Obama picks confidante Susan Rice as national security adviser
President Barack Obama chose close confidante Susan Rice as his new national security adviser on Wednesday, increasing White House control over foreign policy and defying Republican critics of her handling of last year’s deadly attack on a U.S. compound in Libya.
Pressure builds on officials to take heat for IRS scandal
Pressure was building for the Obama administration to fire more people linked to the IRS’s scrutiny of conservative groups, possibly including top IRS official.
Obama tries to bounce back after tough week
President Barack Obama complained on Sunday that partisan battles in Washington are holding back stronger U.S. economic growth as he tried to recover from one of the most difficult weeks of his presidency.
White House releases Benghazi attack emails
The White House on Wednesday released 100 pages of emails detailing discussion inside the administration over last year’s deadly attacks on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
Energy policy takes the podium at Columbia
Jason Bordoff hopes that multi-disciplinary action will make real strides in energy policy.
FBI says lab tests link Mississippi man to poisoned letters
Dutschke is expected to appear in U.S. district court in Oxford, Mississippi, for a detention hearing on Thursday.
The best lines from the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner
Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, the annual event where journalists and celebrities mix with the Washington elite, was [...]
FBI charges Elvis impersonator Paul Kevin Curtis in ricin letter case
Federal prosecutors on Thursday filed criminal charges against Paul Kevin Curtis, the Mississippi man who was arrested a day earlier in the FBI’s investigation of letters believed to have contained the deadly poison ricin.
‘Suspicious substance’ found in letter sent to President Obama at White House
A “suspicious substance” has been found inside a letter addresses to President Obama at the White House Wednesday, according to CNN. Officials said it is similar to the one sent Tuesday to Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker.
White House: Boston Marathon explosions to be handled as ‘act of terror’
The White House does not yet know who planned and carried out explosions at the Boston marathon but is handling the incident as “an act of terror,” a White House official said on Monday.