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 Michelle Will Join Health Debate 

First lady's no Hillary, but she'll help president will soft sell

Sep 17, 09 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama will be joining the push to pass a health reform bill, but the first lady won't be entering into the booby-trapped terrain that Hillary Clinton braved 16 years ago. Instead, Obama will focus on what Politico calls "the soft, soccer-mom sell," focusing on nutrition, exercise,... More »

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health care • Michelle Obama • White House • health care reform • first lady • Michelle Obama hula hoop

 Obama Goes En Garde! 

The president helps boost Chicago's Olympic bid by fencing with light sabers

Sep 17, 09 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Health care reform? Racism brouhaha? Barack Obama took a break from it all—and possibly worked out some frustration—on the White House lawn yesterday during a fencing demonstration, Gawker reports. The president and first lady brandished light sabers during an event promoting Chicago’s bid to host the 2016... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • White House • fencing • Olympic Games • 2016 Olympics • Chicago Olympics

(Newser) - Sorry, Jimmy Carter: The White House doesn't think hostility toward President Obama is motivated by race, the Washington Post reports. “The president does not believe that the criticism comes based on the color of his skin,” said Robert Gibbs. Carter started a firestorm by asserting just that—... More »

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race • Jimmy Carter • White House • racism • health care reform • Robert Gibbs • President Obama

EXCERPT

 Bush Disses 
 Obama, Palin 
 in Aide's Book 

Obama 'has no clue,' while Palin isn't 'remotely prepared'

Sep 15, 09 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - George Bush apparently didn't think much of Barack Obama as a candidate. “This is a dangerous world, and this cat isn’t remotely qualified to handle it," he's quoted in a new book as saying. "This guy has no clue, I promise you.” GQ has excerpts... More »

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John McCain • presidential campaign • White House • Republican Party • memoir • book • Election 2008 • presidential election • George W. Bush • Sarah Palin • speechwriter • Matt Latimer

OBITUARY

 Carter Confidant,
 Press Secretary 
 Powell Dead at 65 

Aide helped engineer Ga. governor's rise to the White House

Sep 14, 09 6:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former White House press secretary Jody Powell, a longtime aide who helped engineer Jimmy Carter's run to the White House, died today after apparently suffering a heart attack at his Maryland home, the Washington Post reports. He was 65. A member of the "Georgia Mafia" that stormed the capital... More »

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Jimmy Carter • White House • obituary • death • press secretary • Jody Powell • Carter administration

 Sorry, 
 Glenn Beck: 
 Senate 
 Confirms 
 Sunstein 

57-40 vote goes mostly along party lines

Sep 11, 09 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cass Sunstein, President Obama’s nominee for a bureaucratic White House post, has been confirmed in a 57-40 Senate vote largely along party lines, Politico reports. Sunstein, who will monitor federal regulations as director of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, has been under attack by conservatives... More »

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Senate • White House • animal rights • hunting • Glenn Beck • nominee • President Obama • confirmation vote • end-of-life care • Cass Sunstein

(AP) - South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson, who shouted "You lie" at President Barack Obama during his speech to Congress tonight, called the White House within hours of the outburst, attempting to reach Obama. He ended up speaking instead to White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, and "expressed... More »

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illegal immigrant • White House • Rahm Emanuel • apology • health care reform • speech • President Obama • Congressional Republicans • Joe Wilson • civility • You lie

ANALYSIS

 Thank Beck, 
 Internet for 
 Van Jones 
 Uproar 

Strategy deflected attention from Jones' Beck boycott

Sep 6, 09 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mainstream media entirely ignored the controversy over now-former Obama adviser Van Jones, who was slyly forced out by Glenn Beck and his online fans, Politico reports. Beck whipped up a fury over Jones—who once signed a 9/11 conspiracy petition—without mentioning that the green jobs czar was also... More »

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media • Google • Internet • White House • September 11 • czar • Glenn Beck • boycott • presidential adviser • conspiracy theory • Twitter • Van Jones

Obama to Open White House Visitor Logs

Aims to boost transparency, resolve watchdog lawsuits

Sep 4, 09 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration has agreed to release the normally private list of visitors to the White House, as a move to increase transparency, and resolve four lawsuits against both it and the previous administration from a watchdog group. “We will achieve our goal of making this administration the most... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • White House • Freedom of Information Act • White House visitors • Obama administration • Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics

 Sasha in Oval Office 
 Evokes John-John 



Photo of youngest Obama visiting Dad echoes Camelot image

Sep 3, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new photo released by the White House shows Sasha Obama sneaking up on her dad from behind an Oval Office couch—recalling an iconic image of John Kennedy Jr. hiding under his dad’s desk in 1963. That picture became part of the Kennedy family’s "‘Camelot’... More »

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politics • White House • John F. Kennedy • Ted Kennedy • Flickr • photograph • Oval Office • Sasha Obama • President Obama • John F. Kennedy Jr.

