Valerie Jarrett

News Corp. hires Toni Cook Bush to oversee lobbying after split

2013-05-15 12:44:00

News Corp. has hired a D.C. heavyweight to handle its lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill after it becomes primarily a newspaper publishing company. Antoniette "Toni" Cook Bush will join News Corp. next month as its executive vice president and global head...

Obama nominates Penny Pritzker, Mike Froman to his economic team

2013-05-02 08:58:00

WASHINGTON – President Obama praised Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker for her commitment to American workers on Thursday morning as he nominated her as his next Commerce secretary. In a Rose Garden announcement, Obama listed Pritzker’s...

White House to nominate new budget director

2013-03-03 18:19:00

WASHINGTON – As he prepares for more spending battles with Congress, President Obama plans to nominate Sylvia Mathews Burwell, head of the Walmart Foundation, as his next budget director, the White House said Sunday. A former deputy budget...

Obama's White House -- the diversity question

2013-01-10 17:00:00

In the wake of President Obama’s reelection, there was much clucking about the demise of the political power of white men and the inability of Mitt Romney -- the quintessential Republican white man -- to capture the support and votes of women and...

Book review: 'The Obamas'

2012-01-11 00:00:00

Administration officials double as Obama campaign speakers

2011-11-16 00:00:00

Obama administration Cabinet members and senior aides are fanning out across the country in an aggressive fundraising drive, taking advantage of porous campaign finance laws that allow them to appear as marquee speakers and raise substantial money for the...

Obama's celebrity-rich L.A. tour causes traffic jams

2011-10-25 04:34:32

Obama makes unscheduled stop at Roscoe's Chicken

2011-10-24 21:34:59

No recession for Obama's 454 White House aides: They'll make $37,121,463 this year

2011-07-05 04:35:29

Who made the cut for Obama's big White House birthday party?

2011-08-05 16:36:48

Obama talks jobs and growth with corporate CEOs

2011-08-12 16:35:10

Party time again: Michelle Obama explains the Angela Merkel state dinner for you guys without invites

2011-06-07 16:36:51

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama react to the sermon with Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden during the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service in Washington, D.C.. Senior adviser Valerie Jarrett is seated at left.

2013-01-22 00:00:00

President Obama pauses during a meeting with Director of Communications Dan Pfeiffer, senior advisor Valerie Jarrett, Chief of Staff Jack Lew and Pete Rouse, counselor to the president, to observe a moment of silence in the Oval Office.

2012-12-21 00:00:00

Vice President Joe Biden (C) leads the first meeting of the working group to explore solutions following the Newtown massacre with (L-R) National Troopers Coalition Chairman Mathew Hodapp, White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Attorney General Eric Holder, National Association of Police

2012-12-20 00:00:00