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…
President and First Lady Volunteer on National Service Day
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama and First lady Michelle Obama volunteered on National Service Day on Saturday.The couple stepped out of the White House to help stain a bookshelf at Burrville Elementary School in Washing…
Obama Gets a Fitness Exam
ABC/Donna Svennevik(WASHINGTON) — President Obama received a routine fitness evaluation from the Fit to Win Clinic located inside the Pentagon’s DiLorenzo TRICARE Health clinic on Saturday morning, according to a White House official.“The …
White House Fiscal Cliff Summit Brings Hope for a Deal
The White House(WASHINGTON) — Washington brinkmanship appears to have created a last minute chance for the White House and Congress to agree on a plan to avoid sending the country over the fiscal cliff.President Obama emerged from a White House summit…
White House Says It Has No New Fiscal Cliff Plan
Edward Linsmier/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The White House said on Friday it has no plans to offer new proposals to avoid the fiscal cliff which looms over the country’s economy just days away from now, but will meet Friday with Congressional leaders …
Fiscal Cliff Talks Gridlocked, President and Congress Walk Away
Edward Linsmier/Getty Image(WASHINGTON) — The first family arrived in the president’s idyllic home state of Hawaii this weekend to celebrate the holidays, but President Obama, who along with Michelle will pay tribute Sunday to the late Sen. Daniel Ino…
Obama Golfing in Hawaii with Pal Arrested in Prostitution Sting
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(HONOLULU) — Taking a break from the fiscal cliff negotiations, President Obama spent the first day of his holiday vacation golfing with friends and aides, including longtime pal Bobby Titcomb, who was arrested last year on s…
Obama to Attend Inouye Memorial in Hawaii
Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will attend a memorial service for the late Senator Daniel Inouye at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific on Sunday in Hawaii.This is the se…
Obama Supports Syrian Opposition, But Singles Out Terrorist Group
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — The choice to label a Syrian rebel group as a terrorist organization while simultaneously recognizing the Syrian opposition as the country’s legitimate government is not a coincidence, Presi…
Obama Inauguration’s Big Donor Packages Previewed
JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The biggest donors to President Barack Obama’s second inauguration have been notified on what benefits will be available to them during that day’s festivities.Corporations and other organizations t…
Obama Shops Local Bookstore for Small Business Saturday
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama and his daughters Sasha and Malia did some holiday shopping near Washington on Saturday. Dropping in on One More Page Books in Arlington, Va., Obama spent the afternoon outside the White …
Obamas’ Thanksgiving Menu a Tour de Pie
Getty Images/Comstock Images(WASHINGTON) — As for many Americans, Thanksgiving is a time of tradition at the White House. But the Obama family has taken it a little more literally, eating basically the same thing each year since 2009.An organic, brine…
President Obama and Olympic Gymnast McKayla Maroney Are ‘Not Impressed’
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — The gold medalists from the women’s 2012 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team met with President Barack Obama on Thursday. Obama jokingly mimicked gymnast McKayla Maroney’s “not impresse…
Four Days After Election, Obama Wins in Florida
Kevin Winter/NBCUniversal/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Four days have passed since President Barack Obama took enough of the electoral college to secure a second term and Florida has still not quite counted 100 percent of its ballots. But with the last …
President Obama, Bill Clinton Unite On 2012 Trail For First Time
Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Barack Obama-Bill Clinton “bromance” was on full display Saturday night in battleground Virginia as both men united in public for the first time on the 2012 campaign trail.Clinton, who has be…
Obama Wraps Historic TV Ad Campaign with Florida, Virginia Buy
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — The Obama campaign on Friday placed its final ad buy of the 2012 election cycle, purchasing TV airtime in two Florida markets and four Virginia markets, a campaign official told ABC News. The mile…