The White House expressed hope that it has put behind it a controversy surrounding President Barack Obama’s remarks on the arrest of African-American scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. But the incident highlights the challenge facing Mr. Obama in addressing the issue of race and in keeping the debate focused on his broader agenda.
David Axelrod, a [...]
US President Barack Obama on Monday named rural southern doctor Regina Benjamin as his pick to be the country’s surgeon general.
“I am honored and I am humbled to be nominated to serve… this is a physician’s dream,” the Alabama doctor said after being introduced by Obama in the White House Rose Garden as his choice [...]
U.S. President Barack Obama makes his first trip to Sub-Saharan Africa as president this week. He is going to Ghana after stops in Russia and Italy and the country is making preparations for the historic visit.
Ghana is getting ready for President Barack Obama’s visit with a fresh coat of white paint on the curbs along [...]
The White House on Monday expressed disapproval of Wanda Sykes’ joke at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that suggested conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh was a September 11th hijacker.
Some commentators thought the comedian went too far in talking about Limbaugh. When asked about it at Monday’s daily briefing, [...]
Barack Obama’s successful quest for the White House powered the sales of his nonfiction books, making him millions even as he assumed the presidency, his tax returns show.
As a candidate in 2008, Obama earned about $2.6 million from the sale of his books, “The Audacity of Hope” and “Dreams From My Father,” according to returns [...]
The Obamas have reportedly named the little guy Bo. As in Bo Obama. Or Bo Diddly?
A top secret meet-and greet session with the puppy and the family at the White House happened a few weeks ago.
According to the Post, it was a surprise for the girls. Bo demonstrated skills learned in training. He sat when [...]
President Barack Obama plans to lift longstanding U.S. restrictions on Cuba, a senior administration official said, allowing Cuban-Americans to visit families there as often as they like and to send them unlimited funds.
The gesture, which could herald more openness with the Castro regime, will fulfill a campaign promise and follows more modest action in Congress [...]
President Obama has hit back at former Vice President Dick Cheney, calling Bush administration policy on detainees at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, “unsustainable.”
“How many terrorists have actually been brought to justice under the philosophy that is being promoted by Vice President Cheney?” Mr. Obama said Friday in an interview to be broadcast [...]
President Obama made history once again last night when he appeared as a surprise guest on the Leno Show. Here’s the video:
The Obama administration yesterday unveiled a series of measures to help the nation’s small businesses, saying it would spend up to $15 billion to help them get the loans they need to weather the economic crisis.
“Small businesses are the heart of the American economy,” Obama said in announcing the measures. “They’re responsible for half of [...]
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