Tag: Barack Obama

Sebelius added that criticism of Hillary Clinton for her role in discrediting the women alleging sexual misconduct was "absolutely" fair. (AP)

Kathleen Sebelius slams Clintons for attacking women who alleged sexual misconduct

Naomi Lim · November 22, 2017 9:05 pm

Politics comes at you fast, and it seems to have been speeding up in these past few years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

Obama and Trump take credit in very different ways

Philip Wegmann · November 22, 2017 5:01 pm

The first open enrollment under Trump has signed up people at a faster pace than last year, but people have less time to get coverage. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Nearly 2.3 million customers sign up for Obamacare in 18 days, outpacing last year

Kimberly Leonard · November 22, 2017 3:33 pm

Hillary Clinton said in an interview Wednesday that she doesn't regret leaving the State Department on the night of the Benghazi attack that left four Americans dead.

National Security

Hillary Clinton has no regrets about leaving State Department during Benghazi attack

Sarah Bedford · November 22, 2017 12:09 pm

Clinton said that while she was proud to serve under Obama as secretary of state, she found it difficult to have her argument for change break through. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Hillary Clinton: Obama’s record made it hard to run as an ‘agent of change’

Al Weaver · November 22, 2017 11:20 am

President Trump with first lady, Melania Trump, right, and their son, Barron Trump, waves after pardoning the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Drumstick, during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017. This is the 70th anniversary of the National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump jokes about reversing pardons of Obama’s turkeys, tells them to ‘rest easy’

Sarah Bedford · November 21, 2017 6:47 pm

Justice Department lawyers said the agency would appeal to the nation's highest court last Friday, after a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court rejected the Trump administration's request to stop a federal judge from forcing the release of internal emails, memos, and other documents in which administration officials and White House aides weighed whether to terminate the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Justice Department weighing potential deal on DACA documents request

Gabby Morrongiello · November 21, 2017 6:12 pm

Republicans praised Pai ahead of the vote as someone who promoted market-based, pro-growth policy decisions who improved openness and transparency in the FCC. (AP)

FCC sets vote to repeal Obama-era net neutrality rule

Kelly Cohen · November 21, 2017 5:26 pm

California and Pennsylvania are suing to preserve Obamacare's birth control mandate. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Little Sisters of the Poor battles states in court over birth control mandate

Robert King · November 21, 2017 3:57 pm

Former President George W. Bush is one of a number of presidents who added a little comedy into the annual White House turkey-pardoning tradition. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

9 of the corniest dad jokes from the presidential turkey pardon

Kara Zupkus · November 21, 2017 1:00 pm

Outgoing Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray struck a secret deal with hedge fund manager Donald Uderitz regarding the collection of student loan debt, just the latest example of the sort of work Cordray has become known for at the CFPB. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Beltway Confidential

Richard Cordray, now on his way out the CFPB door, struck a shady deal on student loan debt

Shannon Watkins · November 21, 2017 5:01 am

Biden and Obama have been portrayed in many memes mocking their bromance. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama shares his own Joe Biden meme for former VP’s birthday

Caitlin Yilek · November 20, 2017 7:20 pm