Tag: Barack Obama

President Trump will play a clever hand this week when he announces the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s clever DACA strategy

Tom Rogan · September 5, 2017 2:50 pm

President Trump said Tuesday he's about to hand Congress the responsibility for figuring out what to do with the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump: ‘Congress, get ready to do your job – DACA!’

Anna Giaritelli · September 5, 2017 12:16 pm

Leon Panetta, former U.S. secretary of defense, is urging Congress to permanently protect the hundreds of thousands of people who are protected from deportation under the DACA program. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Leon Panetta: Dreamers are part of our ‘first line of defense’

Anna Giaritelli · September 5, 2017 11:40 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions will announce on Tuesday the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Jeff Sessions to make DACA announcement Tuesday morning

Kelly Cohen · September 5, 2017 1:40 am

A new White House petition this week is calling on the Trump administration to formally recognize the Antifa movement as a terrorist organization. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

No, the Trump White House is not trying to hide a report on sexual assault and rape

Liz Wolfe · September 5, 2017 1:00 am

Trump on Tuesday is expected to declare he will end DACA. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) )

Obama will speak up if Trump ends DACA: Report

Josh Siegel · September 4, 2017 1:15 pm

CNN reported the contents of Obama's letter to Trump upon handing over the presidency to the Republican on Inauguration Day. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama urged Trump to continue post-Cold War foreign policy in Oval Office letter

Kyle Feldscher · September 3, 2017 2:16 pm

The Department of Justice has acknowledged in a court filing no evidence of any wiretaps on Trump Tower during the 2016 campaign, directly contradicting a claim President Trump made in March. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Justice Department confirms no evidence Obama wiretapped Trump Tower

Robert King · September 2, 2017 5:21 pm

Journalists need Trump to sing "Amazing Grace" or wipe away a tear at the White House press podium in order to feel like he's really doing the job right. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Trump doesn’t cry or sing, but he knows how to help Harvey victims

Eddie Scarry · September 2, 2017 4:02 am

At least to Trump, DACA's value is its use as a bargaining chip, a value that's gone if he eliminates DACA by executive order on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

DACA deferred: Leave immigration reform to Congress

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2017 4:01 am

Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., the ranking Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, called on the administration to preserve the rule. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

House Democrat calls on Trump to restore Obama-era overtime rule

Sean Higgins · September 1, 2017 9:15 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Friday that loopholes have allowed some beneficiaries of President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to obtain green cards, and has allowed others to gain full U.S. citizenship. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Chuck Grassley: Some have used DACA to win full citizenship

Todd Shepherd · September 1, 2017 7:43 pm