Has President Barack Obama not made his objections about the Internal Revenue Service’s handling of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status clear enough — as well as what he intends to do about it? The White House is getting roundly criticized...
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President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder, right, stand during the National Anthem as they attend the National Peace Officers Memorial Service, an annual ceremony honoring law enforcement who were killed in the line of duty in the previous year, on May 15, 2013.
Obama Thinks First, Acts Later: Carney
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White House press secretary Jay Carney, rear, is seen on a television monitor during his daily news briefing at the White House.
Carney: ‘Scandals Metastasize’ — in the Industrial-Scandal Complex
In Washington, it’s often more the cover-up than the scandal that undoes a president. “And when it’s over, we’ll be hard-pressed to remember how it began.” So wrote Jay Carney, then a correspondent for Time magazine, in 2007, in the...
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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney.
White House: No Role in IRS Tea Party Exam, AP Saga News to Them
The White House was asked this question today about the IRS probe of conservative nonprofit groups: Can you say categorically that nobody at the White House and nobody on the president’s political team had any knowledge or was involved in...
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An official walks past a hazardous materials response team truck outside a mail sorting facility April 16, 2013 in Hyattsville, Maryland
Carney: Boston, Letters Unconnected
Fear and loathing has gripped certain corners of Washington. Where a letter laced with suspected ricin showed up at a mail-sorting facility this week — addressed to a senator. And where a letter with a “suspicious substance” was found at...
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President Barack Obama walks with California Attorney General Kamala Harris after arriving at San Francisco International Airport.
Obama’s Apology to Kamala Harris: Phone Call to an Old Friend
Kamala Harris, California’s attorney general, got an apologetic phone call last night from the president of the United States — for calling her good looking. Not only good looking — “the best-looking attorney general,” President Barack Obama called Harris, during...
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President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, daughters Sasha and Malia and The Easter Bunny, cheer on as children race to roll eggs as they participate in the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 1, 2013.
Obama’s Hoops: Two for 22 — So Much For Home-Court Advantage
Updated at 1:15 pm EDT It was bad enough that President Barack Obama already was “busted” in his NCAA bracket. Most of his early tournament picks fell, and last week his No. 1 pick, Indiana, was defeated. Yet, under a...
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Senior White House Advisor David Plouffe, left, Sen. John Kerry, center, and White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew board Air Force One in this file photo.
Lew, Kerry Head to China Soon
Newly seated Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and Secretary of State John Kerry are bound for China. Lew, next week. Kerry, in coming weeks. President Barack Obama let Chinese President Xi Jinping know that today during a phone call “to congratulate...
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A tourist takes cover underneath an umbrella while snapping a photo of the U.S. Capitol as snow and rain falls on March 6, 2013.
Obama Heading to the Hill Next Week
First it’s dinner with Republican senators at a Washington hotel. That’s on President Barack Obama’s calendar this evening. Then it’s meetings at the Capitol with members of both parties. That’s on the calendar for next week. “The President will travel to...
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President Barack Obama shoots clay targets with a shotgun on the range on Aug. 4, 2012 at Camp David, Maryland.
Obama Skeet-Shooting: Picture-Proof — JFK-Styled Video Next?
The proof is in the picture. After President Barack Obama allowed in a recent interview that he and friends shoot skeet “all the time” up at Camp David, cynics started to question why there are no photos of the...
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Contractors lay down flooring at a construction site in Lorton, Virginia.
Obama’s Economy: Timing Everything
Timing is everything. Before Election Day, it was reported that the nation’s unemployment fell below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years. After Inauguration Day, it’s reported that the economy contracted, with the nation’s gross domestic product...
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