Tag: Barack Obama

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 22, 2018.

National Security

Chuck Schumer: Trump is being ‘weaker’ on North Korea than Obama was on Iran

Naomi Lim · June 17, 2018 5:18 pm

Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, (pictured above) announced that he would invite Stephen Willeford, a man who confronted the Sutherland Springs shooter in Texas, to watch the State of the Union address on Tuesday. The congressman's office said he will also pay for travel accommodations for Willeford and his wife. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democratic lawmaker says Obama administration tried to keep ‘quiet’ how many children illegally crossed border

Diana Stancy Correll · June 16, 2018 5:18 pm

Obama Presidential Center to cost Illinois taxpayers nearly $200 million

Anna Giaritelli · June 16, 2018 4:00 am

Former U.S. President Barack Obama listens to a question during a leadership summit in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. Obama was one of the keynote speakers at the event organized by the Hindustan Times newspaper.

FBI, Justice Department officials upset by Barack Obama’s comments on Hillary Clinton email use, watchdog finds

Melissa Quinn · June 14, 2018 7:12 pm

Twitter erupts over video of Trump saluting North Korean general

Naomi Lim · June 14, 2018 1:58 pm

Mick Mulvaney speaks during a news conference after his first day as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Congress rebukes CFPB’s bureaucratic overreach

Adam Gustafson and James R. Conde · June 14, 2018 12:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2017 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during his final presidential news conference, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington.

Trump’s transparent North Korea deal is nothing like Obama’s secretive Iran deal

Thomas Del Beccaro · June 13, 2018 6:28 pm

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway gestures as she walks with an aide to an interview at the White House.

Kellyanne Conway swipes at Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize win

Melissa Quinn · June 13, 2018 2:05 pm

Flashback: Obama, Clinton negotiator thought Kim Jong Il was ‘witty and humorous’

Pete Kasperowicz · June 12, 2018 7:06 pm

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, in Washington. Trump is lashing out at Sen. Dianne Feinstein for releasing the transcript of an interview with the co-founder of a political opposition firm that commissioned a dossier of allegations about Trump's presidential campaign and Russia.

Energy and Environment

Republican senators urge Trump to support global deal phasing out coolants

John Siciliano · June 12, 2018 5:31 pm

Former deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes to President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House.

Beltway Confidential

Time magazine gives Obama alum Ben Rhodes the mother of all softball interviews

Becket Adams · June 12, 2018 4:58 pm

In this Nov. 1, 2017 photo, former President Barack Obama addresses the crowd.

Obama-tied group ready to pounce on 2018 midterms

Katelyn Caralle · June 12, 2018 4:50 pm