Obama Strikes Personal Tone in Commencement Speech on Race, Manhood
Craig F. Walker/The Denver Post(ATLANTA) — President Obama said Sunday that he is motivated by the knowledge that “but for the grace of God … I might have been in prison,” in a commencement address at historically black Morehouse Co…
Michelle Obama Makes Light of President’s Failures in Graduation Speech
iStockphoto(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Delivering her only speech at a high school graduation this year, first lady Michelle Obama joked about the failures her husband, President Obama, has encountered in life as she told a graduating class of high school se…
Obama to Start ‘Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tours’
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Obama will kick off a series of Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tours with a trip Thursday to Austin, Texas, a White House spokesman announced Sunday.
“In his State of the Union, the presid…
Obama Gives Commencement Address at Ohio State University
iStockphoto(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — In his first commencement address of this year’s graduation season, President Obama encouraged more than 10,000 graduates gathered at Ohio State University to pay heed to their duty as citizens and become acti…
What Obama Can Achieve in Mexico
YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images(MEXICO CITY) — President Barack Obama arrives in Mexico on Thursday afternoon for a 24-hour trip in which he is expected to meet with Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, to talk about trade, security and immigra…
Obama Mixes Serious Tone with Humor at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) –Amid the glitz and glamour, humor and levity normally surrounding the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, President Obama injected a somber tone to the annual soiree as he invoked the memories of …
White House Likes Reid’s Plan to Delay Sequester Cuts
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — With the effect of across-the-board spending cuts rippling throughout the country, the White House said Wednesday President Obama supports Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s proposed plan t…
Dan Pfeiffer: President Obama Won’t Enact ‘Romney Economic Plan’
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINTON) — Reacting to an early rejection of the expected details of the White House’s budget proposal by Speaker John Boehner, President Obama’s senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer pushed back this morni…
President Obama Plays Golf for Second Weekend in a Row
iStockphoto(WASHINGTON) — President Obama went out for a round of golf Saturday afternoon, his second weekend in a row to hit the links at a course at Joint Base Andrews.
The president golfed with White House aides Marvin Nicholson, Joe Paulsen, and M…
President Obama Attends Easter Service at St. Johns
Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Dressed in their Easter Sunday best, President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters, Malia and Sasha, attended an Easter Sunday service at St. John’s Episcopal…
Obama Stops by Marquette-Syracuse Basketball Game
Pete Souza/White House via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Obama caught a little bit of hoops fever Saturday afternoon, stopping by the Marquette-Syracuse NCAA men’s college basketball tournament game at the Verizon Center.The basketball-lo…
Republicans Responding Well to Obama’s Charm Offensive
NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Obama has been busy recently, his schedule filled with lunch and dinner dates with Republican leaders as part of his new charm offensive. Republicans seem to be receptive to Obama’s new tune…
President Obama, Comedian-in-Chief at Gridiron Club Dinner
Kevin Winter/NBCUniversal/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Obama showed off his comedy chops when he spoke to an elite group of journalists Saturday night at the Gridiron Club Dinner.
The Gridiron Club is one of Washington’s most exclusive o…
“Sports Illustrated” Names Obama One of Most Powerful in Sports
JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Image(WASHINGTON) — President Obama has hit the basketball court with Scottie Pippen, played a round of golf with Tiger Woods, and meticulously filled out March Madness brackets. And now, Sports Illustrated has named him one of t…
Obama Attends Daughter’s Basketball Game
Gregory Shamus/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Obama tended to his duties as dad Saturday morning, making time to watch his 11-year-old daughter Sasha play in a basketball game in Chevy Chase, Md., just outside Washington, D.C.In an interview wit…
DC Government ‘Reviewing’ Firefighters’ Appearance with Obama
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The District of Columbia’s Fire and Emergency Medical Services says there are no plans to punish first responders for their participation in an economic speech by President Obama, but are still reviewing …
President Obama, Tiger Woods Play Golf Together
JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images(PALM CITY, Fla.) — President Obama is in the middle of spending a three-day weekend at a posh Florida golf and yacht club. And if taking private training lessons on the links from Tiger Woods’ old coach Saturday wasn…
President Obama Gets Golf Lessons from Tiger Woods’ Old Coach
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(PALM CITY, Fla.) — President Obama is spending his President’s Day weekend in an upscale coastal community for a golf getaway with friends. But he isn’t spending his three days in the Sunshine State…
White House Photo Shows Obama Firing Shotgun
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — After a week of speculation over the authenticity of claims by President Obama that he regularly participated in skeet shooting at Camp David, the White House released a photograph on Saturday sho…
President Barack Obama Concerned about Football Safety
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — In an interview that will appear in the Feb. 11 issue of The New Republic, President Barack Obama stressed his concern about player safety in football.
Obama told The New Republic that if he had a son, he’d th…