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AP Photo/Andrew Harnik The Next Frontier of the Gay-Rights Movement
The White House on Tuesday announced the president’s support for the Equality Act. But will the lame-duck president’s endorsement matter?
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(Screenshot/Facebook) President Obama Gets a Facebook, But You Can’t Friend Him
No poking, either.
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Screenshot/CollegeHumor The White House Is Using Bears to Make a Point About Sexual Assault
The Obama administration teamed up with a comedy site to spread awareness of the issue.
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AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Obama Could Take Executive Action to Close Guantanamo Bay Prison
Press secretary Josh Earnest said the president “would not take anything off the table” to close the prison.
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AP Photo/Julio Cortez President Obama Launches Effort to “Ban the Box”
It’s just one measure in a new campaign to rehabilitate ex-prisoners.
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AP Photo/Jim Cole The War On Partisanship
How fighting polarization became its own cause.
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(AP Photo/Evan Vucci) There’s a Snapchat Filter for the Benghazi Hearing Because #ThisTown
“This message will disappear,” the filter says, next to a warning sign, “just like Hillary Clinton’s emails.”
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WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images In Major Shift, Obama Will Keep 5,500 Troops in Afghanistan
The president announced Thursday a halt to the withdrawal of troops in the country.
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NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images White House on McCarthy: "There Has Been a Rupture in the Republican Party"
“Republicans need to learn that doing their job doesn’t mean catering to the extreme-right wing,” press secretary Josh Earnest said Thursday.
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Anadolu Agency AFP/Getty President Obama Apologizes for Afghan Hospital Bombing
He called the president of Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday to send his condolences.
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Steve Pope AFP/Getty President Obama Invites Muslim Teen Arrested for Bringing Clock to School to the White House
The president weighed in Wednesday: “Cool clock, Ahmed.”
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MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images Donald Trump is Getting Under President Obama's Skin
Ahead of second GOP debate, the president responded to the candidate’s attacks.
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Shutterstock How More Money Can Change Attitudes in Police Departments About Rape Victims
Joe Biden, Loretta Lynch, and the New York County District Attorney’s office on Thursday pledged $79 million to end the national rape-kit backlog.
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Pool AFP/Getty How President Obama Played the Long Game and Saved the Iran Deal
The White House was patient and didn’t get distracted by the ups and downs of the news cycle.
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Joe Raedle AFP/Getty Obama Blames Inequities 'Brewing For Decades’ In Katrina Commemoration
The president visited New Orleans Thursday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of what he called a partly “manmade disaster.”
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JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images Will President Obama Reverse Course on Race and Katrina?
Obama has said race wasn't a factor in the government's slow response to Katrina. He may not stand by that view in his Thursday speech in New Orleans.
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National Journal Earnest: Schumer Opposition to Iran Deal 'Disappointing' But Not Surprising
President Obama got a heads-up on the senator's defection, the press secretary said Friday.
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National Journal Obama Isn't Going to Watch the GOP Debate, But He'll Catch the 'Lowlights'
Press secretary Josh Earnest said Thursday that he expects the candidates to talk more about the president's plans than their own.
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National Journal Obama: Iranian Hard-Liners 'Making Common Cause' With GOP on Nuclear Deal
The president responded to the deal's criticisms point by point in a major speech Wednesday.
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National Journal Obama Reaches for Green Legacy, But Will History Books Agree?
New climate-change regulations could make him the greenest president ever — if he survives the brutal assaults to come.
