WASHINGTON — Thwarted on Capitol Hill, stymied in the Middle East and now beset by scandal, President Obama has reached a point just six months after a heady re-election where the second term he had hoped ... Read more
WASHINGTON — Thwarted on Capitol Hill, stymied in the Middle East and now beset by scandal, President Obama has reached a point just six months after a heady re-election where the second term he had hoped ... Read more
Rex Scouten, a former household staff director at the White House and onetime Secret Service agent who worked for 10 presidents, from Harry S. Truman to Bill Clinton — and never accepted any of the offers ... Read more
Rex Scouten, a former household staff director at the White House and onetime Secret Service agent who worked for 10 presidents, from Harry S. Truman to Bill Clinton — and never accepted any of the offers ... Read more
WASHINGTON — President Obama is likely to declare on Tuesday evening that the state of the union is strong. That word, strong, has become a ritual element of the annual address to Congress, intoned by Mr. ... Read more
At 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, when the city was awash in out-of-towners and inaugural festivities, a parade of well-dressed guests of a certain age arrived at the Madison hotel in Washington. Held every ... Read more
WASHINGTON — The second time around is never as exhilarating as the first, but to President Obama’s most ardent supporters this year brought its own kind of magic. There were crowds ... Read more
WASHINGTON — The second time around is never as exhilarating as the first, but to President Obama’s most ardent supporters this year brought its own kind of magic. There were crowds ... Read more
Barack and Michelle Obama have spent more than a thousand days on display before the nation’s eyes, but the personal changes they have undergone can be hard to detect. Up close, though, ... Read more
WASHINGTON — As he tucked into a salad and a beef pastry, President Obama looked around the family dining room in the White House and stared into his future. By some forecasts, it may not be a pretty ... Read more