WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Monday is sending legislation to Congress that would allow him to force lawmakers to vote on cutting earmarks and wasteful programs from spending bills.

Our friends at the White House Flickr posted all-new, behind-the-scenes photos from the State Dinner. Check out the decor, the dinner discussions and the president’s dancing face.

From the Huffington Post: Finally, the oft-rumored “Whitey tape” has surfaced in the form of a video of President Barack Obama attempting to get some vital portions of the coalition that put him in office in 2008 to maybe get interested in voting again in 2010. That coalition: people who voted for the first time […]

From HuffingtonPost.com: Rush Limbaugh has written an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal titled “Liberals and the Violence Card.”

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and presidents, prime ministers and other top officials from 47 countries start work Monday on a battle plan to keep nuclear weapons out of terrorist hands.

From the Washington Post: President Obama will worship with a District congregation this Easter Sunday, a visit that comes at a time when president has been quietly working to improve his ties with faith leaders, particularly those in the African American community.