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White House Staffers’ Email Accounts Hit in Hacker Attack
July 31 by Mike O'BrienThe pro-Assad hackers who call themselves the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) have struck again – this time targeting the email accounts of White House staffers. The staffers were Phished by a...
Obama Takes a Pounding in Latest Popularity Polls
July 23 by Mike O'BrienPresident Obama’s approval in the traditionally blue state of California is approaching its lowest-ever mark in a new poll. A Field poll released on Tuesday shows a 10-point drop since earli...
Obama’s Popularity Falls in New Approval Rating Poll
May 30 by Mike O'BrienMore voters now disapprove than approve of President Obama’s job performance, according to the latest approval rating survey. In the Quinnipiac University poll, his overall approval rating h...
Tough Sell for Obama as his 2014 Budget Aims for the Middle Ground
April 10 by Mike O'BrienPresident Obama presented his $3.77 trillion budget proposal to Congress on Wednesday and launched a fresh bid to woo Republican senators with a short-term spending plan he says will boost jobs. T...
Obama’s Approval Rating Tumbles, But he Dodges the Blame for Sequester
March 13 by Mike O'BrienPresident Obama appears to have lost some of the glowing admiration he enjoyed in the aftermath of his reelection and inauguration. A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows a degree of dissatisfa...
House Moves to Avoid Government Shutdown
March 07 by Mike O'BrienHouse Republicans have passed legislation to keep federal agencies running and avoid a government shutdown later this month. The legislation on Wednesday was aimed at ensuring there is funding thr...
Sequester Friday: White House Meeting Ends With No Deal
February 28 by Mike O'BrienPresident Obama met with Congressional leaders at the White House on Friday but there was no last-minute compromise to avoid sequestration. Some observers even suggested the meeting was little mor...
Give Veterans a Break, Michelle Obama Tells Governors
February 24 by Mike O'BrienMichelle Obama on Monday has urged governors to make it easier for servicemen and women to apply their skills to civilian jobs. During an event at the White House, the First Lady said states shoul...
North Korea Nuclear Test a ‘Highly Provocative’ Threat to U.S. Says Obama
February 12 by Mike O'BrienThe White House was quick to condemn North Korea's third nuclear test on Tuesday, with President Obama calling it a "highly provocative act" that "undermines regional stability." Mr. Obama also d...
Leon Panetta: The Truth About Bin Laden, Benghazi and Chuck Hagel
February 03 by Mike O'BrienOutgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta took to the air on Sunday to put the record straight on various issues in his final days in charge of the Pentagon. On NBC’s "Meet The Press," he play...
U.S. Embassy Bombing in Turkey an ‘Obvious Terror Attack’
January 31 by Mike O'BrienThe White House has condemned a suicide bomb attack at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, on Friday as "an act of terror." A Turkish security guard was killed when the attacker detonated explosiv...
Obama Shuffles the Pack in White House Staff Shake-Up
January 24 by Mike O'BrienAhead of a massive push on wide-ranging legislation in the next couple of years, President Obama kept key aides on their toes with a shake-up of White House staff on Friday, January 25. Princip...