Politics

The first lady greets guests during a reception for military children and their families in honor of Mother’s Day in the East Room of the White House on May 10. Children created flower arrangements, Mother’s Day cards and cookies in the State Dining Room before presenting them to their families.

If speculation in media and political circles is any indication, the biggest political risk in President Obama’s recently announced support for gay marriage lies in homophobic black voters abandoning the president in droves. But are African-American voters, who supported Obama by a 96 percent margin in 2008, really inclined to stay home in 2012 over…

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012 In the morning, the President will depart from the White House en route Seattle, Washington. The departure from the South Lawn and arrival at King County International Airport are open press. In Seattle, the President will deliver…

Just when certain progressives thought that President Obama lacked the audacity to lead, he publicly endorsed, in a television interview taped Wednesday, the right of gay Americans to marry. It’s a bold shift, especially coming one day after a majority of voters in North Carolina, a key battleground state in this November’s elections, supported a…

In an entry for the Washington Post‘s PostPartisan blog, Jonathan Capehart says that leadership is about doing what’s right when it’s neither easy nor convenient. At 3 p.m., ABC News aired footage of the president of the United States saying, “I’ve been going through an evolution on this issue. I’ve always been adamant that gay…

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2012In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press.In the afternoon, the President will host NATO Secretary-General Rasmussen for a meeting in the Oval…

The Washington Post‘s Jonathan Capehart wishes that President Obama would stop playing games and follow the lead of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Vice President Joe Biden, who have taken clear stances on the issue of gay marriage. And where is President Obama? “Evolving.” Still. It’s as if he’s playing a big game of…

Last month a front-page story in the New York Times emphasized two studies that appeared to challenge the notion that food deserts — districts with limited or no access to affordable and nutritious foods, yet rich in stores hawking junk food — are a real problem. The studies, recently published in the journals Social Science…