Tag: Barack Obama

In the coming weeks, aides close to the former President Barack Obama will begin mapping out a strategy for him to begin taking a more active role in Democratic party politics, especially fundraising. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg)

Obama returns to help Democrats starting in the fall

Todd Shepherd · August 11, 2017 3:51 pm

A Fateful Decision

Thomas Joscelyn · August 11, 2017 6:20 am

Susan Rice concedes Obama-era strategy to curtail North Korea’s nuclear program was a ‘failure’

Naomi Lim · August 10, 2017 11:27 pm

The State Department declined to say if the incidents would cause President Trump to reverse the diplomatic reopening that former President Barack Obama initiated with Cuba in his second-term. (Ismael Francisco/Cubadebate via AP)

National Security

State Department: Too early to blame Castro for sick US personnel in Cuba

Joel Gehrke · August 10, 2017 7:59 pm

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is now pushing for a new statement that the department's mission is to "Lead America's foreign policy through global advocacy, action, and assistance to shape a safer, more prosperous world." Some old hands at Foggy Bottom are in an uproar. They believe the new statement would mean the abandonment of American values. They are wrong. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

New direction — Tillerson at the tiller of the ship of State

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2017 7:40 pm

In 2015, millennials surpassed Generation X to become the largest share of the workforce. In 2016, we surpassed the Baby Boomers to become the largest living generation. And in 2018, we are projected to pass the Boomers as the largest generation of eligible voters. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Beltway Confidential

Millennials will control the future of politics and policy sooner than you think

Chandler Thornton · August 10, 2017 7:28 pm

Republican Reps. Bob Goodlatte and Jeb Hensarling are seeking a formal reversal to ensure that agencies don't prevent banks from serving certain customers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Republicans ask Trump to end Operation Choke Point fraud initiative

Joseph Lawler · August 10, 2017 7:06 pm

President Trump shared a poll on Twitter Thursday that showed he was deemed the "better president" when compared to his predecessor, former President Barack Obama. (AP Photos)

Trump outperforms Obama in ‘better president’ Twitter poll: 61-39 percent

Anna Giaritelli · August 10, 2017 1:22 pm

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., responded to "incidents" in Cuba that led to two Cuban embassy officials being forced to leave the United States, saying the Cuban government's harassment is not new and "shows the extent the Castro regime will go." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Marco Rubio: Cuban harassment of US personnel ‘has not stopped with President Obama’s appeasement’

Leah Jessen · August 9, 2017 11:38 pm

In a court filing, the agency said that it is planning to extend the effective date for the remaining provisions of the "fiduciary rule" until July of 2019. (Wikipedia Commons)

Labor Department to delay financial conflicts-of-interest rule

Joseph Lawler · August 9, 2017 8:33 pm

Is solar energy now suddenly affordable and reliable despite its checkered history? Up until now, it has not been able to stand on its own two feet without substantial subsidies. The authors of a two-year, taxpayer-funded study acknowledge that the answer to that question is: not quite. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Beltway Confidential

Cronyism ruled Obama’s Energy Department

Kevin Mooney · August 9, 2017 7:37 pm

Ben Rhodes, who served as former President Barack Obama's foreign policy speechwriter from 2007 until the end of his term, said President Trump's "fire and fury" statement on Tuesday during a briefing about the country's opioid crisis was "an incredibly destabilizing statement." (AP Photo / Evan Vucci, File)

Obama adviser Ben Rhodes: Trump’s ‘fire and fury’ statement was ‘destabilizing’ and ‘amateurish’

Naomi Lim · August 9, 2017 5:26 pm