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San Bernardino shooting updates: Backlash, jitters or calm?; an open letter to ...

President Obama on Sunday will take the unusual step of addressing the nation from the Oval Office to discuss his administration's counter-terrorism policies in the wake of the massacre in San Bernardino. The White House said in a statement that Obama ...

House votes to reject Obama climate change regulations

"And that's why it's important for us to not project what's being said on a campaign trail but to do what's right and make the case", Mr. Obama told reporters who questioned his ability to bind the next Oval Office occupant. "This is an economic and ...

The community that stood up to coal

columnist John D. Sutter is reporting from the COP21 climate talks in Paris. What do Fast-forward nearly 50 years: The Powder River Basin, an oval-shaped area of Montana and Wyoming that includes the Northern Cheyenne's land, has become the ...

Baked Alaska: Obama, Climate Change and the Arrogance of Power

But dragging the world to Paris? Obama committed the US to 26-28% reductions in greenhouse gases from 2005 levels by 2025 — with no consideration for how the cuts affect global mean temperature increases, the real measure of seriousness. Compare that ...

We drove the redesigned F-150 pickup truck — and it's clear that Ford didn't ...

It fills you with a sense of power and well-being and a sort of gargantuan, soothing American-ness. You could most certainly be in Kansas when driving it. You could most certainly not be in Paris. It's the F-150 full-size pickup truck, and it has been ...

Betting on a Damien Hirst Comeback

To her, the move “felt like a fire sale,” she said, cheapening the value of the oval orange “Butterfly” painting that hung above her fireplace as well as an instrument cabinet she bought years before. She refused to bid in the auction, but she has no ...

The Greek Warrior

It was ten o'clock. Far fewer tourists were about than on a typical July evening, and at the restaurant Greek voices were low. When a passerby took Varoufakis's hand—the minister preferred a right-angled bro-shake with Greeks—he kept shaking it with ...

'Sex and the City' Star Says Tea Party Pols Driven by Racism Against Obama

Perhaps Noth is unaware the government has shut down before without a black person in the Oval Office. Either way, the star of CBS’s The Good Wife revealed his racial theories during a chat on Huff Post Live. Noth said if Obama been white the government ...

Women Stuck Behind the Brooks Brothers Wall of the White House Press Corps

whether, since President Obama nominated three white guys to his cabinet, women are being shut out of the Oval Office. The New York Times ... More like the Brooks Brothers wall. There were a lot more women covering Obama's April 9 meeting with Brazilian ...

White House Painting Puts N-Word Just Outside Oval Office

"A small bust of King is in the Oval Office, and a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation hangs on the wall." When Bridges stopped by to see the painting, he told her, "I think it’s fair to say that if it hadn’t been for you guys, I might not be here ...