Tag: Barack Obama

In an order Wednesday, the court stayed part of a district court decision "with respect to refugees covered by a formal assurance." (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Supreme Court should reverse the 9th Circuit’s flawed deference to administrative state

John Eastman · January 15, 2018 5:01 am

The Obama Foundation originally said it would house a presidential library on the property and vowed to have the National Archives oversee the facility because of its placement on public land. But that's no longer the case, and some are balking at the change in plans. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

The battle to shut down Obama’s presidential center

Anna Giaritelli · January 15, 2018 5:01 am

Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan says when people ask him about the White House or say his name is in the mix, it's because of his connection to the issues in parts of the country where Democrats keep losing. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

The rise of Tim Ryan, the Rust Belt Democrat

Salena Zito · January 14, 2018 5:00 am

Several states have considered and implemented time limits on the number of years people can live in public housing, not funded by the federal government, if they agree to an incentive program in advance. (AP Photo/Cathy Bussewitz)

A third way toward entitlement reform: Time limits on housing benefits

Douglas Bushman · January 13, 2018 12:00 pm

James O'Keefe, president of Project Veritas, has said President Trump personally asked him to look into former President Barack Obama's college records. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Project Veritas founder claims Trump asked him to seek out Obama’s college records

Diana Stancy Correll · January 13, 2018 2:25 am

"One of the biggest challenges we have to our democracy is the degree to which we don't share a common baseline of facts," Obama told David Letterman in the first episode of Letterman's new Netflix series "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction." (Netflix)

National Security

Obama to Letterman: Russians ‘exploited’ division created by American media

Caitlin Yilek · January 12, 2018 1:54 pm

While President Trump's remarks about immigrants from Haiti and El Salvador were making headlines Thursday, the details of a bipartisan immigration fix that would codify Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals were leaked. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s immigration shitshow

W. James Antle III · January 12, 2018 5:01 am

Tommy Vietor implied that any action to take out Qassem Soleimani would have been unjustified because the general is an "Iranian political leader." (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

Tommy Vietor just encapsulated team Obama’s Iran delusions

Tom Rogan · January 11, 2018 9:46 pm

President Trump faces a deadline this week whether to continue the suspension of sanctions the Obama administration lifted in exchange for the nuclear deal that Trump has long criticized. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Steven Mnuchin: ‘I am expecting more sanctions on Iran’

Sarah Bedford · January 11, 2018 7:59 pm

On at least 130 occasions from 2014 to 2016, Vikrum Aiyer, the then-chief of staff for the office, called a taxi to chauffeur him from the vicinity of his home in Washington, D.C., to agency headquarters in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

High-ranking Obama official commuted by taxi to work and billed the government for it

Caitlin Yilek · January 11, 2018 3:08 pm

White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney has implemented policy reforms regarding Consumer Financial Protection Bureau operations and brought in his personal chief of staff last week. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Federal judge rules Mick Mulvaney can lead CFPB

Anna Giaritelli · January 11, 2018 2:25 pm

It's been reported that more than 1 million orders for Michael Wolff's "Fire and Fury" have been placed in the United States alone. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Michael Barone: Is ‘Fire and Fury’ fizzling?

Michael Barone · January 11, 2018 5:01 am