
By Anne E. Kornblut HONOLULU - President Obama said on Thursday that he has begun receiving preliminary assessments about the intelligence failures leading up to the attempted airline attack on Christmas Day. But he made clear that much of the review process had yet to occur...

By Anne E. Kornblut HONOLULU - Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was brought by ambulance to the hospital here on Wednesday after experiencing chest pains, according to a local television station. CNN later reported that Limbaugh was "resting comfortably" at the Queen's Medical Center...

By Michael D. Shear Top aides to President Obama are accusing Republicans of politicizing the failed Christmas Day airline bombing in ways they say Democrats did not during prior incidents...

By Michael D. Shear President Obama created by executive order Tuesday a National Declassification Center to oversee efforts to make once-secret government documents public...

President Obama's remarks Tuesday about a federal review of airline security procedures. The Washington Post maintains a full database of Obama's speeches here. Good morning...

Updated 4:47 p.m. By Anne E. Kornblut HONOLULU -- President Obama on Tuesday cited a "mix of human and systemic failures" in allowing Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to fly into the United States, where he allegedly attempted to detonate an explosive device aboard an airliner above Detroit...

Updated 4:59 p.m. By Anne E. Kornblut HONOLULU -- A vacationing President Obama departed the golf course unexpectedly on Monday because of a "personal matter," White House officials said...

By Anne E. Kornblut HONOLULU - President Obama pledged a full investigation into the attempted attack on an airliner in Christmas Day, mapping out his administration's response in his first remarks since the incident took place four days ago...

President Obama's remarks Monday about airline security and this weekend's protests in Iran. The Washington Post maintains a full database of Obama's speeches here. Good morning, everybody...

By Anne E. Kornblut HONOLULU -- For the second time in three days, President Obama had his vacation interrupted with unwelcome news of a disturbance of a flight landing in Detroit. White House spokesman Bill Burton said the president was told shortly after 9 a.m...

By Anne E. Kornblut KAILUA -- President Obama has been virtually invisible for four days since touching down in Hawaii on Christmas Eve, riding in his tinted-glass motorcade to play golf and basketball and take his family to the beach...

By Anne E. Kornblut HONOLULU -- The first family is celebrating Christmas here Friday, but with their own twists. President Obama and his wife left their vacation home and went to the gym at 6:40 a.m...

By Derek Kravitz After voting against the Senate's health-care bill Thursday morning, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) caught a commercial flight bound for the Valley of the Sun, and along the way home, he was peppered by fellow passengers with a host of health-care-related questions...

By Anne E. Kornblut HONOLULU -- President Obama and his family are due to arrive in Hawaii on Thursday afternoon to begin a 10-day vacation, but one member of the family -- Bo, the puppy -- is not making the trip...









