From his prepared remarks this he’s just now delivering in the White House Brady briefing room: Today, I want to start by addressing three issues, and then I’ll take your questions.  First, I’d like to say a few words about the situation in Iran. The United States and the international community have been appalled and [...]

@Roland_Hedley: Governor Sanford kicks off 2012 campaign by disappearing, paradoxically raising national profile. Crazy like Fox. about 17 hours ago from web @pourmecoffee: BREAKING. Sarah Palin can see Mark Sanford from her window – wait, never mind, it’s a bear. about 1 hour ago from web @Roland_Hedley: Report: Sanford wandering in wilderness, triggering excited speculation [...]

This just in from Joel Sawyer, communications director for the South Carolina Governor: Governor Sanford called to check in with his Chief of Staff this morning. It would be fair to say the governor was somewhat taken aback by all of the interest this trip has gotten. Given the circumstances and the attention this has [...]

I’ve been receiving a steady stream of favorable emails from Iranian-Americans regarding my appearance on Larry King last night. They’re delighted that I made it clear that Iran is different from the other countries in the region–better educated, more sophisticated, with far greater rights for women (although not nearly enough). And they also appreciated the [...]

I’d missed this from yesterday’s Rose Garden signing ceremony: THE PRESIDENT:  Now, there are three members of Congress that I have to especially thank:  Representative Waxman, Representative Dodd, and — excuse me — (laughter) — Senator Dodd – SENATOR DODD:  Things are tough enough.  (Laughter.)

For those who questioned whether Obama’s education policy would be any different than his predecessor’s, wonder no more: on Saturday, workers tore down the little red schoolhouse over at the Department of Education. Yes, gone is the structure that for seven years stood at the agency’s entrance, always looking a bit ridiculous, like a PBS [...]

Barack Obama, the onetime super-cool-looking teen smoker (see pictures here), said today in the Rose Garden that candy is not cool for kids when it comes in the form of a cigarette. Each day, 1,000 young people under the age of 18 become new regular, daily smokers, and almost 90 percent of all smokers began [...]

The whereabouts of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford are unknown … to his wife: Sanford’s last known whereabouts had been near Atlanta because a mobile telephone tower picked up a signal from his phone, authorities said. His office now knows where he is, Adams said. First lady Jenny Sanford told The Associated Press earlier Monday [...]

TIME’s Nahid Siamdoust explains what it has been like: Like other journalists who work for foreign media organizations, I was banned early on from reporting on the protests against the official victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. First, the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance sent a fax prohibiting me from reporting on the streets. Then I [...]