(AP) - President Barack Obama praised the contributions of American Muslims tonight at a White House dinner to celebrate the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Muslim community leaders, Cabinet secretaries, ambassadors and members of Congress were on hand as Obama paid tribute to "a great religion and its commitment to justice... More »

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Islam • White House • Ramadan • American Muslims • President Obama • dinner

White House Braces for Anti-War Push From Left

Administration fears liberal call for pullout

Sep 1, 09 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Administration officials are concerned that pressure from the left could drive the Afghanistan war effort off the rails early, Politico reports. Rising casualties, along with doubts about strategy and the recent election, are raising fears the White House could be denied a chance to show concrete progress in the country.... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • White House • troop withdrawal • pullout • liberal • Afghanistan war • Obama administration

Health Reform
'Gang of Six'
at Death's Door

Bipartisan effort has devolved into sniping, members showboating

Sep 1, 09 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The bipartisan “Gang of Six” lawmakers working on health care reform looks like history, Ezra Klein reports in the Washington Post. Yesterday, the White House slammed one of the group’s members, Sen. Mike Enzi, after he trashed the Democratic plan for "making the economy sicker without saving... More »

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White House • rationing • Charles Grassley • health care reform • Max Baucus • bipartisan • Mike Enzi

analysis

 Bernanke's Next Challenge:
 Undoing His Own Work 

Rate cuts, other moves must eventually be reversed

Aug 26, 09 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - In his first term as Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke played the role of savior, lending hundreds of billions to banks and businesses, backing the mortgage market, and cutting interest rates. In his second, Bernanke will have to turn “strict disciplinarian,” reversing earlier moves to respond to a massive... More »

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inflation • Ben Bernanke • White House • Federal Reserve • lending practices • Obama administration • financial crisis • President Obama • interest rates

Conservatives Out-Tweet Liberals

Early-adopting GOP Twitterati more organized, numerous

Aug 24, 09 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - You might assume that Twitter, like most things having to do with the Internet, is dominated by liberals and “netroots” activists. But you’d be wrong, according to Johanna Neuman of the Los Angeles Times. John McCain hit the million-follower mark weeks before the White House did, and... More »

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John McCain • social networking • White House • netroots • liberal • Sarah Palin • Twitter • conservatives • Obama administration • social media • TopProg.org • Top Conservatives on Twitter

(Newser) - President Obama is still missing more than half his team after 7 months in the Oval Office, the New York Times reports. Facing a grueling confirmation process for appointees, the president has filled only 43% of more than 500 top policymaking positions that require Senate approval. Planning to reform financial... More »

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White House • nominee • political appointee • President Obama

 Obama Urges 
 Activists to
 Retake Health 
 Care Debate 

White House struggles to regain message control

Aug 20, 09 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama urged the grassroots activists who helped him so much in the presidential campaign to do the same in the health care debate, Politico reports. “Now come on," the president told members of Organizing for America in a conference call today. "The best ambassadors for true... More »

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health care • White House • conservative • grassroots • health care reform • Obama administration • Organizing for America

(Newser) - President Obama brought his case for health reform to talk radio today, telling a largely conservative audience that a public option is only a small part of his goal and expressing skepticism that any deal with Republicans is possible. On the public option, "what we've said is we think... More »

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health insurance • White House • health care reform • Obama administration • President Obama • public option • radio interview • Michael Smerconish

 Obama Honors NASCAR 
 as 'Uniquely American' 

President praises stock racing's service ethic

Aug 19, 09 5:45 PM CDT
(AP) - First bowling, now NASCAR. President Obama continued his sports education today by honoring last year's champ, Jimmie Johnson, and the rest of NASCAR's top drivers at the White House. "NASCAR is a uniquely American sport," said the president, praising its rise from the humble roots of moonshiners racing... More »

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sports • White House • NASCAR • racing • community service • stock car racing • President Obama

(Newser) - Rahm Emanuel is emerging as the most powerful chief of staff in decades, affecting policy as often as he terrorizes White House staff with expletive-ridden tirades, the New York Times reports. But that means it's Emanuel's job, and reputation, that's at risk if President Obama fails to reform health care... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • Capitol Hill • Rahm Emanuel • chief of staff

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