He's no longer a lonely boy - Patrick Carney has tied the knot. The Black Keys drummer, 32, married Emily Ward in the backyard of their Nashville home on Saturday, a rep for the band confirms to People. Officiated by comedian and Saturday Night Live alum Will Forte, the ceremony took place in front of 350 guests, including bandmate Dan Auerbach and pro snowboarder Shaun White, who was arrested the following day. Accompanying Carney was the couple's Irish wolfhound, Charlotte, while Ward - clad in Carolina Herrera - walked down the aisle to "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James and The Shondells.
- 9/20/2012
- by Sarah Michaud
- PEOPLE.com
President Obama shocked gay rights activists and opponents alike Wednesday, announcing that the Department of Justice will no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act limiting same-sex marriage. Eve Conant & Daniel Stone report on the fallout.
On Wednesday, about an hour after the Justice Department announced it would no longer be defending the Defense of Marriage Act that limits same-sex marriage across state lines, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was peppered with questions from stunned reporters.
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The president's view on the constitutionality of the law had changed, Carney said. But Obama's personal views on the legality of same-sex marriage were still evolving. "The president is obligated to enforce the law," Carney said, but he would no longer defend it in federal court.
The biggest legal battlegrounds of the gay marriage debate are currently Massachusetts and California, where over the past year,...
On Wednesday, about an hour after the Justice Department announced it would no longer be defending the Defense of Marriage Act that limits same-sex marriage across state lines, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was peppered with questions from stunned reporters.
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The president's view on the constitutionality of the law had changed, Carney said. But Obama's personal views on the legality of same-sex marriage were still evolving. "The president is obligated to enforce the law," Carney said, but he would no longer defend it in federal court.
The biggest legal battlegrounds of the gay marriage debate are currently Massachusetts and California, where over the past year,...
- 2/23/2011
- by Eve Conant & Daniel Stone
- The Daily Beast
In his first time at the podium, the new press secretary evaded questions, stuck to talking points, and attempted humor. Lloyd Grove reports on Robert Gibbs' replacement.
Jay Carney gave his debut performance as White House press secretary on Wednesday afternoon. In the course of a nearly hour-long briefing he provoked no international incidents, wild swings in the stock market or, for that matter, trouble with his boss.
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"I talked to him a couple of times this morning, and he wished me luck," Carney revealed, when asked if President Obama had said anything to him before he faced the media mob.
In front of a standing-room-only audience in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room- "I appreciate the turnout," Carney quipped, "I've never seen this room this crowded" -he began cautiously, frequently fidgeting with his talking points.
He was...
Jay Carney gave his debut performance as White House press secretary on Wednesday afternoon. In the course of a nearly hour-long briefing he provoked no international incidents, wild swings in the stock market or, for that matter, trouble with his boss.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Will Carney's Voice Carry?
"I talked to him a couple of times this morning, and he wished me luck," Carney revealed, when asked if President Obama had said anything to him before he faced the media mob.
In front of a standing-room-only audience in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room- "I appreciate the turnout," Carney quipped, "I've never seen this room this crowded" -he began cautiously, frequently fidgeting with his talking points.
He was...
- 2/16/2011
- by Lloyd Grove
- The Daily Beast
White House rivals like pizza guy Herman Cain and U.N. vet John Bolton can make Sarah Palin seem a virtual lock. David A. Graham on the lure of the Hail Mary campaign. Plus, more absurd bids.
The constitutional requirements for running for president are pretty simple. A candidate has to be 35 years of age and has to be a natural-born citizen. Conspicuously missing from that list: a requirement that a candidate has any real chance of winning.
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In fact, there's a rich tradition of Americans stepping up and exercising their right to run despite overwhelming odds. From Harold Stassen in the 1960s to Dennis Kucinich in the aughts, politicians (and amateurs) with little hope of setting foot in the Oval Office have launched campaigns just to promote specific issues, constituencies or-more often than not-themselves.
"They are always with us,...
The constitutional requirements for running for president are pretty simple. A candidate has to be 35 years of age and has to be a natural-born citizen. Conspicuously missing from that list: a requirement that a candidate has any real chance of winning.
