Category Archives: White House

White House locked down because of ‘smoking objects’

By doris | Published: January 18, 2012

Full Story at POLITICO.com The White House was locked down Tuesday night because of “smoking objects” found near the North Portico as hundreds of protesters rallied outside the executive mansion, Secret Service officials said. “We had approximately 1,000 to 1,500 protesters from Occupy D.C. on the fence line. There were no arrests but what we [...]

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Obama defies GOP by naming new consumer watchdog

By doris | Published: January 13, 2012

Full Story at BottomLine.msnbc.msn.com The long-delayed start of a new consumer protection bureau took a major step forward Wednesday when the White House defied Congressional Republicans who had been holding out for changes that consumer advocates say would have substantially weakened the agency. President Barack Obama announced a recess appointment to name Richard Cordray as [...]

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White House delays debt ceiling increase request

By doris | Published: January 3, 2012

Full Story at WhiteHouse.blogs.CNN.com The White House announced today that a planned request for Congress to approve an increase in the nation’s debt ceiling would be delayed by several days in order to prevent Congressional leaders from being forced to call members back early from their holiday recess. According to Deputy White House Press Secretary [...]

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Obama endorses move to keep age restrictions on morning after pill

By doris | Published: December 9, 2011

Full Story at whitehouse.blogs.CNN.com The White House (CNN) –President Obama endorsed his administration’s decision to keep in place age restrictions on the purchase of Plan B, the so-called “morning after pill”, without a prescription. “I did not get involved in the process,” Obama said when asked if he personally intervened in the matter. “This was [...]

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Congress, White House at odds over defense bill

By doris | Published: December 2, 2011

Full Story at NBCPolitics.msnbc.msn.com Congress and the White House are headed for a showdown over a massive, $662 billion defense bill that would require the military to hold suspected terrorists linked to al-Qaida or its affiliates, even those captured on U.S. soil, and detain some indefinitely without trial. The Senate voted 93-7 Thursday night for [...]

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Thousands protest at White House over pipeline

By doris | Published: November 7, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Thousands of protesters gathered in Lafayette Square across from the White House on Sunday to oppose a plan for a transnational oil pipeline they fear could harm the environment. At one point, the crowd linked hands to surround the White House, keeping up pressure on President Barack Obama as his [...]

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Obama orders FDA to help ease drug shortages

By doris | Published: October 31, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is directing the Food and Drug Administration to take steps to reduce drug shortages, action he says will help stop a “slow-rolling problem” that puts patients at risk and raises the potential for price gouging. Obama signed an executive order in the Oval Office on Monday [...]

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Will the end of Gadhafi sway U.S. politics?

By doris | Published: October 22, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Cambridge, Massachusetts (CNN) — With Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s dramatic demise this Thursday morning, the world is rid of a tyrant, and a free Libya has jumped a mile forward to stability (though, as CNN’s Ben Wedeman reports, there are still many more miles to go). Yet in America, we are [...]

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Campaign spotlight to shine on Nevada

By doris | Published: October 15, 2011

Full Story at PoliticalTicke.Blogs.cnn.com (CNN) – Nevada is the next major stop along the road to the White House. The Republican presidential candidates will face off Tuesday in Las Vegas at the Western Republican Presidential Debate, put on by CNN and the Western Republican Leadership Conference. Silver State Republicans may play a crucial role in [...]

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Clad in baseball cap and sunglasses, first lady shops at Target

By doris | Published: September 30, 2011

Full Story at TheLook.today.com Attention Target shoppers: You could have been standing in line with Michelle Obama. The first lady, hard to recognize in a baseball cap and sunglasses, shopped Thursday at a Target store in Alexandria, Va., just outside Washington, D.C. Casually dressed Secret Service agents arrived about a half-hour before Mrs. Obama, who [...]

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Crucial three days in Iowa

By doris | Published: August 13, 2011

Full Story at PoliticalTicker.blogs.CNN.com Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) – From the first Republican presidential debate in two months, to the state fair, which is a must stop for any White House contender, to a crucial GOP straw poll, the campaign spotlight is firmly shining on Iowa the next three days. And after the three days [...]

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Where are the Democrats’ ideas?

By doris | Published: August 8, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — When Sen. Ted Kennedy died in August 2009, many Democrats wondered who would replace him as the voice of modern liberalism. With a Democratic president who was then fighting for an ambitious health care program, many felt Barack Obama would be that voice. But over the past few months [...]

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