Barack Obama
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Health care mandate constitutional
By the narrowest of margins in a 5-4 vote, President Obama's health care legislation, including the individual insurance requirement, has been upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Ending the war
CommentThe war in Afghanistan is drawing to a close.
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President Barack Obama's 2013 budget has bad news for the D.C. Metro
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The federal government is cutting its aid to our local WMATA system. Why doesn't the White House respect the transit operating in its home city?
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Barack Obama speaks at Key Bridge, outlines why we need good infrastructure
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As the president speaks at Key Bridge, the White House releases a report on all the good infrastructure projects that have happened across the country.
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Oil: Our 'greatest immediate threat to U.S. economic and national security'
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The U.S. Department of Energy has released a new review of U.S. transportation and its dependence on oil. Its outlook isn't good — for traffic, drivers, our international relations, and in the long-term, the climate.
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Obama's deficit reduction plan; Prince George's special election; D.C. VegFest
CommentPolitico White House reporter Glenn Thrush talked about the president’s deficit reduction plan and GOP opposition to it. We also talked about journalist Ron Suskind’s new book, which portrays the inner-workings of the Obama White House.
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Five thousand jobs and $387 million
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What would Obama's proposed American Jobs Act mean for D.C. transit? A lot of money and a few thousand jobs, the White House says. Where should the money go?
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White House Facebook page gets death threats
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Yesterday, as the U.S. marked the 10th anniversary of 9/11, some idiot (or idiotic terrorist?) using an Osama bin Laden photo as a profile pic wrote on the White House's Facebook page, "We'll come back 11/9/2011 to kill u all." Another message, with a profile pic of two small planes, said, "Today we'll come 11/9/2011." It's assumed the suspect(s) were using the day/month/year date format common in most of the world, and that they're not very bright.
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Orly Taitz' lawsuit in birther case displays 'her own stupidity,' says judge
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Birther and lawyer-slash-dentist extraordinaire Dr. Orly Taitz has taken her eternal quest to "prove" that President Obama isn't a real American to Washington, D.C., where she is being laughed out of the courtroom. Again.
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Debt ceiling: Students write letter to Barack Obama (video)
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For weeks now, our nation's highest elected officials have been working overtime to reach a deal that would prevent the U.S. from defaulting on its debt. You can assume President Obama understands the importance of finding a solution — that our economic stability, and his reelection, hang in the balance. But just to make sure, a bunch of annoying Georgetown students have sent him a letter reminding him that, you know, something needs to be done.
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Barack Obama makes phone call to mom from limo (video)
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A YouTube page is devoted to making the president look human.
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President Barack Obama: Baby whisperer? (video)
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It doesn't matter if you like the president or not; one day, you're going to hope he's on a plane with you.
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Barack Obama to tweet for himself during 2012 campaign
Obama's page, @BarackObama, has been manned by his staffers. However, in a tweet on Saturday, his 8.6 million followers found out that the president himself will be sending out his own 140-character messages.
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A cozy dinner for two
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President Barack Obama and Germany's leader are dining out Monday evening, a day before an elaborate official dinner is to be held at the White House.
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KKK, Westboro Baptist Church collide at Arlington Cemetery (Video)
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So the KKK and the Westboro Baptist Church walk into a cemetery...
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Obama heads to Joplin
Will Obama fill the role as healer-in-chief?
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Common performs at the White House (video)
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Despite controversy surrounding his appearance, Common performs a spoken word piece about peace at the White House "Evening of Poetry" last night.
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The White House's long, awkward relationship with hip-hop
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It goes deeper than Michelle Obama and Common.
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