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…
Inauguration to Cost Millions But Total Price Tag Unclear
Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — How much will all the inaugural events cost? It’s hard to say.While most events that occur in the capital have a hard-and-fast budget, the inauguration’s many moving parts, safety concerns and large geographi…
Inauguration Day Fun Facts: Flubbed Oaths, Dead Birds and Weird Hats
Sarah Sweeney/ABC News Radio(WASHINGTON) — As far as the Constitution is concerned, all Barack Obama needs to do Monday before “he enters on the execution of his office” is take a 35-word oath and call it day. No Bible, no speech, no parade, no ball.T…
President Obama’s Weekly Address: Urging Congress to Act on Stopping Gun Violence
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — President Obama is enlisting the public’s help to urge lawmakers to act on his proposals to curb gun violence, telling Americans “it’s got to be up to you” to make a differ…
Presidents Bush to Skip Obama Inaugural
Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Former President George W. Bush does not plan to attend President Obama’s second inauguration on Monday, joining his father, former President George H.W. Bush, among the living former presiden…
Is It Constitutional for States to Say No to Obama Gun Proposals?
The White House(WASHINGTON) — Even before President Obama laid out his gun control proposals on Wednesday, calling on Congress to act as well as signing executive orders, several states responded by saying they would try to block the enforcement of an…
White House Unveils Obama’s New Official Portrait
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — The White House released President Obama’s new official portrait on its Flickr page Friday morning.The photograph, taken by Pete Souza, shows the president smiling and standing in front of a desk …
Denis McDonough to Be Obama’s New Chief of Staff?
The White House | Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough is the likely choice to be President Obama’s next chief of staff, replacing Jack Lew, who has been nominated to be Treasury Secretary.White House officia…
Obama to Unveil Initiatives to Curb Gun Violence
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Obama will detail a broad plan on Wednesday to curb gun violence, setting the stage for what could be the largest Congressional battle over gun legislation in decades.Obama is reviewing the recomme…
Press Conferences Not Obama’s Cup of Tea
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — While some critics complain President Obama spends too much of the government’s money, what he doesn’t spend is a lot of time giving press conferences.According to presidential scholar Martha Joynt Kumar, Ob…
Angered by Executive Orders, Rand Paul Compares Obama to a ‘King’
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Sen. Rand Paul is advising President Obama to quit acting “like a king or a monarch.”The Kentucky Republican was referring to reports that the president will use as many as 19 executive orders to implement ways of curbing gun vi…
Republican Threatens to Impeach Obama in Anticipation of Gun Action
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A freshman congressman is already creating a stir on Capitol Hill by threatening President Obama with impeachment.With the president ready to mull over recommendations from Vice President Joe Biden about curbin…
President Obama Can’t Get a Republican Date
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — It sounds like President Obama is getting lonely. And – surprise – Republicans aren’t keen on helping him out.Asked about the state of congressional relations at his news conference Monday, the pr…
Obama to Hold Final First-Term News Conference
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Obama will hold the final news conference of his first term on Monday morning, the White House announced.The 11:40 a.m. news conference, six days before his inauguration, comes at a critical time.Vice Pre…
Gun Control Advocates See ‘Opportune Moment’ as Biden Readies Proposals
PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Still days away from any announcement of the White House’s proposals for addressing gun violence — and less than one month since a mass shooting claimed the lives of 27 people, including 20 first graders,…
White House Denies Call for Trillion-Dollar Coin to Avoid Debt Ceiling
Photodisc/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Obama administration has killed any notion of minting trillion-dollar platinum coins to solve the nation’s debt ceiling woes.In a written statement released Saturday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney …
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 …
President Obama’s Weekly Address: Ending the War in Afghanistan
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In his weekly address, President Obama reprises the rosy message he delivered Friday on the war in Afghanistan: that the U.S. is achieving its primary objective and on-track to drawdown forces by the end of 2014….
Republicans to Press Benghazi Issue With National Security Nominees
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Making clear they are not relenting in trying to hold the Obama administration accountable for the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, a trio of Republican senators said Friday they&rsq…
Inauguration Balls, Performers Revealed
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Trevor Project(WASHINGTON) — Two inaugural balls will be held for President Obama on Jan. 21, the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) announced on Friday.Both events will be held at the Walter E. Washington Conventi…