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First lady fashion
Michelle Obama is becoming well known for her fashion sense, which some say is reminiscent of Jacqueline Kennedy.
First Dog Bo
The president kept his campaign promise to his daughters and brought home Portugese water dog pup Bo.
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Obama hurts dairy industry
Please tell me why the Obama administration has turned its back on the American dairy farm. Farmers, co-op leaders and many farm organizations are screaming out for help. Yet the Obama administration turns a deaf ear.
Place blame for economy where it belongs: on Bush
Your article "New jobs not likely" (June 29) is misleading. First you should say that this recession and high unemployment (and everything else!) is obviously the result of eight years of spending all the money in the Iraq war. You try to blame President Obama by not mentioning that, implying that...
Woods, Kim share lead at Congressional
There are so many ways to think about what will happen this afternoon at Congressional Country Club, when Tiger Woods shakes the hand of Anthony Kim on the Blue Course's first tee, wishes him luck, and then goes for his throat. It will be golf's present against what Kim hopes is its future, the...
Obama kicks back for the Fourth
President Barack Obama took his own advice Saturday, relaxing on the Fourth of July with some golf, a cookout and a private Foo Fighters concert in the backyard, capped by the annual fireworks show on the National Mall.
GOP, White House at odds over Sotomayor documents
WASHINGTON - A top Republican pressed for more information Thursday about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's ties to a Puerto Rican civil rights group he said took extreme positions on race, as the White House argued that the material was irrelevant to the judge's nomination. But Sen. Jeff...
A farewell to Congressional
BETHESDA - When the first ball flies through the air at 7:10 this morning, officially opening the AT&T National and the latest iteration of professional golf in Washington, a transition begins. The conclusion of play Sunday at Congressional Country Club, closing Tiger Woods' tournament, will mark...
Honduran coup 'not legal,' Obama says
President Barack Obama on Monday declared that the United States still considers Manuel Zelaya to be the president of Honduras and assailed the coup that forced him into exile as "not legal," widening the chasm between the Central American nation and much of the rest of the world.
Obama warns of climate-bill tariffs
President Obama on Sunday called a House-passed energy bill "an extraordinary first step" toward halting global warming and reducing the use of fossil fuels, but he expressed reservations about a controversial provision that would slap tariffs on imports from countries that do not similarly crack...
Business owner thrilled about meeting Obama
Brian England was still so excited the morning after spending a Wednesday evening in the White House, shaking hands and speaking to President Barack Obama, that he had trouble remembering his own age.
Obama considers order to hold detainees indefinitely
The White House is considering whether to issue an executive order to indefinitely imprison a small number of Guantanamo Bay detainees, concerned that Congress might otherwise stymie its plans to quickly close the detention facility in Cuba.
