President Obama is set to kick off his re-election campaign this weekend in Richmond, but presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney certainly isn't leaving the Old Dominion to the Democrats. more ›

Appearing last night on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, President Obama popped on stage before his scheduled interview to take part in one of the show's longrunning gags—"Slow Jam the News." more ›

President Obama told Jimmy Fallon in an interview that will air tonight that he finds the uproar over a dozen Secret Service officers accused of soliciting prostitutes earlier this month while on duty in Colombia to be "a little distracting." more ›

Up to 12 Secret Service agents were recalled from Colombia late this week after allegations surfaced that one may have been involved with a prostitute. more ›

In 2009, President Obama called Kanye West a "jackass." In a new article in The Atlantic assessing the rapper, the president stands by his original statement. more ›

President Obama really got into today when he read Maurice Sendak's classic picture book Where the Wild Things Are at the White House Easter Egg Roll. more ›

President Obama is kind of a giant dork. In February, he gave the Vulcan salute in a photo with Nichelle Nichols, who played communications officer Uhura in the original Star Trek. more ›

Montgomery Blair Sibley, a disbarred attorney waging a write-in campaign for president on the platform that Barack Obama isn't a natural-born U.S. citizen, is now claiming he will force the issue before the Supreme Court. more ›

As part of his most recent budget, President Obama has cut federal funds for Metro by 10 percent—and local leaders are not happy. more ›

Seeking to capitalize on the return of Mad Men after a grueling 17-month hiatus, yesterday's edition of The Chris Matthews Show featured a brief video inserting President Obama into the AMC series' opening titles. more ›

President Obama made his first public comments on the death of Sanford, Fla. teenager Trayvon Martin, who was shot and killed February 26 by a neighborhood watch patrolman acting under Florida's "Stand Your Ground Law." more ›

After a speech last week in Maryland, President Obama showed off his sign language skills in a rope-line conversation with a deaf college student. more ›

President Obama surprised patrons at The Dubliner this afternoon when he stopped in for a pint of Guinness in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. more ›

While campaigning in Maryland on Thursday, President Obama accused his predecessor, Rutherford B. Hayes, of dismissing the invention of the telephone. Turns out Obama was very, very wrong. more ›

Upset by a new law they say would curtail their ability to demonstrate, members of Occupy D.C. last night marched on the White House that sharpened long-standing regulations about Secret Service-protected areas. more ›

If you've got kids or a pretty long bucket list, attending the White House's Annual Easter Egg Roll should probably be something you eventually do. If 2012 is your year, be ready—the lottery for one of the 35,000 spots to the event opens at 10 a.m. today. more ›

President Obama, Mayor Vince Gray, former first lady Laura Bush and others were on hand at a ceremony this morning to break ground on the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture. more ›

A popular program that allows D.C. public school students to receive tuition for private school education has had its funding cut under President Obama's 2013 budget. more ›

President Obama's sudden support for a measure that would allow the District to spend its own money (and thus avoid future threats of a shutdown) is a big deal, but some D.C. voting rights advocates are stressing that his actions have to speak louder than his words. more ›

President Obama has included language in his 2013 federal budget that would allow the District to spend its own money when and how it wants. more ›

Roseanne Barr wants to be the next U.S. president. So do a lot of other fringe candidates, from one guy with a boot hat to another who bases his campaign platform on the 1611 King James Bible. We review but a small sampling of them. more ›

Tonight President Barack Obama will deliver his third State of the Union address, and as usual plenty of roads around the U.S. Capitol will be closed off to traffic as of 7 p.m. and remain blocked until after Obama finishes his 9 p.m. address. more ›

Montgomery Blair Sibley has represented the D.C. Madam and attempted to open a medical marijuana cultivation center in the District. Now the quixotic former lawyer is setting his sights on the White House. more ›

The White House has been fully decked out for the holidays since Thanksgiving, and DCist had an opportunity to take a look. more ›

Oh wait, that's just the lighting of the National Christmas Tree, scheduled to begin this evening at 5 p.m. on the Ellipse. more ›

Looking towards 2012, President Obama might have a tougher time attracting the support in D.C. that he did four years ago -- mostly because his campaign seems to have lopped off Ward 8 altogether. more ›

The man accused of firing a gun at the White House on November 11 and breaking at least one window on the presidential residence appeared for the first time inside a Washington courtroom this afternoon. more ›

Sure, Mount Pleasant may boast the best costumes and a local flavor may be the pumpkin-carving theme of the year. But there's little doubt that the White House has the most professional Halloween operation going inside the District of Columbia. more ›

Not only will he be enjoying a cordial breakfast with members of the D.C. Council -- well, unless two councilmembers let the swear words fly again -- but Mayor Vince Gray will be hamming it up with both New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and President Barack Obama today. more ›