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Barack Obama

President Barack Obama (R) listens as Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx speaks after announcing him as his nominee for Secretary of Transportation at the White House April 29, 2013 in Washington, DC. Foxx is the first Democrat elected as the Mayor of Charlotte in over 22 years and would be replacing outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Anthony Foxx: 'No such thing as a Democratic or Republican road'

Julie Pace, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Monday tapped rising Democratic politician Anthony Foxx to lead the Department of Transportation, an agency at the center of Washington's fiscal fights...
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Everett Dutschke stands in the street near his home in Tupelo, Miss., and waits for the FBI to arrive and search his home. Dutschke, charged with making and possessing ricin as part of the investigation into poison-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and others was expected to appear in court Monday April 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Thomas Wells, File)

Hearing held in case of poisoned letters mailed to Obama

Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man charged with making a deadly poison sent to President Barack Obama and others was ordered held without bond until a hearing later this week when prosecutors are expected to describe what evidence they have against him...
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In this photo taken April 23, 2013, Lauren Howie, 27, poses outside the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.  In this photo taken April 23, 2013, Lauren Howie, 27, poses outside the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.  In this photo taken April 23, 2013, Lauren Howie, 27, poses outside the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

In a first, black voter turnout rate passes whites

Hope Yen, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - America's blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time...
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Obama spoofs Daniel Day-Lewis

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VIDEO - President Obama teamed up with director Steven Spielberg to make a gag video for the White House Correspondent’s Dinner about Daniel-Day Lewis portraying Obama in a Spielberg film..
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Obama to name Anthony Foxx as Transportation Secretary

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - Charlotte mayor Anthony Foxx will be nominated Monday by President Obama to become the new Secretary of Transportation, according to a White House official...
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In this April 4, 2009 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama and France's then-first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy visit Strasbourg Cathedral in Strasbourg, France. New documents show that former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni showered President Barack Obama and his family with more than $41,000 worth of gifts in 2011. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Ex-French president top gift giver to Obama family

Matthew Lee, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his supermodel wife, Carla Bruni, were clearly taken with President Barack Obama and his family back in 2011...
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President George W. Bush (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama arrive in the East Room for the unveiling of Bush's offical portrait at the White House May 31, 2012 in Washington, DC. Commissioned by the White House Historical Association, the portraits will hang in the White House next to portraits of the other past presidents. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

What do Bush and Obama have in common?

Perry Bacon Jr.
OPINION - George W. Bush and Barack Obama, neither of whom was considered an ideologue before they entered office, have presided over the most politically divisive time in modern American history...
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on April 18. 2013. Obama heads to Boston to mourn victims of the deadly marathon attacks, as investigators study images of a suspect who may have planted the bombs. No arrests have been made in connection with Monday's twin bombings near the finish line of the race, which sent metal fragments and nails into a crowd of thousands of runners and spectators, killing three people and wounding 180. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Is Obama's presidency already over?

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - Looking forward, the future of Obama's agenda is not dependent on his leadership skills or his speeches, but the rest of the political structure...
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President Obama talks to TODAY show host Savannah Guthrie.

Obama: First lady felt like single mom

Eun Kyung Kim, TODAY
TODAY - During a wide-ranging interview, Presidnet Obama spoke about life in the White House as a husband and father to Malia, 14, and Sasha, 11.
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Max Baucus retires: Another Obama 'frenemy' bites the dust (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Another Dem Obama 'frenemy' bites the dust

David A. Love
OPINION - With friends like Sen. Max Baucus, does President Obama need enemies?...
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