loves to stiff him, play him along and manipulate him. He's the world's celebrity ingenue, the slender naif perpetually undone by the recalcitrance of foreign leaders. ...more

November 25, 2009

A dead fish, a horse's head in some guy's bed and an assertion that "the White House has declared war on Fox News" was how Charles Krauthammer started his commentary Oct. 25 ("More than a Fox hunt." ...more

November 5, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Obama administration officials pledged today to work with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, despite continuing doubts about his credibility that could have been eased had he won a runoff election against his top challenger, who dropped out citing concerns of fraud. ...more

November 1, 2009

Rahm Emanuel once sent a dead fish to a live pollster. Now he's put a horse's head in Roger Ailes' bed. ...more

October 25, 2009

President Barack Obama's senior White House adviser says Americans will soon see positive effects of the massive economic stimulus plan passed last week by Congress. ...more

February 15, 2009

Barack Obama said he's as hopeful as ever about the future of the U.S. as thousands of Americans converged on Washington's Lincoln Memorial for a free concert to celebrate his inauguration as the first black president. ...more

January 18, 2009

A top adviser to President-elect Barack Obama said Sunday that the country's slowing economy won't keep the new administration from fulfilling its plans for a middle-class tax cut. ...more

December 29, 2008

In the 26 years since the weekly radio address became a White House staple, presidents have often treated the speech to the nation as a task rather than an opportunity. ...more

December 15, 2008

It wasn't too long ago that Barack Obama and his advisers were tripping over one another to tear down Hillary Rodham Clinton's foreign policy credentials. She was dismissed as a commander in chief wanna-be who did little more than sip tea and make small talk with foreign leaders during her days as first lady. ...more

November 30, 2008

Eager to calm economic anxieties, President-elect Barack Obama is rolling out an economic vision that will require congressional cooperation even before he settles into his new desk in the White House's Oval Office. ...more

November 24, 2008