White House chief of staff William Daley steps down

Jan 9, 2012
He will be replaced by Jack Lew, the director of the Office of Management and Budget.

White House economist Alan Krueger on latest jobs report

Dec 2, 2011
America's unemployment rate for the month of November fell to 8.6 percent. We have reaction from a leading White House economist.

Obama's data management could keep him in the White House

Oct 11, 2011
CNN ran a story by Micah Sifry, co-founder of the Personal Democracy Forum, about the Obama campaign's data crunching strategy. Sifry says Obama's...

Obama issues executive order on security

Oct 7, 2011
President Obama is expected to announce a major executive order having to do with online security today. It's the culmination of a seven month...

Solyndra loan controversy rumbles along

Sep 14, 2011
There is some squabbling in Washington over a $535 million loan made to a solar panel company called Solyndra LLC, which abruptly declared...

Rickrolling @whitehouse

Jul 28, 2011
The White House is holding "office hours" on Twitter during the debt ceiling negotiations. During yesterday's session, some Obama staffer...

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Apps Against Abuse

Jul 14, 2011
The White House has announced "Apps Against Abuse", a competition to develop apps "that allow women to designate trusted friends or emergency...

White House embraces Android too

Apr 22, 2011
Geez, took them long enough. The White House has had an iPhone app available since January of 2010 that's been downloaded 400,000 times. Now the...