An uncomfortable peace between Columbia University and its across-the-street sister Barnard College has been interrupted by the decision of President Barack Obama to give the commencement speech at Barnard rather than his alma mater, Columbia. Certain collegians are not taking this lightly, and, as Richard Perez-Pena writes in the New York Times, the result has been an unleashing of quot;online ...

New York Times Washington correspondent Jodi Kantor interviewed more than 200 sources, including White House aides and friends of the Obamas, to paint a portrait of the first family's life inside the White House.

New York Times Washington correspondent Jodi Kantor interviewed over 200 sources, including White House aides and friends of the Obamas to paint a portrait of the First Family's life inside the White House.

COMMENTARY | Even though President Barack Obama has tried to embrace the Occupy Wall Street movement, the favor has not been returned. This was in evidence last night when the president was at a fund raiser in New York, according to the New York Times.

Displeased. On the same day as a Republican presidential debate, Barack Obama showed himself off in reelection mode in Michigan, delivering an angry speech to auto workers, the New York Times reports , blaming Congress outright for the recent economic woes. The president said Washington, D.C., has been home lately to the worst kind of partisanship, the worst kind of gridlock, which made ...