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resident Joe Biden's plunging public approval rating isn't his problem. It is a reflection of his problem. Biden held a big ceremony this week to sign the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the $1.2 trillion measure passed after months of wrangling in Congress. The public is well aware of it. And yet, in a new Washington Post poll, taken after the bill's passage, Biden's job approval rating has hit a new low -- just 38% among registered voters, versus 57% who disapprove. So much for those Democrats who thought passing a big bill would boost Biden's numbers. Here's what's worse -- much...

President Barack Obama likes to say the White House is the “people’s house.” Now, the people are getting a look at the rooms where he lives. Exclusive photos published Tuesday by Architectural Digest are giving the public its first glimpse of private areas on the second floor of the White House that Obama, his wife, Michelle, daughters Malia and Sasha and family dogs Bo and Sunny have called home for nearly eight years. Los Angeles-based interior designer Michael Smith decorated the rooms, as well as the Oval Office. A mutual friend in Chicago introduced him to the Obamas after the...

President Barack Obama is used to hecklers stopping him during speeches -- but he draws the line when the audience interrupts him in his own house. As Obama was speaking at a White House event honoring LGBT Pride Month on Wednesday, an accented voice rang out from the crowd. Obama wasn't amused. "Shame on you," he told his heckler, who was protesting deportations under the Obama administration. Obama responded, "Listen you're in my house ... it's not respectful." The interruption persisted, however, and Obama asked for the heckler to be removed from the East Room. "As a general rule I...

US First Lady Michelle Obama danced to Bollywood tunes alongside Indian-American children during Diwali celebrations in the East Room of the White House. Michelle got the festivities going in the State Dining Room by lighting the "diya" [a traditional lamp] during the Hindu festival of lights. Welcoming the guests, the US first lady said: "We've celebrated this holiday here at the White House every year since [President] Barack (Obama) took office. And there's a reason why we've done that." She added: "When we say that we want to make the White House the 'people's house,' we mean all people. We...

The national flag of the People's Republic of China (PRC) will be hoisted at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on September 20, media reported Sunday. Chinese associations in the United States had applied to hold a ceremony in front of the US President’s residence to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of PRC. Chen Ronghua, chairman of Fujian Association of the United States, told reporters that their application was approved not only

OPEN HOUSE: Visitors once again can tour House floor Wednesday, February 12, 2003By Steven HarmonThe Grand Rapids Press Schoolchildren will have their day in the House. Pressure from state House members forced Speaker Rick Johnson to change a new rule that banned students and other visitors from stepping onto the House floor and its expensive carpet. Johnson, a LeRoy Republican, announced the change at a meeting of House Republicans on Tuesday. Visitors will be allowed on the floor only if escorted by lawmakers, and will be limited to the center aisle area by the rostrum. Staff members will no longer...

Lawmakers ban visitors from House floor to protect carpet Friday, February 07, 2003By Steven HarmonThe Grand Rapids Press For 13 years, teacher Rich Cox has taken his fourth-graders to the state Capitol every year, sometimes giving his kids a thrill with a tour of the House chambers. But student groups and others have apparently worn out their welcome in the House chamber. Under a new House rule, Cox's students and other guests of lawmakers are forbidden from visiting the chamber's floor. The rule, adopted unanimously earlier this year, is intended to protect the carpet from the wear and tear it...