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In fact, there's a rich tradition of Americans stepping up and exercising their right to run despite overwhelming odds. From Harold Stassen in the 1960s to Dennis Kucinich in the aughts, politicians (and amateurs) with little hope of setting foot in the Oval Office have launched campaigns just to promote specific issues, constituencies or-more often than not-themselves.
"They are always with us,...
- 2/5/2011
- by David A. Graham
- The Daily Beast
In 2009, the federal government gave nearly $30 billion to states for transportation projects, hoping to juice employment. Newsweek's David A. Graham reports on how many states may have wasted that money-and why they might do it again.
Tucked into the stimulus package signed into law two years ago was a $30 billion wallop aimed directly at jump-starting the jobs market. The funds were designated for infrastructure spending and handed over to the states. Injecting money into transportation projects, the thinking goes, is an especially potent jobs-creation tool because it not only puts construction workers and contractors to work quickly, it also lays the groundwork for future economic growth and development. Obama predicted the transportation money alone would put hundreds of thousands of workers on the job.
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It was a nice idea. Today the unemployment rate is hovering above 9 percent-better than it...
Tucked into the stimulus package signed into law two years ago was a $30 billion wallop aimed directly at jump-starting the jobs market. The funds were designated for infrastructure spending and handed over to the states. Injecting money into transportation projects, the thinking goes, is an especially potent jobs-creation tool because it not only puts construction workers and contractors to work quickly, it also lays the groundwork for future economic growth and development. Obama predicted the transportation money alone would put hundreds of thousands of workers on the job.
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It was a nice idea. Today the unemployment rate is hovering above 9 percent-better than it...
- 2/4/2011
- by David A. Graham
- The Daily Beast
He wrangled Joe Biden and tangled with John McCain. But how will the former reporter fare at the podium as Obama's new mouthpiece? Howard Kurtz reports.
To get a sense of the challenge facing Jay Carney as he steps behind the White House podium, consider this:
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In the early months of the administration, a Washington Post editorial accused Joe Biden of having "foot-in-mouth disease." New York Times columnist Gail Collins called him "Washington's most compulsive talker." And who can forget when the vice president of the United States, pushing the new stimulus package, said that no matter what the administration did "there's still a 30 percent chance we're going to get it wrong" ?
Biden had become a punchline. But by the fall, Newsweek was running a cover story headlined, "Why Joe Is No Joke."
As Biden's communications director, Carney doesn't...
To get a sense of the challenge facing Jay Carney as he steps behind the White House podium, consider this:
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In the early months of the administration, a Washington Post editorial accused Joe Biden of having "foot-in-mouth disease." New York Times columnist Gail Collins called him "Washington's most compulsive talker." And who can forget when the vice president of the United States, pushing the new stimulus package, said that no matter what the administration did "there's still a 30 percent chance we're going to get it wrong" ?
Biden had become a punchline. But by the fall, Newsweek was running a cover story headlined, "Why Joe Is No Joke."
As Biden's communications director, Carney doesn't...
- 1/28/2011
- by Howard Kurtz
- The Daily Beast
With Pence out, Huckabee wavering and Palin problematic, conservatives are looking for a heartthrob. Howard Kurtz on the 2012 vacuum that could help Obama.
It wasn't exactly a full-fledged draft, but for a few, brief shining moments, Mike Pence was in demand as a presidential candidate.
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The Indiana congressman would have faced a huge fundraising challenge, but when a group of Republican hotshots, including Dick Armey, began trying to persuade Pence to make a run, the effort warranted a big headline in Politico.
Well, that didn't last long. Pence told the Indiana press last night that he may run for governor instead.
The curious mating dance unfolding these days suggests an unmistakable void in the amorphous Republican field.
With everyone from Donald Trump to pizza mogul Herman Cain to wrong-camera maverick Michele Bachmann eyeing the race, we have Bill Kristol...
It wasn't exactly a full-fledged draft, but for a few, brief shining moments, Mike Pence was in demand as a presidential candidate.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Will Carney's Voice Carry?
The Indiana congressman would have faced a huge fundraising challenge, but when a group of Republican hotshots, including Dick Armey, began trying to persuade Pence to make a run, the effort warranted a big headline in Politico.
Well, that didn't last long. Pence told the Indiana press last night that he may run for governor instead.
