Past Articles by Ari Shapiro
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Obama Group's Climate Push Puts President Under Scrutiny   Organizing for Action — a group that formed out of President Obama's re-election campaign — has focused its ire on Republicans it calls "climate change deniers." But some environmentalists are frustrated with the president himself on issues like the Keystone pipeline. |
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Obama Group's Climate Push Puts President Under Scrutiny Organizing for Action — a group that formed out of President Obama's re-election campaign — has focused its ire on Republicans it calls "climate change deniers." But some environmentalists are frustrated with the president himself on issues like the Keystone pipeline. |
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Obama Group's Climate Push Puts President Under Scrutiny Organizing for Action — a group that formed out of President Obama's re-election campaign — has focused its ire on Republicans it calls "climate change deniers." But some environmentalists are frustrated with the president himself on issues like the Keystone pipeline. |
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Obama Group's Climate Push Puts President Under Scrutiny Organizing for Action — a group that formed out of President Obama's re-election campaign — has focused its ire on Republicans it calls "climate change deniers." But some environmentalists are frustrated with the president himself on issues like the Keystone pipeline. |
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Obama Group's Climate Push Puts President Under Scrutiny Organizing for Action — a group that formed out of President Obama's re-election campaign — has focused its ire on Republicans it calls "climate change deniers." But some environmentalists are frustrated with the president himself on issues like the Keystone pipeline. |
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Is There Really A Second-Term Curse? Whether it's Richard Nixon's resignation or Bill Clinton's impeachment, presidents tend to have a tough time during the back half of an eight-year presidency. |
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Is There Really A Second-Term Curse? Whether it's Richard Nixon's resignation or Bill Clinton's impeachment, presidents tend to have a tough time during the back half of an eight-year presidency. |
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Obama U: What Graduation Speeches Say About The President  President Obama's commencement speeches often seem more about the big-picture state of the union than do his State of the Union addresses, which read like to-do lists. And his assessment of where the country stands and where it's going has changed over the past four years. |
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Obama U: What Graduation Speeches Say About The President President Obama's commencement speeches often seem more about the big-picture state of the union than do his State of the Union addresses, which read like to-do lists. And his assessment of where the country stands and where it's going has changed over the past four years. |
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Obama U: What Graduation Speeches Say About The President President Obama's commencement speeches often seem more about the big-picture state of the union than do his State of the Union addresses, which read like to-do lists. And his assessment of where the country stands and where it's going has changed over the past four years. |
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AP Case Adds To Obama Team's Tough Record On Leaks His administration has prosecuted six people for giving reporters information about secret national security operations — twice as many cases as all previous presidents combined. Amid criticism from First Amendment advocates, the White House insists it values both press freedoms and national security. |
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AP Case Adds To Obama Team's Tough Record On Leaks His administration has prosecuted six people for giving reporters information about secret national security operations — twice as many cases as all previous presidents combined. Amid criticism from First Amendment advocates, the White House insists it values both press freedoms and national security. |
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AP Case Adds To Obama Team's Tough Record On Leaks His administration has prosecuted six people for giving reporters information about secret national security operations — twice as many cases as all previous presidents combined. Amid criticism from First Amendment advocates, the White House insists it values both press freedoms and national security. |
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Obama Responds To Questions On IRS, Benghazi, AP Phone Logs President Obama met reporters briefly on Thursday with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan, but the American side of the news conference was all about domestic controversies involving the IRS and the Justice Department. |
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Obama Responds To Questions On IRS, Benghazi, AP Phone Logs President Obama met reporters briefly on Thursday with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan, but the American side of the news conference was all about domestic controversies involving the IRS and the Justice Department. |
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White House On Defense Over IRS Audits, Benghazi At a news conference in the White House East Room on Monday, President Obama responded to criticism surrounding the IRS targeting conservative groups and the administration editing talking points about September's terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. |
