A new report from the Washington Post reveals that White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett is preparing to travel to several states to promote the idea of mandatory paid leave policies. The initiative, dubbed “Lead on Leave” begins next month in Seattle as well as Minnesota, California, Oregon, Georgia, Colorado and Pennsylvania.
Michelle Obama’s bad hair day raises questions on Jeopardy!.
Journalist Joy-Ann Reid pens an op-ed for the New York Times featuring disillusioned Jeb Bush supporters. They anonymously say they’re deeply upset with the notion that Rubio would consider running for president without allowing Jeb to have his moment.
Not a flowery goodbye. The departure of White House Chief Floral designer Laura Dowling is making news, after it was revealed that she was escorted off the premises nearly six weeks ago.
Afghanistan’s President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani offered “tribute to the servicemen and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice,” including the more than 22,000 American soldiers who were wounded fighting on behalf of his country’s security.
At the East Room of the White House today, President Obama signaled that he wasn’t prepared to forget Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments characterized as rejecting the idea of a two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
Sen. Marco Rubio discusses the 2016 presidential field. “I think there’s going to be a number of other people over the next few weeks get in, and as Republicans I think we’re blessed to have such a large number of quality talented people who are willing to compete for the highest office in the land, and from that competition I think we’re going to have a great nominee.”
Hillary Clinton dropped by the White House to meet with President Obama, without any press notification.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest says President Obama is “pleased” with Obamacare, noting that there would be a “robust” debate about it during the 2016 presidential campaigns.
Ted Cruz asks his audience to use its imagination as he announces his presidential campaign.
At the White House Science fair this morning, one of the contestants wished President Barack Obama “good luck” on his NCAA basketball bracket for March Madness. “It’s already blown up,” Obama replied wryly. “It’s over. It’s over.” Obama picked number
a Spanish ad features Ted Cruz’s family’s immigrant ties to Cuba and his work for the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, as well as footage of Cruz and his own wife and daughters.
President Obama strongly criticized Senate Republicans for holding his Attorney General nominee “hostage” while waiting for Democrats to stop filibustering important human trafficking prevention legislation.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest flatly denies that the Obama family was behind the sale of a home in Hawaii featured in the popular 80’s television show Magnum P.I.
The White House says it’s time for Hillary Clinton to be recognized for requesting the State Department release the emails that she personally handed back to the department from her private home server.
Spring is in the air, and President Obama is marking the Iranian Spring holiday Of Nowruz, using the occasion to promote a peaceful nuclear deal with their leaders, calling it the “the best opportunity in decades to pursue a different future between our countries.”
President Obama tells the heir to the British throne that Americans like the British Royal Family more than our own political figures.
First Lady Michelle Obama participated in the #DearMe social media hashtag on Twitter today, releasing a video to her younger self.
The White House Press is trying to clarify comments made by President Obama in Cleveland yesterday, when he suggested that voting be “mandatory” in the United States.
Michelle Obama speaks about the importance of educating girls during a trip to Japan.
If he had a chance to begin his presidency anew, “I think I would have closed Guantanamo on the first day,” President Obama announced today in Cleveland, as some in the crowd applauded.
Perhaps he’s trying to redefine success. In Ohio today, President Obama claimed Obamacare is successfully bringing down health care costs, although many of the most problematic clauses of the legislation have been postponed and some of the promises he made turned out to be untrue.
Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, White House press secretary Josh Earnest confirmed that Secretary of State John Kerry called Benjamin Netanyahu to congratulate him on his party winning a majority in the Israeli elections.
Eric Holder jokes that Senate Republicans seem to want him to stay on as attorney general. “Given the Senate’s scheduling and delays in scheduling Loretta Lynch’s nomination for a vote, it’s almost as if the Republicans in Congress have discovered a new fondness for me,” he tells a progressive group.
President Obama rolls out the puns as he takes a few shots at the very Republican lawmakers he’s about to break bread with.
