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The Obama Administration : Fact Sheet
In his new book, The Price of Politics, Bob Woodward reveals that President Obama erupted in a "flash of pure fury" when House Speaker John Boehner bailed on a debt deal.

Bob Woodward's Price of Politics: 4 talking points

In a new book, the Washington Post's scoop machine reveals what went on behind closed doors during the tense negotiations over the debt ceiling

 
Barack Obama : The List
The official @BarackObama Twitter team sent out this image of the president responding to Reddit users on Aug. 29.

Barack Obama on Reddit: 5 takeaways

The president makes a surprise appearance on the social-news site to take questions from users — attracting so much traffic that the site crashes

 
Obama's Private Life : Opinion Brief
This provocative cover of the latest issue of Magazine Fuera de Serie was created by the artist Karine Percheron-Daniels, who is no stranger to hijacking celebrity images.

The 'obviously offensive' image of Michelle Obama's face on a slave's body

A Spanish magazine's provocative cut-and-paste job enrages much of the internet — even as the artist insists that her intentions were innocent

 
Barack Obama : Opinion Brief
President Obama: Determined to dismantle welfare reform?

Has Obama gone too soft on welfare?

Romney accuses Obama of dismantling welfare reform by offering states waivers on welfare-to-work requirements. Will the attack hurt Obama, or could it backfire?

 
The Obama Administration : Opinion Brief
President Obama speaks at the White House following the Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act on June 28: A new poll shows that more Americans support the health care law than before, but a majority are still against it.

Can Obama finally make ObamaCare popular?

The Supreme Court's upholding of the president's health care law was a huge relief for Team Obama. Yet many Americans still aren't supportive of ObamaCare

 
The Obama Administration : The List
Attorney General Eric Holder was held in contempt of Congress on Thursday, with 17 Democrats siding with the Republican majority against Holder.

Congress' Eric Holder contempt vote: 4 takeaways

House Republicans (and 17 Democrats) succeed in holding President Obama's attorney general in contempt of Congress. A concise guide to what it means

 
The Obama Administration : The List
Attorney General Eric holder speaks to reporters following his meeting on Capitol Hill on June 19: Holder faces a vote by the House of Representatives on whether to hold him in contempt for refusing to disclose documents related to the botched gunrunning sting.

6 ways Fast and Furious is... and isn't like Watergate

Republicans have been making the Obama-Nixon comparisons in recent weeks, and while there are some parallels, there are also major differences

 
The Obama Administration : Analysis
Attorney General Eric Holder testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about the controversial Fast and Furious gun-running program in November 2011: Most Americans aren't paying attention to the congressional inquiry into the botched sting, but the ones who are are not happy about President Obama getting involved.

The Fast and Furious scandal: 3 reasons to pay attention

The congressional investigation of the botched gun-smuggling sting isn't getting widespread notice. Here's why it should

 
The Obama Administration : Instant Guide
On Jan. 25, 2011, the special agent in charge of ATF Phoenix speaks, foregrounded by a cache of seized weapons related to Operation Fast and Furious.

Operation Fast and Furious: A guide to the botched gun-trafficking sting

How did a flubbed federal law enforcement operation named after a cheesy movie become a high-stakes Washington showdown? Read on

 
The Obama Administration : Forecast
The (unlikely) worst-case scenario for Attorney General Eric Holder would see the House going for a criminal contempt charge, which could lead to a $1,000 penalty and up to one year in prison.

The Eric Holder contempt vote: What's next?

A House committee wants the attorney general to face charges for withholding documents concerning a gun-smuggling scheme, but that's hardly the end of the story

 
The Obama Administration : Burning Question
Attorney General Eric Holder talks to reporters after meeting with House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Darrell Issa on June 19: Holder himself has said Republicans may be targeting him in part because of his race.

The GOP's crackdown on Eric Holder: Racist?

The GOP says it's targeting our first black attorney general solely to get to the bottom of the botched Fast and Furious gun sting. Others aren't so sure

 
Obama's Private Life : Burning Question
David Maraniss' new biography Barack Obama: The Story reveals exaggerations in the president's memoir — notably regarding his step-grandfather's cause of death.

Did Obama fabricate parts of his memoir?

Conservatives slam the president for discrepancies between Dreams From My Father and a new book by widely respected author David Maraniss

 
The Obama Administration : Controversy
Thanks to President Obama's invocation of executive privilege, some of Attorney General Eric Holder's Fast and Furious documents will never be made public.

The 'Fast and Furious' scandal: Is Obama trying to cover it up?

The president invokes executive privilege to block the release of confidential documents, and Republicans accuse him of whitewashing an ignominious operation

 
Barack Obama : Analysis
While Japan's opinion of the U.S. has grown more favorable since 2009 (a net gain of 13 percentage points), the country has less confidence in President Obama (a net loss of 11 percent).

Obama's sagging global popularity: 4 theories

When he first took office, President Obama was a rock star overseas. Now those days are gone. Here, a dissection of his fall from grace

 
The Obama Administration : Instant Guide
Attorney General Eric Holder says he has turned over every document relating to a congressional gun-smuggling investigation, but Republicans insist he's still hiding something.

Congress vs. Eric Holder: Will the attorney general be held in contempt?

Republicans accuse Holder of refusing to cooperate with their probe of the "gun-walking" scandal that put weapons into the hands of Mexican drug cartels

 
The Obama Administration : Fact Sheet
Commerce Secretary John Bryson was found unconscious behind his steering wheel after hitting two cars.

Commerce Secretary John Bryson's alleged hit-and-run: A guide

The Obama cabinet member, under investigation for two weekend crashes in California, is blaming his poor driving on an ill-timed seizure

 

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