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Two Years In, A Look At Obama's Syrian Civil War Record Syria's civil war is becoming the defining foreign policy challenge of President Obama's second term. |
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Two Years In, A Look At Obama's Syrian Civil War Record Syria's civil war is becoming the defining foreign policy challenge of President Obama's second term. |
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Two Years In, A Look At Obama's Syrian Civil War Record Syria's civil war is becoming the defining foreign policy challenge of President Obama's second term. |
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Two Years In, A Look At Obama's Syrian Civil War Record Syria's civil war is becoming the defining foreign policy challenge of President Obama's second term. |
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Democrats Invoke Boston, West To Defend Government's Role Democrats are using the fertilizer plant explosion in Texas and the Boston Marathon bombings to argue that the government has an important role to play in keeping Americans safe. People who want smaller government say liberals are reaching the wrong conclusions. |
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Democrats Invoke Boston, West To Defend Government's Role Democrats are using the fertilizer plant explosion in Texas and the Boston Marathon bombings to argue that the government has an important role to play in keeping Americans safe. People who want smaller government say liberals are reaching the wrong conclusions. |
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Democrats Invoke Boston, West To Defend Government's Role Democrats are using the fertilizer plant explosion in Texas and the Boston Marathon bombings to argue that the government has an important role to play in keeping Americans safe. People who want smaller government say liberals are reaching the wrong conclusions. |
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How Obama's Response To Terrorism Has Shifted While President Obama's time in office has not been defined by terrorist attacks, incidents like the one in Boston have been a regular, painful through line of his presidency. And the Obama administration has been on a steady learning curve when it comes to how to handle its public response. |
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How Obama's Response To Terrorism Has Shifted While President Obama's time in office has not been defined by terrorist attacks, incidents like the one in Boston have been a regular, painful through line of his presidency. And the Obama administration has been on a steady learning curve when it comes to how to handle its public response. |
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Obama's Pressure Fails To Get Gun Measure Passed President Obama delivered a scathing speech from the Rose Garden late Wednesday, in which he excoriated the Senate for failing to pass gun control legislation that would have required more thorough background checks for buyers of certain firearms. |
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'We Have To Do More': Michelle Obama's Next Four Years This week marked a new step in Michelle Obama's evolution as first lady. In her hometown of Chicago, she delivered one of the most emotional speeches of her career. Obama almost never ventures into the top political controversy of the day, but her role may be changing. |
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'We Have To Do More': Michelle Obama's Next Four Years This week marked a new step in Michelle Obama's evolution as first lady. In her hometown of Chicago, she delivered one of the most emotional speeches of her career. Obama almost never ventures into the top political controversy of the day, but her role may be changing. |
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'We Have To Do More': Michelle Obama's Next Four Years This week marked a new step in Michelle Obama's evolution as first lady. In her hometown of Chicago, she delivered one of the most emotional speeches of her career. Obama almost never ventures into the top political controversy of the day, but her role may be changing. |
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Will The Future GOP Be More Libertarian? Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul thinks embracing libertarian ideas is one way the party can be more inclusive. And GOP leaders are starting to think he might be on to something. |
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Will The Future GOP Be More Libertarian? Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul thinks embracing libertarian ideas is one way the party can be more inclusive. And GOP leaders are starting to think he might be on to something. |
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Why Politicians Want Children To Be Seen And Heard  Right now, children are central to campaigns on gun control, immigration and same-sex marriage — demonstrating their effectiveness as political messengers. Politicians know that on almost any issue, kids can make an argument more compelling. |
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Why Politicians Want Children To Be Seen And Heard Right now, children are central to campaigns on gun control, immigration and same-sex marriage — demonstrating their effectiveness as political messengers. Politicians know that on almost any issue, kids can make an argument more compelling. |
