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White House's
Fox News Foe
Stepping Down

TURNOVER DEPT

Nov 10, 2009 2:11 PM CST

White House's Fox News Foe Stepping Down

Communications director Anita Dunn leaving as planned

(Newser) - President Obama’s communications director will cede her post to a deputy at the end of the month, Chris Cillizza has learned. Anita Dunn notably took on the Fox Network and accused it of being a Republican mouthpiece. Dunn, who said from the start she was taking the post on...

White House
Warns Dems
to Avoid Fox

feud? what feud?

Nov 6, 2009 4:50 PM CST

White House Warns Dems to Avoid Fox

Strategist reports intimidating phone call after appearance

(Newser) - The Obama administration has toned down its war of words against Fox News, but behind the scenes, it's warning Democratic strategists not to appear on the network. One consultant who made a recent appearance says he received a call afterward from a White House official who told him, "We...

Trick-or-Treat ...
Mr President

WHITE HOUSE HALLOWEEN

Nov 1, 2009 5:00 AM CST

Trick-or-Treat ... Mr President

Obamas open White House doors to 2000+ area schoolkids

(Newser) - The leader of the free world may have been masquerading as a frumpy suburban dad and handing out dried fruit, but it was still a pretty cool treat for a couple thousand DC-area kids who went trick-or-treating at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave last night. With the first lady dressed as a...

White House Takes Crack at Car Website

Oct 30, 2009 2:10 PM CDT

White House Takes Crack at Car Website

Blog post assails Edmunds.com's view of 'clunkers' initiative

(Newser) - The administration has picked another fight with a media outlet, but not one that employs Glenn Beck. The White House blog took aim at Edmunds.com, which had posted a scathing assessment of the “Cash for Clunkers” program. The snarky post argues that Edmunds must have been “covering...

Credit Stimulus for
650K Jobs: White House

Oct 30, 2009 11:18 AM CDT

Credit Stimulus for 650K Jobs: White House

Directly or indirectly, $150B spent has had great effect, report says

(Newser) - The economic stimulus package has already created or saved at least 650,000 jobs, the White House said today, even though just $150 billion of the $787 billion has been spent. And the number of jobs is closer to 1 million if it includes positions added indirectly, according to the...

White House, Fox News
Reach a 'Truce'

Oct 28, 2009 7:11 PM CDT

White House, Fox News Reach a 'Truce'

Analysts skeptical about how long it'll last

(Newser) - The White House and Fox News appear to have called a “truce” in their war of words after a meeting today between Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs and Fox exec Michael Clemente. Clemente then returned to the channel’s DC bureau and asked staff to remain “fair and...

Where Bush Was
Bashed, Obama
Gets Free Pass

ANALYSIS

Oct 27, 2009 2:35 PM CDT

Where Bush Was Bashed, Obama Gets Free Pass

GOP faithful can't fathom why press goes so easy on new president

(Newser) - Supporters of George Bush are miffed about the passes the media has given President Obama for trespasses the former president would likely have been excoriated for. “We have a joke about it. We’re going to start a website: IfBushHadDoneThat.com,” former Bush counselor Ed Gillespie tells Politico....

Meet Michelle's
'Body Woman'

Oct 27, 2009 1:40 PM CDT

Meet Michelle's 'Body Woman'

Kristen Jarvis came up in Obama's Senate office, and has proven stellar

(Newser) - Kristen Jarvis has had tough jobs. She joined Barack Obama’s office in 2004, when he was a newly minted senator. But that was nothing compared to last year’s presidential campaign, when she was given a different charge: Michelle Obama. As her "body woman," Jarvis did everything...

Obama's Golf Game Goes Coed

girls allowed

Oct 25, 2009 4:43 PM CDT

Obama's Golf Game Goes Coed

Presidential foursome includes a woman for the first time

(Newser) - Within hours of a New York Times story spotlighting the West Wing's alleged "boys' club" atmosphere, President Obama played golf with a woman today for the first time since being sworn in. Melody Barnes, the White House chief domestic policy adviser, hit the links as part of Obama's foursome...

Actually, Fox Is
a Legit News Operation

Clarence Page

Oct 25, 2009 2:13 PM CDT

Actually, Fox Is a Legit News Operation

Obama must start following through on campaign promises

(Newser) - Risking his wife's wrath, Clarence Page has to admit he agrees with Sean Hannity. The Fox News host has correctly called President Obama on the disconnect between campaign rhetoric and the attempted boycott of Hannity's employer. "It is disingenuous for right-wing pundits to accuse Obama of dividing the country,...

