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09/02/10 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House on Wednesday. Photo by Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images. The day after meeting with President Obama at the White House , Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sit down for the first of a series of meetings aimed at creating peace in the Middle East as ...
09/01/10 In her final speech as White House chief economist, Christina Romer on Wednesday will call on Congress to summon the political will to approve additional spending on the economy. Economic - Christina Romer - Social Sciences - Barack Obama - Council of Economic Advisers
08/31/10 Source: Reuters * Highlights milestone toward ending Iraq war * Biden in Iraq to meet with Iraqi leaders * White House: No declaration of Mission Accomplished * Obama to touch on U.S. economy during Iraq speech ...
08/31/10 EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - Luisa Taal has never met the first lady, but she has a good feeling about her. "She looks really nice," the 11-year-old said. Taal will get to see Michelle Obama in person Tuesday. She and fellow valley resident Colby Lange, also 11, have received an exclusive invitation to the White House to participate in a dance workshop. The first lady is putting on the event to ...
08/31/10 Luisa Taal performs in a Beatles-themed show at the Vilar Performing Arts Center in the spring. She is one of two Celebrate the Beat children heading to the White House on Tuesday.
08/31/10 When President Barack Obama was seeking the White House, he criticized Republicans for not doing enough on Darfur and insisted that he would make Sudan a priority.
08/31/10 A couple warm up before performing in the final round of the Tango Salon competition at the 8th Tango Dance World Championship in Buenos Aires on August 30, 2010. Photo by Juan Mabromata/ AFP / Getty Images * A special new series of dance performances at the White House will start with a tribute to choreographer Judith Jamison on September 7. * Tomorrow is "Ask a Curator Day" on Twitter , via ...
08/31/10 Tidbits about the private doings of the youngest children to live in the White House since the Kennedy family do dribble out. Often they come from a surprising source: Mom and Dad.
08/30/10 When President Barack Obama was seeking the White House, he criticized Republicans for not doing eno ...
08/30/10 It's a tall order for any musician to one-up Bob Dylan , but John Mellencamp may have pulled it off in February when he and Dylan were invited to perform at the White House as part of a salute to music of the civil rights era.
08/30/10 Last week former Republican Senator Alan Simpson, who co-chairs the White House's fiscal commission, drew a storm of criticism for comparing Social Security to a "cow with 310 million tits."
08/29/10 Mufi Hannemann's record is all over the map. His career is a feat of political mountain climbing (with several slips) that took him from humble roots in Kalihi Valley to Harvard University, the White House, Na'alehu, Honolulu Hale and now, he hopes, Washington Place.
08/29/10 In his new book "Control Freaks: 7 Ways Liberals Plan to Ruin Your Life " (Regnery), Terence P. Jeffrey warns that liberals in the White House and Congress who disregard the Founders' principles are taking control over such everyday aspects of life.
08/28/10 The Montrose Community Schools Board of Education has approved an overnight bus trip to Washington, DC for 96 social studies students along with 14 chaperones. During the trip students will tour major monuments, museums and either the Capitol building or the White House. read more
08/27/10 As the White House point man on policy in Iraq, Vice President Joe Biden may find his diplomacy skills tested as never before.
08/27/10 A state worker's misreading of a question on a funding application was blamed Wednesday for New Jersey's loss of $400 million in federal education money, setting off a political scuffle that ensnared the White House and the Statehouse.
08/26/10 When Alan Simpson stepped in it late Tuesday he probably didn't think he'd find himself on the receiving end of a barrage of criticism and calls for him to resign his position as co-chair of the White House's fiscal reform commission.
08/25/10 Acclaimed pastry chef Gale Gand was elated to be a part of the White House event in June that brought together hundreds of chefs from across the country to announce a program to place them in hands-on advisory roles in the nation's schools. In the weeks since, Gand and others who signed up for the Chefs Move to Schools initiative have been at best confused.
08/25/10 Huey Pierce Long, a Dixie dictator who dreamed of the day he'd live in the White House, hurried from the House chamber of the Louisiana Legislature. Bodyguards hustled at his flying heels.
08/25/10 Two U.S. officials say the White House wants to turn up the heat against al-Qaida's branch in Yemen and is considering whether to add the CIA's armed Predator drones to the fight.
08/25/10 Peter Ladka, President of software development company Parse3 is honored by the White House and the Yankees for founding the non-profit, Beautiful People, which provides adaptive sports for children with disabilities. The Yankees chose to honor Beautiful People as part of their second annual HOPE Week initiative and Peter was asked to throw out the first pitch at the Yankees vs. |