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Rangel hits Obama over 'embarrassing' lack of diversity in new Cabinet
President Obama took more fire from the left Thursday over what critics say is a lack of diversity in his second-term Cabinet appointments.
Obama to use Lincoln Bible at 2013 inauguration
President Obama says he never compares himself to Abraham Lincoln, but he'll be sworn in again with President Lincoln's Bible at his inauguration on Jan. 21.
Bad timing: Beyonce poses in her flimsies
On the very day that Americans discover that Beyonce Knowles will sing the "Star Spangled Banner" during President Obama's inauguration on Jan. 20, GQ magazine has another announcement regarding the beauteous chanteuse.
White House: Piers, you can stay
"President Obama has officially decided I am NOT being deported," CNN host Piers Morgan tweets.
White House won't rule out $1T coin proposal
Even though it sounds like a headline in The Onion, a White House spokesman Wednesday repeatedly refused to rule out a bizarre-sounding proposal to mint a $1 trillion platinum coin that would allow the federal government to unilaterally raise the debt-ceiling if Congress fails to act.
Biden: Executive orders, action can be taken on guns
Vice President Joseph R. Biden vowed action on gun control from President Obama on Wednesday and floated the idea that Mr. Obama could use executive action to do so.
Wal-Mart to meet with Holder on guns
After initially balking, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will send a representative to meet with Attorney General Eric Holder Thursday as part of Vice President Joseph R. Biden's efforts to address gun violence this week, a White House official said Thursday.
Obama picks Beyonce for inaugural anthem
Pop superstar Beyonce will sing the national anthem at President Obama's inauguration celebration on Jan. 21, the Presidential Inaugural Committee announced Wednesday.
Nixon, a birthday cake and C-SPAN
Henry Kissinger, Pat Buchanan, Ben Stein, and former first daughters Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower are among luminaries gathering Wednesday night in the nation's capital to affectionately celebrate what would have been Richard Nixon's 100th birthday.
MILLER: D.C. police won’t arrest David Gregory
Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department has concluded its investigation into NBC anchor David Gregory without an arrest. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier’s spokesman Gwendolyn Crump sent me this email this morning: “Emily, MPD has completed the investigation into this matter, and the case has been presented to the OAG for a determination of the prosecutorial merit of the case.”
Cruz: GOP has 'leverage' in debt-ceiling fight
Sen. Ted Cruz said Republicans came out on the short end of the "fiscal cliff" fight because President Obama had a stronger position — but the new Texas lawmaker expects a different outcome in the upcoming debt-ceiling negotiations.
Glenn Beck's inaugural ball for 'misfits'
Glenn Beck plans to send up President Obama's big inauguration day doings in the nation's capital with some Texas-sized hijinks.
NRA to meet with Biden on guns
The National Rifle Association will send a representative to meet this week with Vice President Joseph R. Biden, who is heading a task force on gun violence, a spokesman for the group said Tuesday.
Congress less popular than root canal, cockroaches and lice, poll says
A new poll shows that Congress is less popular than carnies, root canals and colonoscopies, but more popular than the ebola virus, meth labs and gonorrhea.
Civil rights icon Myrlie Evers-Williams to deliver Obama's inaugural invocation
Civil rights figure Myrlie Evers-Williams has been chosen to deliver the invocation at President Obama's inauguration on Jan. 21, the Presidential Inaugural Committee announced Tuesday.
Obama likely to choose Lew for Treasury
President Obama will likely choose White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew to replace outgoing Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner by the end of the week, according to a report late Monday by the Bloomberg news agency.
DeMint fires up a tea party strategy
Critics who dismiss the tea party take note: Some big names will assemble in South Carolina this weekend for "State of the Union: A Constitutional Perspective," a two-day gathering of experts, speakers and authors intent on crafting "pragmatic, common-sense solutions to the greatest threats facing the country since the Constitution was written in 1787."
Richardson: New leadership presents an opportunity in N. Korea
Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who is traveling to North Korea with Google chief executive Eric Schmidt on a humanitarian mission, said on CNN Saturday that he hopes to speak with Kenneth Bae, an American who is being detained in the Communist nation.
Oklahoma GOP freshman reaches across the (bus) aisle
Oklahoma Rep. Markwayne Mullin, part of the congressional freshman class of 2012, said Saturday the acrimony between the two parties starts as soon as new members arrive at the Capitol — but he's trying to do something about that.
