Tag: Barack Obama

An American flag flies outside the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Justice Department officials got a warrant to spy on a Trump campaign associate by misleading a surveillance court judge, House Republicans contend in a newly released memo that Democrats have dismissed as a contrived account intended to protect the president.

Beltway Confidential

If you defended the AP from Obama, defend the New York Times from Trump

Becket Adams · June 8, 2018 10:38 pm

Energy and Environment

House GOP blocks Obama-era rules on cost of climate change

John Siciliano · June 8, 2018 9:41 pm

DAY 90 - In this April 19, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump. flanked by New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, left, and owner Robert Kraft, holds a New England Patriots football helmet and jersey during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, where he honored the Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots for their Super Bowl LI victory.

Beltway Confidential

There’s no good reason for championship teams to visit the White House, no matter who the president is

Tom Joyce · June 8, 2018 7:30 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama, center, shakes hands with American chef Anthony Bourdain, left, in a shopping area in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, May 24, 2016.

Obama: We’ll miss Anthony Bourdain

Caitlin Yilek · June 8, 2018 4:25 pm

Farrakhan on #MeToo and the Jews

Jeryl Bier · June 8, 2018 11:20 am

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump stand for a photograph outside of the White House ahead of the 58th presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Trump will become the 45th president of the United States today, in a celebration of American unity for a country that is anything but unified.

Republicans and Democrats are allies in the war against America’s youth

Philip Klein · June 7, 2018 9:35 pm

Chris Rock and Barack Obama.

Beltway Confidential

Chris Rock tells Barack Obama to stay off television

Philip Wegmann · June 7, 2018 8:06 pm

Chuck Schumer can’t say who leads the Democratic Party

Daniel Chaitin · June 7, 2018 3:01 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

National Security

‘Devil’s bargain:’ Ted Cruz explodes over new report on Obama’s ‘secret’ Iran deal

Christian Datoc · June 6, 2018 11:01 pm

Editorial: More Deceit Uncovered in Iran Deal

The Editors · June 6, 2018 2:27 pm

Obama Admin Granted Iran Access to U.S. Financial System Despite Sanctions

Jenna Lifhits · June 6, 2018 12:49 pm

Barack Obama pauses as he listens to a question during the Wall Street Journal CEO Council annual meeting in Washington.

National Security

Obama secretly gave Iran access to US financial markets: Senate report

Pete Kasperowicz · June 6, 2018 12:32 pm