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Gay Marriage And The Evolving Language Of Love During arguments this week at the Supreme Court over gay marriage, Justice Samuel Alito pointed out that the institution is "newer than cellphones or the Internet." That means the language used to describe same-sex relationships is new, too. And even linguists say they're still learning. |
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Gay Marriage And The Evolving Language Of Love During arguments this week at the Supreme Court over gay marriage, Justice Samuel Alito pointed out that the institution is "newer than cellphones or the Internet." That means the language used to describe same-sex relationships is new, too. And even linguists say they're still learning. |
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Republicans Launch Mission To Turn Up Their Digital Game Democrats are winning the digital arms race, a recent GOP report concludes. Republicans say Democrats have a built-in advantage: that many technology and social media experts aren't Republican. Now, the GOP is taking distinct steps to improve its digital strategy and online presence. |
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Republicans Launch Mission To Turn Up Their Digital Game Democrats are winning the digital arms race, a recent GOP report concludes. Republicans say Democrats have a built-in advantage: that many technology and social media experts aren't Republican. Now, the GOP is taking distinct steps to improve its digital strategy and online presence. |
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As Gay Marriage Heads To Court, A Look Back At The Bumpy Ride The Supreme Court hears two gay marriage cases next week. These will be the next major steps on a path the country has traveled for decades. Those who have been affected by the gay marriage battle reflect on the changes so far. |
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As Gay Marriage Heads To Court, A Look Back At The Bumpy Ride The Supreme Court hears two gay marriage cases next week. These will be the next major steps on a path the country has traveled for decades. Those who have been affected by the gay marriage battle reflect on the changes so far. |
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Romney's CPAC Address A Reminder Of His Concession Speech Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney addressed the crowd on Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference. He appeared to be a different man than the one who campaigned in 2012. |
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Obama's 'Organizing For Action' Inherited His Campaign's Resources President Obama spoke Wednesday night to a group of Democratic donors and organizers who attended the first meeting of Organizing for Action. The group is an out growth of his 2008 Obama for America and 2012 Organizing for America. |
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Obama Team Stops Saying 'Global War On Terror' But Doesn't Stop Waging It When President Obama took office, he changed the rhetoric from the Bush years. But he never abandoned the idea of global war — a concept with profound legal implications. |
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Obama Team Stops Saying 'Global War On Terror' But Doesn't Stop Waging It When President Obama took office, he changed the rhetoric from the Bush years. But he never abandoned the idea of global war — a concept with profound legal implications. |
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Let The Cuts Begin: Sequestration Deadline Passes A last-ditch meeting between the president and congressional leaders did not produce a deal, which means sequester cuts have begun. |
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Obama Says He Can't Force A Budget Deal: 'I'm Not A Dictator' Congress failed to reach an agreement on the spending cuts known as the sequester — and now they are out of time. On Friday morning, Congressional leaders from both parties met at the White House. Afterward, House Speaker John Boehner made it clear that Republicans won't budge on taxes. |
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There's Still A Chance To Avoid Sequester Cuts President Obama meets with bipartisan congressional leaders at the White House Friday. Deep budget cuts could start taking effect Friday unless there's a last minute agreement. |
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There's Still A Chance To Avoid Sequester Cuts President Obama meets with bipartisan congressional leaders at the White House Friday. Deep budget cuts could start taking effect Friday unless there's a last minute agreement. |
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Across-The-Board Cuts Make Sequester Uniquely Painful Government agencies don't have much leeway when they plan for budget cuts that are scheduled to take effect at the end of the week. The sequester law was designed to make it almost impossible for the government to dampen the impact. |
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Across-The-Board Cuts Make Sequester Uniquely Painful Government agencies don't have much leeway when they plan for budget cuts that are scheduled to take effect at the end of the week. The sequester law was designed to make it almost impossible for the government to dampen the impact. |
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Loaded Words: How Language Shapes The Gun Debate The debate currently raging over guns goes beyond a disagreement over policy. Advocates on both sides literally disagree on the terms of the discussion — as in, the words they use to describe it. They know that the specific phrases they use tap into deeply held values in the people who hear them. |
