First lady: President 'deep down' wishes he was an architect
By MEGHASHYAM MALI | 09/20/13 04:03 PM
First lady Michelle Obama on Friday said that the president "deep down" would rather have been an architect.
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Obama: GOP focused on 'messing with me,' not on boosting economy
By BRIAN HUGHES | 09/20/13 03:38 PM
President Obama traveled to the heartland Friday to tout the economy's recovery and slammed Republicans back in Washington for voting to defund Obamacare at the risk of a government shutdown.
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Raising big bucks for Obama pays off, Public Integrity finds
By KELLY COHEN | 09/20/13 02:33 PM
Buying ambassadorships has been done for decades in the nation's capital. Here's how it's done in the Obama administration, according to Michael Beckel of the Center for Public Integrity. Bruce Heyman, a veteran Goldman...
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Obama, Iranian president both to speak at UN on Tuesday
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 09/20/13 01:59 PM
President Obama will speak at the United Nations General Assembly meeting next Tuesday, an annual visit that will attract greater attention this year amid U.S. efforts to disarm Syria's chemical weapons and speculation...
Read More... White House highlights Senate GOP split over Obamacare defunding
By BRIAN HUGHES | 09/20/13 01:51 PM
The White House on Friday highlighted the split in the Senate GOP caucus over defunding Obamacare after the House passed a continuing resolution which removes funding for the president's health care law.
Read More... White House wants budget summit with Congress next week
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 09/20/13 11:54 AM
The White House is trying to pull together a meeting next week with top Democratic and Republican congressional leaders as the prospect of a government shutdown looms. The date of the budget meeting has yet to be...
Read More... EPA chief fires salvo in climate debate with new carbon limits
By BRIAN HUGHES | 09/20/13 11:13 AM
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday unveiled the first-ever curbs on carbon emissions at new power plants, setting the stage for a fierce legal and political battle over President Obama's far-reaching green...
Read More... Cha-ching: Obama fills top ambassador jobs with donors, friends
By PAUL BEDARD | 09/20/13 09:55 AM
Despite campaign promises to change Washington's money-influenced ways when he became chief executive, President Barack Obama has embraced the practice of dishing out cushy ambassadorial jobs to major donors and political...
Read More... Examiner Editorial: Is Obama planning an Obamacare favor for Big Labor?
By EDITORIAL | 09/20/13 08:45 AM
Is President Obama planning on unilaterally re-writing the rules of his signature health care law to rescue Big Labor? Nobody in the nation's capital will be shocked if he does, and the intense speculation the issue has...
Read More... EPA to announce carbon limits on new coal power plants
By MEGHASHYAM MALI | 09/20/13 06:55 AM
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday will announce tough rules for new coal power plants, including imposing carbon-emissions limits for the first time, according to a report from the Associated Press.
Read More... Obama to tout auto industry recovery at Kansas City Ford plant
By BRIAN HUGHES | 09/20/13 06:12 AM
President Obama will cap a week of economic events on Friday, traveling to a Kansas City-area Ford plant to tout the revival of the auto industry ahead of looming fiscal fights with Congress.
Read More... Obama struggles to pivot to economy ahead of fiscal fights
By BRIAN HUGHES | 09/17/13 01:19 PM
President Obama is struggling to recast the nation?s attention on his economic agenda, with his efforts this week overshadowed by a mass shooting, the conflict in Syria and his own drawn out search for a new Federal...
Read More... On the Slide: Larry Summers loses out on his dream job
By JOSEPH LAWLER | 09/16/13 09:37 PM
Larry Summers can keep a whip count, even if the president can?t.
Read More... White House stands by energy nominee Ron Binz despite GOP opposition
By BRIAN HUGHES | 09/19/13 08:27 PM
President Obama?s nominee to lead the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has run into a stonewall of GOP opposition ? aided by a red-state Democrat ? putting a normally routine appointment in doubt as the...
Read More... John Kerry: UN must act 'next week' on Syria
By BRIAN HUGHES | 09/19/13 04:06 PM
Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday said the United Nations Security Council must act next week to pass a binding resolution calling for the destruction of Syrian strongman Bashar Assad's chemical weapons stockpile.
Read More... Jay Carney: John Boehner has 'Putin envy'
By BRIAN HUGHES | 09/19/13 02:23 PM
White House press secretary Jay Carney on Thursday said Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, had "Putin envy" after his office released a video accusing President Obama of being more willing to negotiate with the Russian leader...
Read More... Bill Clinton, Obama to discuss health care reform
By MEGHASHYAM MALI | 09/19/13 01:53 PM
President Obama will meet with former President Clinton in New York City next week to discuss health care reform, the White House announced on Thursday.
