President Barack Obama and his first lady took an unscheduled trip to a charter school near the White House this afternoon, chatting with 2nd graders, reading a book about the first moon landing, and posing for photos. The press corps...
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs just started his daily briefing -- the biggest trial by fire by far in his two-week tenure at the podium. Daschle's resignation offers the new administration a huge political challenge, because weakness begets weakness...
This just in: if you want a cabinet post, and you haven't paid your taxes, try to get confirmed before all the other nominees who haven't paid all their taxes. Tom Daschle just withdrew his nomination as Secretary of Health...
COLUMBIA, Missouri -- Sen. Barack Obama and his traveling circus of aides and reporters just landed in flyover country and for once, he took the bait when reporters -- kept at bay in coach and offered only the rarest opportunity...
Conventional wisdom knocked Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine off the Obama short list today when ex-Gov. Mark Warner, currently a U.S. Senate candidate, got the nod as keynote speaker at the Democratic convention. That's a Tuesday night slot. The veep will...
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