“Tony Hayward” on The Daily Caller

Phone rings. (more)

Tucker Carlson, editor of The Daily Caller, took to the airwaves Monday night to discuss the White House’s claims that President Obama’s trips to the golf course — 39 since his inauguration and seven since the beginning of the Gulf oil spill — “do us all good as American citizens.” (more)

House Democrats are planning to vote Wednesday on giving subpoena power to the independent commission established by President Obama to investigate the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (more)

LONDON (AP) — After weeks of suffering the ire of the White House over the Louisiana rig spill, the oil industry is fighting back. (more)

At last week’s Congressional hearings, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) apologized to BP’s CEO, Tony Hayward, for what he described as a government shakedown of $20 billion of BP’s assets. In typical Washington fashion, outcry from both political parties quickly forced Barton to produce a second apology, where he laid the blame for the problem squarely on BP. (more)

White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton on Monday defended President Obama’s frequent golf outings, telling reporters it “does us all good as American citizens.” (more)

If it’s Sunday, it’s Meet the Press… and Fox News Sunday… and Face the Nation… and This Week… (more)

Texas Republican Rep. Joe Barton may have prefaced his apology to BP CEO Tony Hayward by saying he was only speaking for himself, but it has become increasingly clear that other prominent conservatives at least partially agree with his statements. (more)

A day after he was grilled by Congress, BP chief executive Tony Hayward is being demoted. According to Britain’s Sky News, BP Managing Director Bob Dudley will take over day-to-day oversight of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill while BP’s chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg (he of the “small people” comment) will assume major PR duties. (Yes, you read that right—the BP executive who famously expressed his compassion for “the small people” will be tasked with enhancing the company’s public image.) (more)

WASHINGTON—BP PLC Chief Executive Tony Hayward on Thursday insisted he wasn’t involved in key decisions concerning the oil well that exploded two months ago, frustrating U.S. lawmakers hoping to gain more details about the disaster. (more)

House Republican leaders told Rep. Joe Barton that he would be stripped of his ranking member status on a key committee Thursday if he did not immediately apologize for comments earlier in the day accusing President Obama of a “shakedown” of oil giant BP, sources told the Daily Caller. (more)

Not all Republicans appear to be on the same page as Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.), who apologized to BP CEO Tony Hayward Thursday morning for the way his company has been treated by the White House. (more)

A senior Republican senator on Thursday said he shares some concerns expressed by Rep. Joe Barton, a Texas Republican who caused a furor on Capitol Hill and a quick rebuke from the White House by apologizing to a BP executive. (more)

BP’s embattled chief executive, Tony Hayward, waited to tell Congress on Thursday that he was “deeply sorry” for the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, seeking to demonstrate that he and the oil giant understood the enormity of the spill’s environmental, economic and human toll. (more)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It is an overlooked danger in oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well contains vast amounts of natural gas that could pose a serious threat to the Gulf of Mexico’s fragile ecosystem. (more)

If the recently leaked BP e-mails about taking shortcuts to save a few million dollars are in context, the oil giant has just leaped to the top of the slime pile of greed. That the company will have to be broken up is a given. (more)

BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg was determined to stay on message following a four-hour meeting at the White House with President Obama and a host of aides and cabinet secretaries. (more)

After a White House meeting with BP executives that lasted significantly longer than the twenty minutes initially allotted, President Obama announced that BP had agreed to establish a $20 billion escrow account to pay for claims resulting from the spill at its Deepwater Horizon rig. (more)

He’s just so darn presidential. You better know who I’m talking about . . . because if you don’t, I know whose ass to kick. (more)

UPDATE – 7:05 P.M. – The Obama administration, through National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen, has asked BP’s Chairman of the Board Carl-Henric Svanberg to meet at the White House with President Obama and top government officials next Wednesday, June 16. (more)