“Democrats pledged that the so-called ‘stimulus’ would create jobs immediately and keep the unemployment rate from going above 8 percent,” Boehner said. “But since the ‘stimulus’ was signed into law, more than 3 million private-sector jobs have been lost. Americans are asking, ‘Where are the jobs?’ but all they’ve gotten from Democrats in Washington is more spending and more debt.”

Senior Obama administration officials took to the airwaves Sunday to accuse Fox News of pushing a particular point of view, one week after the administration fired its initial salvo to try to isolate the news network by accusing it of being a GOP mouthpiece.

An official at the White House Office of Public Engagement told a group of handpicked artists that they would receive “some specific asks” during a controversial conference call that encouraged production of artwork supporting the administration’s agenda in the name of service, a transcript of the call reveals.

Vice President Joe Biden said he was “deeply involved” in President Barack Obama’s decision to scrap the U.S. missile defense shield over Eastern Europe because he is “less concerned” now about Iran’s long-range nuclear threat, CNN reports.

The White House is being forced to acknowledge the wide gap between its once-upbeat predictions about the the U.S economy and today’s bleak landscape.

Awaiting President Barack Obama’s first Supreme Court pick, activists expect a less-spirited nomination battle than would have been anticipated if conservative justice had stepped down or Democrats held a slimmer edge in the Senate.