Tag: The White House

White House to shift $226 million in counterterrorism aid for Pakistani jets

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Guest: Eric Schmitt, The New York Times

Former EPA official says White House overstepped bounds on climate regulation

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Jason Burnett, a former Environmental Protection Agency official, told the Senate's Environment and Public Works committee that the White House pressured the EPA in 2007 to deny climate regulation that would have required a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from cars in California. Burnett's testimony contradicts earlier statements from EPA chief Stephen Johnson, who said the denial was solely his decision.

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McCain's campaign takes aim at Obama's foreign-policy weaknesses

Monday, July 21, 2008

With Barack Obama on a mid-campaign Middle East tour, John McCain is in the United States on the offense, pitching Obama's lack of foreign policy and national security experience as weaknesses. Can Obama put those concerns to rest and force McCain to defend the GOP record on the economy?

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Writer exposes Dick Cheney’s war in "The Dark Side"

Monday, July 21, 2008

In "The Dark Side," author Jane Mayer weaves a seven-year narrative detailing what we know and don't know about the decisions made while pursuing terrorists after the coordinated terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Mayer focuses on roles of Vice President Dick Cheney and his chief-of-staff since 2005, David Addington, and infers details from a secret 2007 Red Cross report that says the prisoner abuses at U.S. facilities constitute war crimes.

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Treasury steps up, White House stands behind Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Monday, July 14, 2008

The nation's largest mortgage finance companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are in trouble. So much so that the White House announced a plan Sunday to show stock markets and debt markets that the government has their back.

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Tracking the evolution of the Supreme Court

Thursday, June 26, 2008

By Adam Hirsch : Web Producer

It's a matter of timing, politics and, in some cases, luck.

President George W. Bush won two and lost two. Richard Nixon got four of his six picks through. Ronald Reagan nominated five and only lost one. And Jimmy Carter didn't get a chance to nominate any.

The Supreme Court's ...

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The focus on First Ladies

Friday, June 20, 2008

Michelle Obama, Elizabeth Edwards and Judy Giuliani — each has been subjected to relentless scrutiny in today's world of the nonstop news-cycle and 'gotcha!' media moments spread online. Can they make or break their husbands' campaign? What does it mean these days to run for First Lady? The Takeaway puts these questions to syndicated columnist Connie Schultz, who should know — she's married to Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio.

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Game: The 2008 Veepstakes on Facebook

Friday, June 20, 2008

Who says it doesn't matter whom a presidential candidate picks as a running mate? Swing states have never been swingier and a smart VP choice could fill electoral holes for McCain or Obama. The Takeaway challenges you to predict the ticket in The 2008 Veepstakes, a stock-trading game based on speculation in blogs and news media.

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Tony Schwartz, 84, co-creator of "Daisy," the game-changing political ad

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Tony Schwartz is a former WNYC host and creator of 1964's "Daisy" ad, the first television spot to change the national political conversation. Schwartz died on Sunday at the age of 84. The Takeaway looks at his successors and how they've affected election campaigns.

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McClellan's dissent: Former White House spokesman breaks code of conduct in memoir

Thursday, May 29, 2008

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Presidential Hot-or-Not: Would you pick these presidents over their vice presidents based on looks?

Monday, May 26, 2008

You'll see five pairs of portraits — one president and one vice president. Click on the one you think is the most attractive and we'll tell you if you picked the president. You do know your presidents, don't you?