Last night was the White House Correspondent’s Dinner, where journalists, politicians, and the media come together and, in many cases, get laughed at by the President and a comedian headliner. This year’s headliner was Conan O’Brien, the former Late Night and Tonight Show host who now hosts a show on […]
The political newspaper and website Politico has confirmed that President Obama has picked Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor Anthony Foxx to succeed Secretary Ray LaHood as the Secretary of Transportation. Mayor Foxx came to prominence when the Democrats held their national convention last year and he announced a new street car […]
Conan O’Brien is in Washington for the White House Correspondents Dinner. He is headlining the event for the second time. He previously hosted eighteen years ago in 1995. In the photo, Conan claims to be practicing for his ‘Goofy Sunglasses’ act.
After some gentle nudging by friend and comedian Stephen Colbert, former President Bill Clinton is on Twitter, officially. Marked with the signature blue checkmark, President Clinton already has tweeted six times and has about 432,000 tweets. President Clinton had been urged to joined Twitter when he appeared on The Colbert […]
The Senate confirmed Sylvia Mathews Burwell as the nation’s next director of the Office of Management and Budget. Burwell was easily confirmed in a 96-0 vote. The last OMB director was Jacob Lew, who left to become the White House Chief of Staff, and later, Secretary of Treasury. Both Democrats […]
