Tag: Barack Obama

Kim Kardashian West said her first time doing karaoke was with former President Barack Obama. She said, "I could never sing, but it was so cool. It was with Obama, Kanye, and like, maybe 15 people." (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West sang karaoke with Obama

Caitlin Yilek · August 16, 2017 7:35 pm

Former President Barack Obama's response to the weekend violence in Charlottesville, Va., has become the most liked tweet in the history of Twitter. (Photo courtesy: Barack Obama Twitter)

Obama’s response to Charlottesville attack becomes most popular tweet ever

Anna Giaritelli · August 16, 2017 12:25 pm

In March, Rep. Gutierrez was arrested for protesting President Trump's immigration policies at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Chicago. (@CT4aDREAM/Twitter)

Rep. Luis Gutierrez arrested outside White House during DACA rally

Naomi Lim · August 15, 2017 9:10 pm

Former President Barack Obama's Twitter response to the Charlottesville violence that broke out Saturday has become the second-most liked tweet on the social media platform. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

National Security

Barack Obama’s response to Charlottesville becomes second most-liked tweet

Naomi Lim · August 15, 2017 6:05 pm

Communism and hardline socialism also play increasingly destructive roles in motivating acts of domestic violence. This was on display at the counter-protest in Charlottesville on Saturday. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

American Nazis are evil and violent. So are many on the American far-left

Tom Rogan · August 15, 2017 2:32 pm

President Trump claimed Tuesday that his predecessor, Barack Obama, was aware of Russia's attempts to meddle in U.S. affairs starting in 2014, and did nothing. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Trump: Obama knew about Russian interference in 2014, but didn’t want to ‘anger’ Moscow

Anna Giaritelli · August 15, 2017 11:45 am

The president made a good and decent statement, one that would've been more than welcome two days ago. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

After waiting 48 hours to decry bigotry, Trump must work doubly hard

Philip Wegmann · August 14, 2017 5:21 pm

FILE--In this July 27, 2017, file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCain says he hates the healthy diet his wife and daughter are forcing on him as he fights an aggressive form of brain cancer but expects to return to the Senate next month. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, file)

Washington Secrets

More Democrats than Republicans like Sen. John McCain, 71% to 51%

Paul Bedard · August 14, 2017 2:13 pm

A Fateful Decision

Thomas Joscelyn · August 12, 2017 2:00 pm

Former President Barack Obama's unilateral declaration of millions of acres of land as national monuments and parks was a political move, designed to thwart gas and oil drilling. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Scale back presidents’ power to create national monuments

Steve Sherman · August 12, 2017 4:01 am

According to the most recent data provided to the Washington Examiner, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement made roughly 75,000 administration arrests of illegal immigrants from January to June 2017 -- a near 40 percent uptick from the same period last year. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

Trump administration arresting more illegal immigrants, but deportations are down

Kelly Cohen · August 11, 2017 7:46 pm

Trump is off to a stingy start on clemency

Steven Nelson · August 11, 2017 5:13 pm