Topic: The White House

Joe Scarborough Is Outraged the White House Followed His Advice on Leaks

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The MSNBC host is in high dudgeon because people who might leak confidential info to reporters will clam up because they fear a federal investigation into leaks that he called called for last summer.

By Heather Horn

Sep 9, 2010

Morning Vid: Biden Thinks Bush 'Deserves a Lot of Credit'

And offers a guide to honoring troops and the families of those who serve

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By Heather Horn

Sep 8, 2010

Imagining the White House After Rahm Emanuel

What will Obama do if his chief of staff departs for Chicago?

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By John Hudson

Aug 10, 2010

After Gibbs Flap, Debating Liberals' Frustration With Obama

The White House press secretary sticks his fist in a bees' nest

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By John Hudson

Aug 6, 2010

Why Is Obama's Top Economic Adviser Leaving?

Maybe we should blame Larry Summers for Christina Romer's departure

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By Heather Horn

Aug 5, 2010

Michelle Obama's Trip to Spain Draws Fire

There's a limit to how much glamour some columnists want to see in a first lady during a recession

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By Ray Gustini

Jul 31, 2010

Peter Orszag's Complicated Legacy

Assessments of the departing budget director's tenure

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By Ray Gustini

Jul 21, 2010

On Twitter, a Brief History of White House Pens

White House correspondent Mark Knoller on signing ceremonies

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By Michael Kinsley

Jul 7, 2010

Editor at Large

The Inevitable Rahm Anecdote

Is there some sort of law?

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By Heather Horn

Jun 22, 2010

Why Is Peter Orszag Leaving? (And Who Will Replace Him?)

The budget director would become the first Obama cabinet member to resign

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

Jun 20, 2010

Morning Vid: Rahm Emanuel Sees No Future for BP CEO in PR Consulting

You mean those yachting photos won't enhance the portfolio?

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By Heather Horn

Jun 17, 2010

Delays in Accepting Foreign Help with Oil Spill Enrage Bloggers

Foreign oil skimmers don't meet EPA requirements

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By Heather Horn

Jun 3, 2010

What to Make of the White House's Job Talks With Romanoff

Maybe they just really need a new director of USAID's Office of Democracy

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By Heather Horn

May 24, 2010

Is the White House Doing Enough to Stem Oil Spill?

Frustration mounts at failing efforts

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By Alex Eichler

Apr 22, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Biden Appears on 'The View,' Manages Not to Swear

Also: the sexiness of Secret Service agents, decoded

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By Jake Simpson

Apr 20, 2010

Morning Vid: Rahm Emanuel Would 'Like to Run for Mayor' of Chicago

Obama's chief of staff confirms his future goals

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By Max Fisher

Apr 19, 2010

Obama's Complex Relationship With U.S. Muslims

He's quietly reaching out, but can he make inroads without an uproar?

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By John Hudson

Apr 7, 2010

Larry Summers's Post-White House Prospects

Back to Harvard, or off to a lucrative Wall Street gig?

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 22, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Rahm Emanuel's Finger-Slicing Story

His own finger, in case you were wondering

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By John Hudson

Mar 18, 2010

Morning Vid: Comedy Night with Joe Biden

He won't be here all week, folks...

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By Max Fisher

Mar 14, 2010

5 Best Sunday Columns

Obama's career-defining test, what gold bugs get right, more

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By John Hudson

Mar 12, 2010

By Max Fisher

Mar 8, 2010

Rahmverload: 15,000 Words and 5 Conflicting Takes on Rahm Emanuel

How can one guy be a genius, a monster, and the savior and destroyer of Obama?

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By Max Fisher

Mar 8, 2010

5 Must-Read Profiles of the Week

Tim Geithner saves the economy, Peter Singer saves morality, Rahm Emanuel saves himself

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By Max Fisher

Mar 2, 2010

Is Rahm Emanuel Good For the White House?

A front-page Washington Post story calls him "a force of political reason"

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

Feb 15, 2010

Why the White House Welcomes Cheney's Fire

Obama's strongest-polling issue? Terrorism

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

Feb 10, 2010

Op-ed Spotlight: Ex-Virginia Governor Urges Obama to Start Firing

Tim Kaine, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is tops on his list

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

Dec 30, 2009

Happy Hour Vid: Jib Jab's 2009 Review

The miraculously resilient Internet satirists take aim at a year bursting with political melodrama

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By John Hudson

Dec 17, 2009

Happy Hour Vid: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (White House Edition)

Greg Clugston of SRN News offers satire in a time of political tumult

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By Max Fisher

Dec 15, 2009

The Strange Story of 22 Million Misplaced White House Emails

How Bush-era emails were lost, which ones will be restored, when they'll be released, and why there were so many

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By Max Fisher

Dec 13, 2009

5 Best Sunday Columns

Analysis and insight on Obama's Nobel speech, the health care Medicare deal, more

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By Max Fisher

Dec 7, 2009

Who Won the Day?

David Carr on the Fishbowl White House

What it means when the highest office in the world becomes reality TV

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By Mara Gay

Dec 3, 2009

Who Is Desiree Rogers?

Friend of the Obamas, White House social secretary, and object of scrutiny in the gate crasher scandal

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By Carl Franzen

Dec 1, 2009

Lightning Rod

Salahis Do the 'Today' Show

Matt Lauer prods while Twitter users poke fun at the White House-crashing couple

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By Max Fisher

Nov 27, 2009

White House Party Crashers Wow and Appall the Nation

How did two DC socialites slip past the Secret Service to snap photos for Facebook?

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