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(Newser) - Damon Weaver, not yet out of elementary school, made his name on the Internet when he interviewed Joe Biden during the 2008 campaign for his school's TV station. Yesterday, the grizzled journalistic veteran bagged his biggest sit-down yet following 8 months of requests—a 10-minute grilling of Barack Obama at... More »

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education • Barack Obama • White House • student • elementary school • school lunch • interview • President Obama • Damon Weaver

White House Pushes Against Reform 'Myths'

Grassley says death panel language gone from Senate bill

Aug 13, 09 5:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The White House has chosen to fight fire with fire in its battle for health care reform, the Washington Post reports. An email from David Axelrod posted on the White House web site expresses bafflement at the "lies and distortions" of opponents. Axelrod, whose email went up after... More »

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Congress • Senate • White House • Charles Grassley • health care reform • David Axelrod • Obama administration • President Obama

Pharma to Push Obama Plan in $150M Ad Blitz

Drug companies get behind health care reform, to Congress' concern

Aug 9, 09 6:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Drug companies have authorized their lobbyists to spend up to $150 million on TV ads supporting Barack Obama's health care reform plan—a surprisingly large sum that suggests the industry still has a deal with the White House on capping pharma's costs, reports the New York Times. A few spots... More »

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advertising • White House • drug companies • health care reform • pharmaceutical industry • advertising budgets

Time May Be Right to Talk Raising Taxes

In poll, less than half
of Americans say
they pay too much

Aug 7, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - If the administration must raise taxes, now could be its big chance, NPR reports. Only 46% of Americans in a recent Gallup poll said their taxes were too high—the smallest fraction since 1961. “Americans, relatively speaking, are more satisfied with the amount of taxes they pay than they... More »

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taxes • White House • middle class • tax hikes • tax policy • Obama administration • Treasury secretary • Robert Gibbs • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

(AP) - Barack Obama is lauding the barrier-breaking confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court. “With this historic vote, the Senate has affirmed that Justice Sotomayor has the intellect, the temperament, the history, the integrity and the independence of mind to ably serve on our... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • President Obama • Sonia Sotomayor • Supreme Court justice • women's issues • confirmation vote

(Newser) - Bill Clinton is in North Korea, where he will attempt to secure the freedom of two American journalists imprisoned since March, Reuters reports, citing South and North Korean news agencies. "As soon as he arrives, he will be entering negotiations," said a source. The White House and State... More »

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North Korea • Al Gore • South Korea • White House • State Department • Bill Clinton • Current TV • journalist • television news • Obama administration • Euna Lee • Laura Ling

(Newser) - Four top CEOs who sat down to lunch with President Obama at the White House have an unusual memento: the bill for their meals. White House staffers collected the credit card numbers of the executives from Coke, Xerox, AT&T, and Honeywell so they could pay up afterward, Politico reports.... More »

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White House • CEO • conflict of interest • lunch • President Obama • Ursula Burns • Randall Stephenson • Dave Cote • Muhtar Kent

(Newser) - It's happy hour at the White House. President Obama, Joe Biden, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and James Crowley are clinking beer glasses in the White House Rose Garden, but alas, the media isn't invited to listen in. Earlier, the president sought to tamp down expectations, noting that he's "fascinated... More »

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police • White House • beer • race relations • President Obama • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass. • James Crowley

(Newser) - President Obama's next round of peacemaking beers at the White House might have to include US brewery owners, reports the Wall Street Journal. The cooling off confab today will be providing busted Harvard Prof. Henry Louis Gates and cop James Crowley's favorite brews Red Stripe and Blue Moon, and some... More »

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White House • beer • Budweiser • brewery • President Obama • Henry Louis Gates Jr • James Crowley

(Newser) - Dale Haney has been wrangling White House animals since 1976, but these days his responsibilities are much diminished, insiders tell US News & World Report. “He doesn’t see Bo as much because the girls and Mrs. Obama, the whole family, is taking care of Bo, so Dale has... More »

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Michelle Obama • White House • George W. Bush • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • First Dog • Bo Obama • Dale Haney

 Blocked From 
 White House, 
 Shaq Loses Bet 

Guessed he could get in just by turning up

Jul 28, 09 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shaquille O’Neal bet a friend he’d be let in the White House if he simply showed up—and he lost the wager, the Washington Post reports. “The rule was I couldn't use any of my political connections," Shaq said. "Couldn't show a badge. I couldn't... More »

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White House • betting • Shaquille O'Neal • Shaq • Twitter

A President, a Prof, and a Cop Walk Into the White House ...

