Brian Hughes

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Obama becomes salesman in chief on Iran deal

Obama becomes salesman in chief on Iran deal

Brian Hughes · April 3, 2015 9:00 am

Obama: U.S. reaches ‘historic understanding with Iran’

National Security

Obama: U.S. reaches ‘historic understanding with Iran’

Brian Hughes · April 2, 2015 6:51 pm

Is the Obama legacy built on quicksand?

Is the Obama legacy built on quicksand?

Brian Hughes · April 2, 2015 9:00 am

In an interview this week with CNN, Harry Reid shrugged off questions about his tactics regarding Romney. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

White House won’t criticize Reid comments on Romney’s taxes

Brian Hughes · April 1, 2015 6:18 pm

President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

Obama’s unilateral dealmaking riles Congress

Brian Hughes · April 1, 2015 9:00 am

In November, Obama struck a wide-reaching agreement with China to limit greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo)Â

Obama pledges to cut emissions by 28 percent

Brian Hughes · March 31, 2015 3:46 pm

Obama’s infrastructure drive stuck in neutral

Obama’s infrastructure drive stuck in neutral

Brian Hughes · March 31, 2015 9:00 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, second left, and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, left, walk together outside the hotel during a break of the new round of talks on Iran's nuclear program, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday, March 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott)

National Security

White House: Negotiators still working on Iran’s enriched uranium

Brian Hughes · March 30, 2015 4:02 pm

President Barack Obama walks down the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Sunday, March 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Obama to visit Kenya for first time as president

Brian Hughes · March 30, 2015 2:13 pm

The talks between Obama and Boehner about a so-called "grand bargain," which would have included entitlement cuts, now seem like a distant memory. (AP)

Entitlement reform: Dead or alive?

Brian Hughes · March 30, 2015 10:00 am

Pence, a possible 2016 Republican presidential candidate, insisted that the bill does not discriminate. (AP Photo)Â

White House slams Indiana religious freedom law

Brian Hughes · March 27, 2015 6:25 pm

Obama will stay out of Senate leadership race

Obama will stay out of Senate leadership race

Brian Hughes · March 27, 2015 5:29 pm