Read More... White House threatens to veto bill defunding Obamacare
By BRIAN HUGHES | 09/19/13 12:40 PM
The White House on Thursday threatened to veto a Republican-backed spending bill that would defund Obamacare, intensifying fears of a government shutdown.
Read More... President: Obamacare will boost exports
By BRIAN HUGHES | 09/19/13 12:21 PM
President Obama told a group of corporate leaders on Thursday that his healthcare overhaul would create more exports for U.S. companies, continuing his economic push in the face of the broader Washington budget debate.
Read More... Obama wants printed books abolished in schools, defying student wishes
By PAUL BEDARD | 09/19/13 10:21 AM
First it was soft drinks and fatty cafeteria food the White House pushed out of the nation?s schools over the wishes of students. Now the president?s team is out to replace printed books with e-books, clashing again...
Read More... Joe Biden meets with Navy Yard victims
By MEGHASHYAM MALI | 09/18/13 06:42 PM
"VP Biden has arrived at Washington Hospital Center to visit patients injured Monday at the #NavyYard. @MedStarWHC," tweeted @VP, the official Twitter feed of Biden's office Wednesday afternoon.
Read More... Michelle Obama: Market healthier foods to kids
By BRIAN HUGHES | 09/18/13 06:03 PM
First lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday urged food manufacturers to better market healthier foods to kids, saying that children are inundated with too many advertisements for sweet and salty treats. ?The average child...
Read More... Iranian president: Obama outreach 'positive'
By MEGHASHYAM MALI | 09/18/13 05:28 PM
Iran's new president on Wednesday praised the Obama administration's initial overtures as "positive and constructive." "President Obama wrote a letter to me. In that letter he congratulated my election and some issues...
Read More... White House, GOP clash over Obamacare fraud claims
By BRIAN HUGHES | 09/18/13 05:18 PM
The fight over Obamacare's rollout intensified on Wednesday, as the White House and Republican leaders clashed over whether the public can trust the government to properly manage new health insurance exchanges....
Read More... Federal Reserve says it won't scale back bond purchases yet
By JOSEPH LAWLER | 09/18/13 04:44 PM
The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it would not yet scale back the ambitious, open-ended bond purchase program it began last winter and instead continue adding stimulus to the still-weak economy. The Federal...
Read More... Fraud alert: White House worries about Obamacare scams
By PAUL BEDARD | 09/18/13 02:09 PM
With just 12 days before the president?s new national health insurance program kicks in, the White House is warning that Obamacare users could face massive fraud, theft of their personal financial and health...
Read More... White House: GOP caught in 'all-out civil war'
By BRIAN HUGHES | 09/18/13 02:02 PM
The White House on Wednesday said the GOP is engaged in an ?all-out civil war? that Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is struggling to contain, dismissing charges that President Obama has not reached out to Republicans...
Read More... White House counsel to leave post
By MEGHASHYAM MALI | 09/18/13 01:35 PM
White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler intends to leave the administration by "the end of the year," press secretary Jay Carney confirmed on Wednesday.
Read More... Obama to attend memorial for Navy Yard victims
By MEGHASHYAM MALI | 09/18/13 12:45 PM
President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service for victims of the mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, the White House announced on Wednesday.
Read More... Bob Gates, Leon Panetta criticize Obama handling of Syria
By BRIAN HUGHES | 09/18/13 12:39 PM
President Obama?s two former Defense secretaries, Bob Gates and Leon Panetta, on Tuesday criticized his handling of the Syria crisis. The former Pentagon chiefs said they would not have sought congressional approval...
Read More... Obama: GOP using debt limit to 'extort' me over budget
By BRIAN HUGHES | 09/18/13 12:10 PM
President Barack Obama turned to business leaders on Wednesday ahead of brewing fiscal fights, urging them to oppose GOP efforts to link raising the debt limit to further spending cuts and entitlement reforms.
Read More... Rampage puts focus on better vetting of federal contractors after shooting
By STEVE CONTORNO | 09/18/13 10:32 AM
The White House and lawmakers said they want to tighten up the vetting of independent defense contractors after a former Navy reservist killed 12 workers at the Washington Navy Yard, just blocks from the Capitol. Aaron...
Read More... White House directs agencies to begin preparing for shutdown
By MEGHASHYAM MALI | 09/18/13 10:10 AM
The White House on Tuesday directed federal agencies to begin preparing for a possible shutdown, ahead of a looming budget deadline.
Read More... Day 3: Obama ignored Congress before launching Libyan war
By CONN CARROLL | 09/18/13 08:22 AM
Part three of the Washington Examiner's 10-part series "With the Stroke of a Pen: How Obama abuses executive power to make the law of the land." President Obama made it clear in a Mar. 3, 2011, statement from the White...
