Newt Gingrich halts his White House campaign, but falls short of a full-throated endorsement for presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

The rest is here:
Gingrich suspends presidency bid

Have you heard the joke about the Secret Service? The one in which President Obama told a ballroom full of reporters at last weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner that he had to leave early to get his security detail “home in time for their new curfew.” Read full article > >

Read more:
Cartagena prostitution scandal is no laughing matter to Secret Service alumni

Tuesday marked a noisy return to the national stage for the Occupy movement, which had been dormant for much of the winter. Activists called it “A Day Without the 99 Percent.” But as protesters across the country responded to the movement’s call for a general strike, the 99 percenters seemed to be everywhere: marching to the White House and through Midtown Manhattan; smashing windows in downtown Seattle; and forming picket lines at restaurants, banks and hospitals. Read full article > >

View post:
Occupy movement returns for May Day protests in D.C., New York and around U.S.

On May 1, 2011, President Obama addressed the nation from the East Room of the White House to announce that the United States had killed Osama bin Laden. Now, one year later, with the presidential campaigns in full swing, the Navy SEAL operation that killed the al-Qaeda leader has found its way to the center of a quickly intensifying political battle between Obama and the GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney (R). Read full article > >

See the article here:
On bin Laden anniversary, Obama, Romney campaigns come out swinging

House Republicans and Democrats expressed optimism Friday about sending a cybersecurity bill to President Obama this year, despite significant disagreements with the Senate and the White House. The House delivered a strong bipartisan vote Thursday for the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act despite a White House veto threat. The bill would encourage companies and the federal government to share information collected on the Internet to help prevent electronic attacks from cybercriminals, foreign governments and terrorists. Read full article > >

Read the original here:
House hopeful about a cybersecurity bill

Republicans have ignored a White House veto threat and passed a bill to keep interest rates on millions of federal student loans from doubling this summer.

Visit link:
G.O.P. Ignores Veto Threat, Passes Student Loan Bill

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney vows to take the White House from President Barack Obama, as he racks up a series of primary wins.

Follow this link:
Mitt Romney heralds Obama contest

Either President Obama has wings of Kevlar — or he has the most incompetent scheduling staff in White House history. What president flies purposefully into the eye of a perfectly awful, two-front political storm, especially one as sordid as that plaguing North Carolina this week? Obama’s arrival in the Tar Heel State coincided with former senator John Edwards’s trial , as well as an exploding sexual harassment scandal involving the state’s Democratic Party leader. Jay Parmley recently resigned as executive director of the state party after an employee accused him of showing him a lewd photograph and making inappropriate sexual remarks. Read full article > >

See original here:
Obama’s foolhardy trip to North Carolina

An internal White House review has determined that none of its staff members were involved in the Colombia prostitution scandal that has engulfed 23 members of the Secret Service and U.S. military, a spokesman said Monday. Read full article > >

Read the original post:
No White House staff involved in Colombia sex scandal, official says

A Welsh TV cameraman risks being thrown out of a White House reception to take a snap of President Obama, as part of a charity campaign.

Go here to see the original:
TV man sneaks Obama charity photo

President and Michelle Obama reported earning an adjusted gross income of $789,674 in 2011 and paid $162,074 in federal income tax, according to the family’s tax returns released by the White House on Friday. Read full article > >

See the original post:
Obamas’ tax returns show earnings of $790K in 2011

Gay rights activists vowed Thursday to step up political pressure on the White House over President Obama’s refusal to sign a nondiscrimination executive order, with some decrying the decision as an attempt to avoid controversy before the November election. Read full article > >

See the original post:
Gay rights groups vow more pressure on Obama to sign nondiscrimination order

Disputes White House’s claim that bill is a money-saver.

Link:
Study: Obamacare Costs $340B

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff stresses the growing importance of Brazil-US relations after meeting President Obama at the White House.

Read more here:
Brazil and US aim for deeper ties

No worries, Kerry Washington fans, you did not miss a chance to meet the actress when she was filming her new ABC series based on the life of D.C. crisis-management ninja Judy Smith — because “Scandal” did not film here in D.C. Those scenes from Thursday night’s episode where Washington conducted tense, fast-talking conversations in front of the White House and Jefferson Memorial? Fake backdrops , it seems. Real-life Lafayette Park doesn’t have balustrades or marble steps as seen on TV, and that Tidal Basin scene? Well, something was wrong there, just can’t put our finger on it. The D.C. Film Office said the show did not bring production to Washington that they know of; ABC publicists did not get back to us for comment. D.C.’s had a mixed track record with Hollywood lately. NBC’s “The Firm” brought its cameras and stars here for some real on-location shooting last fall — but the show was quickly canceled. We’ll see if HBO’s forthcoming “Veep,” which spent a day or so filming in D.C. (but more of its time in Baltimore), fares better. Read full article > >

Read more:
‘Scandal,’ indeed! D.C. drama used fake backdrops of Washington