The curious mating dance unfolding these days suggests an unmistakable void in the amorphous Republican field.
With everyone from Donald Trump to pizza mogul Herman Cain to wrong-camera maverick Michele Bachmann eyeing the race, we have Bill Kristol...
- 1/28/2011
- by Howard Kurtz
- The Daily Beast
The new White House press secretary isn't a part of Obama's Chicago-centric inner circle or a Clinton alum-instead he's a D.C. stalwart whom journalists believe may be more agreeable at the podium.
The news came, fittingly enough, in the form of a leak. White House officials passed the word to reporters Thursday that President Obama has chosen Jay Carney to lead the administration's press office. Carney, now the spokesman for Vice President Joe Biden, is a former reporter himself who for years led Time magazine's Washington bureau.
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Carney's promotion is a notable departure from the administration's latest round of hiring, which brought in former officials from the Clinton White House, including director of the National Economic Council, Gene Sperling, and Chief of Staff Bill Daley, both former White House officials in the 1990s.
At Thursday's briefing before the news was announced,...
The news came, fittingly enough, in the form of a leak. White House officials passed the word to reporters Thursday that President Obama has chosen Jay Carney to lead the administration's press office. Carney, now the spokesman for Vice President Joe Biden, is a former reporter himself who for years led Time magazine's Washington bureau.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Will Carney's Voice Carry?
Carney's promotion is a notable departure from the administration's latest round of hiring, which brought in former officials from the Clinton White House, including director of the National Economic Council, Gene Sperling, and Chief of Staff Bill Daley, both former White House officials in the 1990s.
At Thursday's briefing before the news was announced,...
- 1/27/2011
- by Daniel Stone
- The Daily Beast
Obama's enforcer was tossed off the ballot in Chicago's mayor race over a residency issue. Dirk Johnson on the real winners-including an alderman rooting for a weak mayor.
Rahm Emanuel is clearly the big loser in the court decision that bounced him off the Chicago mayoral ballot. But who are the real winners?
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His feisty tenant, Rob Halpin, who refused to allow the former White House powerhouse to break the lease and move-a key to Emanuel's residency problem-will go down in history as a real-estate David who managed to stick it to the landlord Goliath.
Emanuel's opponents in the Chicago mayor's race can call it a good day, too. Former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun and longtime City Hall insider Gery Chico have suddenly been transformed from serious underdogs to serious contenders for the post being vacated by Richard M. Daley.
Rahm Emanuel is clearly the big loser in the court decision that bounced him off the Chicago mayoral ballot. But who are the real winners?
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His feisty tenant, Rob Halpin, who refused to allow the former White House powerhouse to break the lease and move-a key to Emanuel's residency problem-will go down in history as a real-estate David who managed to stick it to the landlord Goliath.
Emanuel's opponents in the Chicago mayor's race can call it a good day, too. Former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun and longtime City Hall insider Gery Chico have suddenly been transformed from serious underdogs to serious contenders for the post being vacated by Richard M. Daley.
- 1/25/2011
- by Dirk Johnson
- The Daily Beast
In early excerpts of his State of the Union released to the press, President Obama calls for a ban on earmarks and proposes a five-year freeze on federal discretionary spending-with an exception for security. "This freeze will require painful cuts," he warns.
Tonight, the clichés come as thick and fast as the policy proposals, and the press tends to forget about the substance overnight. Howard Kurtz on how to navigate tonight's coverage. Plus, chat live with The Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz during the State of the Union address.
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It is, by all accounts, a turning point.
No, it's more than a turning point. It's a defining moment.
And as such, the stakes could not be higher.
After all, if things don't go well, it could be a missed opportunity.
All of the machinery is rolling into place to cast...
Tonight, the clichés come as thick and fast as the policy proposals, and the press tends to forget about the substance overnight. Howard Kurtz on how to navigate tonight's coverage. Plus, chat live with The Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz during the State of the Union address.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Will Carney's Voice Carry?
It is, by all accounts, a turning point.
No, it's more than a turning point. It's a defining moment.
And as such, the stakes could not be higher.
After all, if things don't go well, it could be a missed opportunity.
All of the machinery is rolling into place to cast...
- 1/25/2011
- by Howard Kurtz
- The Daily Beast
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