Michelle Hits 142 at Hula Hoops

Oct 22, 2009 2:00 AM CDT

Michelle Hits 142 at Hula Hoops

But the über-fit first lady just can't do double dutch

(Newser) - The president isn't the only Obama with impressive hoops prowess: Michelle managed 142 swivels of a hula hoop yesterday during a "healthy kids fair" on the White House lawn. Jumping rope double dutch? Not so much. The first lady also gave a pep talk about eating right to about...

In Fight With Fox,
White House Can't Win

analysis

Oct 18, 2009 4:24 PM CDT

In Fight With Fox, White House Can't Win

Administration has 'brought a knife to a gunfight': David Carr

(Newser) - By tackling Fox News head-on, the Obama administration has almost certainly bitten off more than it can chew, apparently prioritizing payback ahead of rising above the fray. "While there is undoubtedly a visceral thrill in finally setting out after your antagonists," media columnist David Carr writes for the...

White House:
Fox Is 'Not
Really News'

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Oct 18, 2009 11:29 AM CDT

White House: Fox Is 'Not Really News'

Administration still sparring with conservative network

(Newser) - The White House continued its scuffle with Fox News today, with Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace complaining on-air that the administration dissed its request for an interview, while top aides took to competing networks to denounce it. It's "not really news," David Axelrod told This Week. The...

Union Chief Takes On
White House

Oct 17, 2009 4:21 PM CDT

Union Chief Takes On White House

AFSCME leader gets very loud over health care reform

(Newser) - The leader of one of the nation's biggest labor unions is not playing ball with the White House, writes Ben Smith. AFSCME's Gerry McEntee seems to be breaking the unwritten rule among progressives when dealing with this administration: Hush up, or we'll freeze you out. McEntee has repeatedly taken public...

White House Doesn't Take Glenn Beck 'Very Seriously'

worth crying over

Oct 16, 2009 7:05 PM CDT

White House Doesn't Take Glenn Beck 'Very Seriously'

Administration not sweating Fox host's campaign against Anita Dunn

(Newser) - Fox talking head Glenn Beck has White House communications director Anita Dunn in his crosshairs, but the administration isn't exactly sweating. "I caught some of that from the Glenn Beck show yesterday, but I don't think anybody takes it—takes his attacks very seriously," the deputy White House...

White House-Fox Spat Now Involves ... Mao

Oct 16, 2009 2:23 PM CDT

White House-Fox Spat Now Involves ... Mao

In old video, communications director Anita Dunn calls Chinese leader a favorite

(Newser) - That was quick. The White House sent communications director Anita Dunn after Fox over the weekend, and now an old video has surfaced—much to the delight of Glenn Beck and others—in which she calls Mao one of her "favorite political philosophers." In a speech to high...

Obama's Sexy
Salsa Irks Michelle

WATCH IT

Oct 14, 2009 11:23 AM CDT

Obama's Sexy Salsa Irks Michelle

After salsa dancing at the Fiesta Latina, Barack seems to spark wife's ire

(Newser) - President Obama may have gotten on his wife’s bad side last night after salsa dancing with Mexican pop singer Thalia at the White House’s Fiesta Latina. TMZ points to a YouTube video (watch it at left) showing Michelle appearing to give Barack the cold shoulder after he returns...

White House Doesn't Diss New Michelle Doll

Oct 13, 2009 4:52 AM CDT

White House Doesn't Diss New Michelle Doll

Action figure seeks to capitalize on first lady's popularity

(Newser) - The White House—which strongly objected to Malia and Sasha Obama dolls released earlier this year—declined to comment yesterday on an upcoming Michelle Obama doll. The 6-inch action figure seeks to capture the first lady's "muted, subdued, classy" style, says its maker Jailbreak Toys, which has been selling...

Reporter: Obama Dismissed Gay Marchers as 'Fringe'

Oct 12, 2009 9:40 AM CDT

Reporter: Obama Dismissed Gay Marchers as 'Fringe'

White House takes comedians more seriously, Harwood says

(Newser) - Barack Obama isn’t exactly quaking in his boots over the gay rights protesters that marched on Washington yesterday. The administration views the advocates as “part of the Internet left fringe,” CNBC correspondent John Harwood said on NBC last night. “One adviser told me, ‘those bloggers...

Lobbyists Deal Death Blows to Health Care Cost Cuts

Oct 11, 2009 6:50 AM CDT

Lobbyists Deal Death Blows to Health Care Cost Cuts

Having KO'd most cuts, they're aiming at Cadillac tax and Medicare commission

(Newser) - Who's winning the health care battle? Lobbyists, says the New York Times, who've succeeded in blocking virtually every avenue for cutting health care costs that has been put on the table. They've killed proposals that would pinch doctors, hospitals, insurers and employees who are the beneficiaries of so-called Cadillac health...