President Barack Obama poked fun at his own administration and took a few jabs at his critics in the media and the Republican party while comedienne Wanda Sykes has caused controversy with her biting remarks about conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh during the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in DC on Saturday.

The annual black-tie affair raises money to provide college scholarships for journalism majors.

“Where’s Michael Steele? There he is, in the heezy. Whassup?” Obama yelled, mocking the GOP leader’s frequent attempts at using urban slang to attract younger members. “Michael for the last time, the Republican party does not qualify for a bailout. Rush Limbaugh does not count as a troubled asset, I’m sorry.”

Did they go too far?

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The President of the United States and his bare chest are gracing the May 2009 cover of Washingtonian Magazine.

It is a move some critics are calling disrespectful, asking if the magazine would have placed shirtless photos of a White president on its cover.

The cover photo was shot by members of the paparazzi while the then-President-elect was on vacation in his native Hawaii in late December. Washingtonian changed Obama’s bathing suit from black to red and edited out the background featured in the original photo.

“You have a buff president and the paparazzi like taking shirtless photos of him,” Garret Graff, Washingtonian’s Editor-At-Large told ABC News on Tuesday. The Prez is “really hot,” she added.

Obama ranks No. 2 in Washingtonian’s annual “Reasons We Love Washington” poll.

Thoughts on this?

The White House has a new resident. Six-month-old Portuguese Water Dog Bo officially joined the First Family at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on Tuesday, but the pup’s arrival has stirred up controversy for other reasons.

Did President Obama keep or break a campaign promise by accepting a breeder’s dog as opposed to rescue pooch as the family’s new pet?

Sony Pictures is developing a movie, By The People: The Election of Barack Obama, about Barack Obama’s historic election as the first African-American president of the United States.