Read More... Obama: Public will realize Obamacare an 'absolute good deal'
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 09/17/13 07:00 PM
President Obama on Tuesday dismissed polls showing public confusion over his signature health care reform law, predicting that after its rollout, consumers will realize it is an ?absolute good deal.? ?I think what...
Read More... Obama won't 'prejudge' success of Syria deal
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 09/17/13 06:51 PM
President Obama on Tuesday declined to say what actions the U.S. would take against Syrian leader Bashar Assad if a diplomatic solution aimed at disarming his chemical weapons arsenal falters, saying he was focused on...
Read More... Obama open to piecemeal approach to immigration in House
By MEGHASHYAM MALI | 09/17/13 06:45 PM
President Obama on Tuesday signaled that he is open to the House passing immigration reform through a piecemeal approach, provided that legislation includes a pathway to citizenship and stronger border security. ?If,...
Read More... Obama: Congress must act on gun control after Navy Yard shooting
By MEGHASHYAM MALI | 09/17/13 05:50 PM
President Obama on Tuesday said that Congress needs to act on passing tougher gun control legislation after the mass shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. In an interview with Telemundo, Obama said he had taken...
Read More... Book: Black donors forced nearly all-white Obama campaign to recruit black aide
By BYRON YORK | 09/17/13 04:46 PM
In April 2012, the Obama re-election campaign posted a photo of a staff meeting on its Tumblr account. The aides in the picture were young, casually dressed, and enthusiastic -- and nearly all white. The campaign took...
Read More... White House orders security review after Navy Yard shooting
By BRIAN HUGHES | 09/17/13 03:36 PM
The White House announced on Tuesday that the Obama administration was reviewing security procedures for government contractors after authorities said a private contract worker was responsible for the mass shooting at the...
Read More... White House criticizes GOP for blocking gun-control agenda
By BRIAN HUGHES | 09/17/13 03:01 PM
A day after a mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, White House press secretary Jay Carney on Tuesday placed the blame for President Obama?s stalled gun-control agenda solely on Republicans.
Read More... Obama to host Benjamin Netanyahu at White House
By BRIAN HUGHES | 09/17/13 02:24 PM
President Obama will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House later this month, spokesman Jay Carney announced Tuesday. Netanyahu said earlier Tuesday that Iran would be at the top of his agenda.
Read More... Brazil's president postpones US state visit over NSA spying
By MEGHASHYAM MALI | 09/17/13 02:09 PM
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will not visit the U.S. for her scheduled October state visit amid controversy over the National Security Agency?s surveillance programs, the White House announced Tuesday. ?The...
Read More... Morning Examiner: Exploiter in Chief
By CONN CARROLL | 09/17/13 08:59 AM
Surrounded by human political props, President Obama viciously attacked Republicans in Congress Monday, as bodies were still being counted at the Washington Navy Yard and possible gunmen were still on the loose. Obama:...
Read More... Day 2: Obamacare mandate is whatever Obama -- or any future president -- says it is
By CONN CARROLL | 09/17/13 08:21 AM
?If Congress thinks that what I?ve done is inappropriate or wrong in some fashion, they?re free to make that case,? President Obama told the New York Times about Republican objections to his decision earlier this...
Read More... After Navy Yard shooting, Obama warns of 'extreme wing' Republicans
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 09/17/13 07:23 AM
After briefly addressing the tragic Navy Yard shootings, President Obama delivered a sharply partisan message to Republicans on Monday. Obama warned of an "extreme wing" of the Republican Party that was willing to...
Read More... EXography: No public tours, but 344 visits by lobbyists to the White House
By LUKE ROSIAK | 09/17/13 05:07 AM
Regular American citizens visiting the nation's capital lost access to the White House in March as President Obama eliminated public tours to make a point in his battle with House Republicans in the sequestration debate...
Read More... Union leaders backed Obamacare --- and undermined their members' insurance
By SEAN HIGGINS | 09/17/13 05:06 AM
For nearly an hour last week, the AFL-CIO?s 2013 convention in Los Angeles could have been mistaken for a Tea Party rally.
Read More... Obama: Nation 'confronting yet another mass shooting'
By MEGHASHYAM MALI | 09/16/13 05:50 PM
President Obama on Monday condemned the mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, calling it a "cowardly act" that "targeted our military and civilian personnel." "We are confronting yet another mass shooting," said...
Read More... Obama approves aid against chemical weapons for Syrian rebels
By MEGHASHYAM MALI | 09/16/13 05:00 PM
President Obama on Monday signed an order allowing the U.S. to provide selected Syrian opposition forces and international groups in the country with nonlethal aid to protect against the use of chemical weapons. ?The...
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