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President Obama and Republican leaders, each eager to show that they can put aside partisanship, agreed yesterday that they had pinpointed a handful of areas -- most of them related to jobs creation -- where the two sides might be able to work together.

Obama rode the political waves of "hope" and "change." But the swagger often seen in the steps from the White House to Marine One looks more like arrogance.

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said on Sunday that she was open to a possible White House run in 2012 but has not made up her mind.

John Albani and Governor Deval Patrick examine his LEGO White House at the State Library.

When she moved to the nation's most prestigious address, Michelle Obama's husband told her that rough times were ahead.

Jesus Is My President by J. Grant Swank, Jr. "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.

The underlying message as the Obama administration rolled out its proposed budget Monday may have sounded familiar to anyone listening to last year's budget announcement -- or, for that matter, to the State of the Union speech or the president's visit to House Republicans last week.

As I argued this morning , the State of the Union address is usually an underwhelming affair: Yes, huge numbers of people tune in, but the speech itself is rarely memorable.

U.S. President Barack Obama reached out to downtrodden Americans on Wednesday, urging them not to give up hope for a better future in the face of a crippling recession while reassuring them he remains the force for change and optimism that propelled him to the White House 14 months ago.

I recently attended a White House event. After showing my identification, guards confirmed my name on the guest list, and I walked into the East Room where the president and Mrs.

The following excerpts of President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address to Congress were released tonight by the White House.

The Lady Blue Devils from White House travel to Shackle Island for a non-District game with the Beech Lady Buccaneers.

After weeks of denials from the White House that the health care reform effort failed to exhibit the transparency President Barack Obama promised on the campaign trail, Obama is conceding that locking the public out of key discussions was a 'mistake.' After weeks of denials from the White House that the health care reform effort failed to exhibit ...

White House 'Zestimate' Declines a ' But It's Not All Bad News. Or, News. We admit it: Zillow has come up with some clever ways to get ink, and we've been as willing as anyone to take the bait a ' like last Halloween when the online real estate portal mapped the best places to Trick or Treat .

Fresh from his on-air dust-up with rival Conan O'Brien, comedian Jay Leno will headline this year's annual White House correspondents dinner.

To Michelle Obama, her White House garden is more than a plot of land. It's also a soapbox.

Kathy Griffin greeted fans at her book signing last night and joked about her designs on 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Washington DC: January 21, 2010. On January 21, 2010 on a winter afternoon, over 2000 Coptic Christians rallied, chanted, sang, prayed, and marched outside the White House to get the attention of U.S. President Barack Obama and the American public on the continuing human rights violations of the Copts in Egypt.

It just goes to show you, not even the president is immune to the real-estate slump.

Visitors touring the White House today got an unexpected treat; a greeting from the First Lady of the United States.