While some are coy about their prospects in the new Obama administration, health care expert Ken Thorpe is straightforward. “I’m happy to help inside or outside,” he says.

A veteran of the Clinton administration’s health care fight, Thorpe …

Newly coined Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was on his best behavior during his Sunday show debut this weekend – measured, calm, bi-partisan.

But when it came to the notorious ability of the Illinois political street fighter …

Like she often did during the just-completed presidential campaign, Michelle Obama will be back at home in Chicago on Monday evening after flying to a city for a few hours on behalf of her husband’s ambitions.

Except her …

Theodore Roosevelt took jujitsu lessons. John Quincy Adams had a billiards table installed in the White House. But ever since the emergence of the aerobics, Pilates, low-fat, nonfat, measure-your-body-fat craze, more recent American presidents have made a spectacle of their …

Malia and Sasha Obama may not get a puppy after all.

The night their dad won the presidency of the United States, he promised them one in front of millions of people. "I love you both more than …

Nearly every president from John Adams to George W. Bush has shaped not just policy while in the White House but also the White House itself — from creating an exercise suite to building the West Wing and the Oval …

Following are some milestones in the evolution of the White House since construction began under President George Washington’s supervision in 1792.

1800: John Adams moves into the still-unfinished mansion, then known as the “president’s house.”

1803: Thomas Jefferson …

The instant Michelle Obama made her first public appearance as First Lady-elect the buzz began: What was that dress she was wearing?

The red and black number was designed by Narciso Rodriguez, a Cuban-American designer who gained fame after …

NEW YORK - The party accoutrements at Comedy Central’s election night party gave the impression that this was an impartial affair. There were, after all, equal numbers of John McCain and Barack Obama cupcakes. Still, it was impossible to walk …

A devastating Election Day for the GOP could provide some comfort for at least one group of Republicans: the ones who lost their seats two years ago.

“I can say what a relief it is I’m not on the …