Tag: Barack Obama

Rihanna suggested Thursday that President Trump isn't paying attention to Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. (Foto Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP, archivo)

Rihanna hits Trump on Puerto Rico: ‘Don’t let your people die’

Melissa Quinn · September 29, 2017 12:18 pm

Rep. Rob Bishop, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, (pictured) asked Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Thursday to review an Obama administration order blocking mineral access on more than 100,000 acres of federal land. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Energy and Environment

Rob Bishop asks Trump administration to review Obama order barring mineral withdrawals

Josh Siegel · September 28, 2017 9:50 pm

Republicans aren't planning to get rid of the deduction for mortgage interest, but doubling the standard deduction, as they propose, would moot the mortgage deduction for most homeowners. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Gary Cohn is correct: People don’t buy homes because of the mortgage deduction (even Obama’s top economist agrees)

Philip Wegmann · September 28, 2017 9:15 pm

Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton greet spectators on the first tee before the first round of the Presidents Cup at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Obama, Clinton, and Bush appear together at Presidents Cup golf tournament

Caitlin Yilek · September 28, 2017 5:28 pm

The National Republican Redistricting Trust was formed as a counterweight to the new Democratic group backed by former President Barack Obama and supervised by former Attorney General Eric Holder. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Deep-pocketed Republican group ready to battle Obama and Holder over redistricting control

David M. Drucker · September 28, 2017 4:01 am

"As far as I'm concerned, any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice," Obama said. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Michelle Obama: Women who voted against Hillary Clinton ‘voted against their own voice’

Naomi Lim · September 27, 2017 7:05 pm

It is not immediately clear who will replace Rosenberg. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Obama holdover DEA chief to step down

Mandy Mayfield · September 26, 2017 9:56 pm

The Iran deal imposed, at best, the 130th most rigorous nonproliferation regime. (Amir Kholousi, ISNA via AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

Iran nuclear deal defenders claim it’s the most rigorous nuclear deal out there, but the facts say otherwise

Michael Rubin · September 26, 2017 5:10 pm

Biology professor Ingi Agnarsson said he hopes the celebrity names helps make science more relatable to a younger generation and spurs further discovery. (iStock by Getty Images)

Scientists name spiders after Barack and Michelle Obama, Bernie Sanders

Sean Langille · September 26, 2017 3:46 pm

An Empire for Liberty

William Kristol, Thomas Donnelly · September 26, 2017 9:10 am

Keeping track of what just happened under President Obama, and why, is important for a sharply divided country. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Trump is already beating Obama in the most important ways

Robert Ehrlich · September 25, 2017 2:10 pm

With each new day and the chaos it usually brings on Capitol Hill, the punditry class forecasts the end of the conservative policy era in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Congress: Before you jump into tax reform, pass a budget and show you can govern

Mattie Duppler · September 25, 2017 12:00 pm