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The White House

Politics

Hopeless

A profile of embattled White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

Robert Draper GQ Nov 2010 20min Permalink

Politics Tech World

The Online Threat

Are we at war? The U.S. government’s evolving response to cyber security and its impact on privacy.

Seymour Hersh New Yorker Nov 2010 25min Permalink

Politics

The Salesman

A profile of Joe Biden, whose political stock has continued to rise even as his boss’s falls.

Mark Bowden The Atlantic Sep 2010 35min Permalink

Best Article Politics

Washington, We Have a Problem

A day in the political life of Barack Obama.

Todd Purdum Vanity Fair Aug 2010 Permalink

Politics

‘Why Has He Fallen Short?’

Frank Rich on The Promise, Jonathan Alter’s book about the first year of the Obama administration.

Frank Rich New York Review of Books Jul 2010 15min Permalink

Crime Politics

Top Secret America

A series on the U.S. intelligence system.

  1. Part 1: A Hidden World, Growing Beyond Control

  2. National Security Inc.

  3. Part 3: The Secrets Next Door

Dana Priest, William M. Arkin Washington Post Jul 2010 55min Permalink

Politics

Washington's I.T. Guy

Carl Malamud is on a quest to change the way average citizens can interface with the government – by scanning its paperwork and making it available free online. And he’s financing his effort with his own credit cards.

Nancy Scola The American Prospect Jun 2010 10min Permalink

History Politics

The Founders’ Great Mistake

The founding fathers deserve at least some of the blame for the worst presidencies in American history—they created an office that’s vaguely defined and ripe for abuse. Plus: how to fix it.

Garrett Epps The Atlantic Jan 2009 15min Permalink

Politics

All the Obama 20-Somethings

Playing beer pong with David Axelrod—and other scenes from the lives of young, high-profile aides in the Obama White House.

Ashley Parker New York Times Magazine Apr 2010 Permalink

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