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television • media • White House • feud • Fox News • television news • Obama administration • White House blog • Anita Dunn

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 White House: 
 Fox Is 'Not 
 Really News' 


Administration still sparring with conservative network

Oct 18, 09 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House continued its scuffle with Fox News today, with Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace complaining on-air that the administration dissed its request for an interview, while top aides took to competing networks to denounce it. It's "not really news," David Axelrod told This Week. The... More »

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White House • Fox News • John Cornyn • Rahm Emanuel • health care reform • Valerie Jarrett • David Axelrod • President Obama • Fox News Sunday • Sunday morning talk shows

Union Chief Takes On
White House

AFSCME leader
gets very loud over
health care reform

Oct 17, 09 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The leader of one of the nation's biggest labor unions is not playing ball with the White House, writes Ben Smith. AFSCME's Gerry McEntee seems to be breaking the unwritten rule among progressives when dealing with this administration: Hush up, or we'll freeze you out. McEntee has repeatedly taken public... More »

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White House • labor unions • trade unions • AFSCME • President Obama • Gerry McEntee • union leader

worth crying over

White House Doesn't Take Glenn Beck 'Very Seriously'

Administration not sweating Fox host's campaign against Anita Dunn

Oct 16, 09 7:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fox talking head Glenn Beck has White House communications director Anita Dunn in his crosshairs, but the administration isn't exactly sweating. "I caught some of that from the Glenn Beck show yesterday, but I don't think anybody takes it—takes his attacks very seriously," the deputy White House... More »

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White House • Fox News • Glenn Beck • Mao Zedong • Obama administration • President Obama • Anita Dunn

White House-Fox Spat Now Involves ... Mao

In old video, communications director Anita Dunn calls Chinese leader a favorite

Oct 16, 09 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - That was quick. The White House sent communications director Anita Dunn after Fox over the weekend, and now an old video has surfaced—much to the delight of Glenn Beck and others—in which she calls Mao one of her "favorite political philosophers." In a speech to high... More »

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White House • Fox News • Michelle Malkin • Mother Teresa • Glenn Beck • Mao Zedong • Obama administration • conservative media • Van Jones • Anita Dunn

WATCH IT

 Obama's Sexy 
 Salsa Irks Michelle 

After salsa dancing at the Fiesta Latina, Barack seems to spark wife's ire

Oct 14, 09 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama may have gotten on his wife’s bad side last night after salsa dancing with Mexican pop singer Thalia at the White House’s Fiesta Latina. TMZ points to a YouTube video (watch it at left) showing Michelle appearing to give Barack the cold shoulder after he returns... More »

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Barack Obama • YouTube • Michelle Obama • White House • Obama dancing

White House Doesn't Diss New Michelle Doll

Action figure seeks to capitalize on first lady's popularity

Oct 13, 09 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House—which strongly objected to Malia and Sasha Obama dolls released earlier this year—declined to comment yesterday on an upcoming Michelle Obama doll. The 6-inch action figure seeks to capture the first lady's "muted, subdued, classy" style, says its maker Jailbreak Toys, which has been selling... More »

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Michelle Obama • White House • toys • first lady • doll

Reporter: Obama Dismissed Gay Marchers as 'Fringe'

White House takes comedians more seriously, Harwood says

Oct 12, 09 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama isn’t exactly quaking in his boots over the gay rights protesters that marched on Washington yesterday. The administration views the advocates as “part of the Internet left fringe,” CNBC correspondent John Harwood said on NBC last night. “One adviser told me, ‘those bloggers... More »

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Barack Obama • gay rights • blogosphere • Don't Ask, Don't Tell • White House • civil rights • Human Rights Campaign • Obama administration • left wing • John Harwood

Lobbyists Deal Death Blows to Health Care Cost Cuts

Having KO'd most cuts, they're aiming at Cadillac tax and Medicare commission

Oct 11, 09 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Who's winning the health care battle? Lobbyists, says the New York Times, who've succeeded in blocking virtually every avenue for cutting health care costs that has been put on the table. They've killed proposals that would pinch doctors, hospitals, insurers and employees who are the beneficiaries of so-called Cadillac health... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • hospitals • White House • lobbyists • health care reform • Jay Rockefeller • Max Baucus • health insurers • doctors

'We Ran Into a President With Some Serious Game': Rep.

Obama in great shape at White House hoops

Oct 8, 09 9:27 PM CDT
(AP) - President Barack Obama and a few members of his cabinet played basketball tonight at the White House with a handful of House members, two of them Republicans. "We ran into a president with some serious game," said Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash. Obama had "a sweet crossover move"... More »

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basketball • White House • Jeff Flake • Ken Salazar • Baron Hill • Brad Ellsworth • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Shaun Donovan • Arne Duncan • Heath Shuler • John Shimkus • Jay Inslee • Mike Arcuri

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