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Rupert Murdochs’ Fox News joins inner circle at White House
Fox News. The rise and rise of Rupert Murdoch ‘s Fox News has been enshrined in physical form with the award of a front-row seat in the White House briefing room to the caustic rightwing channel.
Pentagon says new media rules are no "iron curtain"
WASHINGTON (CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM) – The Pentagon acknowledged on Tuesday confusion over new rules guiding the U.S. military’s engagement with the media but said they would not create an “iron curtain” curtailing reporters’…
Texas lawmaker accuses White House of BP shakedown
WASHINGTON (CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM) — A leading House Republican accused the White House Thursday of a “$20 billion shakedown” of oil giant BP by requiring the company to establish a huge fund…
W.H. takes heat over spill response (Politico)
(CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM) — Billy Nungesser, the president of Plaquemines Parish on the Louisiana Gulf Coast, has a blunt message for Barack Obama: Cut out the middleman, Mr. President.
White House social secretary to quit
WASHINGTON — A White House aide says Desiree Rogers is resigning her post as social secretary, effective sometime next month. Rogers recently came under criticism for her handling of the…
Obama report: 95,000 jobs to come each month
WASHINGTON — The United States is likely to average 95,000 more jobs each month this year, while personal savings will remain high as credit remains tight, according to a White…
US to commit $78.5 million to Asian carp fight
The Obama administration says it will spend $78.5 million to halt the giant Asian carp, which officials fear could spread and possibly endanger the Great Lakes region’s $7 billion fishing…
Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois governors to meet with President Obama on Asian carp
Three governors will meet with President Barack Obama’s chief science adviser Monday in Washington to discuss strategy for preventing Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes. Nancy Sutley, head of…
White House: Message heard on Senate election in Massachusetts
The White House faces questions today, on the anniversary of President Barack Obama’s inauguration, about the Senate election in Massachusetts that cost the president’s party its short-lived super-majority control of…
White House to Recognize University of Chicago’s “Project Exploration” for Science-Mentoring Excellence
University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno and alumna Gabrielle Lyon, BA’94, MA’94, will accept Project Exploration’s Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Mentoring on Jan. 6 at a White House…