Trio will have that beer Thursday evening

Jul 27, 09 9:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has set a date for a conciliatory beer with a Cambridge police sergeant and the Harvard professor he arrested, ABC News reports. James Crowley and Henry Louis Gates will visit the White House Thursday for a frosty brew and some racial reconciliation. On the menu, according to CNN,... More »

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White House • beer • race relations • Budweiser • President Obama • Harvard University • Red Stripe • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass. • James Crowley • Beck's • Blue Moon

ANALYSIS

 He Can't Say It 
 Like He Wants to Anymore


Jul 27, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has backed off a bit on his “acted stupidly” comments concerning the arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates, saying they were not properly “calibrated.” But, aides say, it “was not a slip of the tongue,” Peter Baker writes in the New York ... More »

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White House • Ari Fleischer • health care reform • David Axelrod • Obama administration • John Podesta • President Obama • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Skip Gates

(Newser) - Is Michelle O. the new Jackie O. when it comes to fashion? While some eyes were on President Obama last night at a White House concert, perhaps many more were checking out the first lady’s new bob, a haircut that “should serve Michelle Obama better through the hot... More »

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Michelle Obama • White House • Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis • President Obama • hairdo • bob

(Newser) - The grand East Room of the White House felt more like the Grand Ole Opry last night as the Obamas hosted a celebration of country music, the Tennessean reports. The elites of DC and Nashville packed the room as Charley Pride, Brad Paisley, and Alison Krauss took to the stage... More »

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White House • country music • Alison Krauss • President Obama • Charley Pride

ANALYSIS

When Going Gets Tough, Obama Loses His Cool

Prez changes tactics, dials up the heat

Jul 19, 09 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Here's some change you might not believe: President Obama, he of the unflappable political cool, is starting to sweat. And he's also learning to adjust his strategies, writes Politico. Faced with a stagnating economy, troubled foreign relations, and a bogged-down health care bill, the president has (sometimes literally) rolled... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • Congress • politics • White House • Washington, DC • President Obama

White House Gets Tough on Congress' Critics, Skeptics 

Obama defends stimulus, pushes health reform

Jul 16, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House is cracking down on its critics—and on laggards within the Democratic Party, too. Republican naysayers on the economic stimulus and health care are getting the roughest treatment, Politico reports. After Kentucky Sen. Jon Kyl railed against the efficacy of stimulus spending, four Cabinet secretaries wrote to... More »

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Barack Obama • Republican • Senate • White House • Jon Kyl • Democrat • health care reform • economic stimulus package • economy • Obama administration • television advertising • Organizing for America

'Kumar' Begins White House Outreach Gig

Thespian won't accept acting gigs for a year or two while he focuses on politics

Jul 6, 09 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kal Penn began work at the White House today, the Washington Post reports. The Harold and Kumar star, who later appeared on House, is the new associate director of the White House's Office of Public Engagement. Penn, 31, has committed to the job for a year or two, meaning... More »

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politics • White House • Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay • Kal Penn • Obama administration • White House Office of Public Engagement

(Newser) - Michelle Obama’s vegetable garden had its first big harvest recently, and so far, it’s the most tangible food policy move the Obama administration has delivered, Salon reports. President Obama came to office promising real reform that so far hasn’t materialized. The more patient  in the progressive food... More »

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food • agriculture • Michelle Obama • White House • gardening

Work-Life Balance Elusive at 'Family-Friendly' White House

Long hours thwart efforts to make life easier for White House's working parents

Jul 4, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama says he wants to make the White House a family-friendly place for his staffers, but he can't change the simple reality: It's just not a great place to work if you've got kids. The New York Times takes a look at the struggles of Obama aides, from Rahm... More »

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White House • parents • family • Obama administration • President Obama

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