Tag: Barack Obama

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., wrote to Vice President Mike Pence Wednesday asking whether the White House had ever spoken with its nominees for the National Labor Relations Board about the board's "joint employer" doctrine. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Patty Murray presses Pence on NLRB picks

Sean Higgins · July 20, 2017 4:17 pm

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson credited President Trump with sharply reducing illegal immigration through the southwestern U.S. border just through the power of his tough talk against illegal migrants. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Jeh Johnson: Trump ‘scared off’ illegal immigrants with ‘rhetoric’

Pete Kasperowicz · July 20, 2017 12:20 pm

Former President Barack Obama called John McCain an American hero. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Obama to McCain after cancer diagnosis: ‘Give it hell, John’

Mandy Mayfield · July 20, 2017 3:21 am

Barack Obama, Sarah Palin among politicians who express support to ‘hero’ John McCain after brain cancer diagnosis

Josh Siegel · July 20, 2017 1:48 am

If you're a conservative and you believe in personal property rights and the virtue of limited government, there's no defending a policy wherein law enforcement officials can work around local and state ordinances to seize an individual's property based entirely on suspicion. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Beltway Confidential

The new Justice Department directive is garbage. Call your representative.

Becket Adams · July 20, 2017 1:13 am

Trump said he could make it happen. It's time for him to get to work. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Replacing Obamacare requires better leadership from Trump

Jay Caruso · July 19, 2017 8:24 pm

Publicly, McConnell is giving little hint of frustration. "This has been a very, very challenging experience for all of us," he said Tuesday during his weekly news conference. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Why Mitch McConnell is making the Senate vote on doomed Obamacare repeal

David M. Drucker · July 19, 2017 4:01 am

"NO GAMES! HOUSE @GOP MUST DEFUND OBAMACARE! IF THEY DON'T, THEN THEY OWN IT!" Trump wrote in a tweet posted Sept. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Flashback: Trump told Republicans in 2013 if they don’t defund Obamacare ‘THEN THEY OWN IT’

Anna Giaritelli · July 18, 2017 7:10 pm

"On what conceivable basis can there be any legitimate argument that this rule poses a safety and soundness issue?" Richard Cordray asked. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

CFPB tells Trump bank appointee: No reason to review pro-class-action rule

Joseph Lawler · July 18, 2017 5:39 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed to revive the 2015 bill that repealed much of Obamacare's taxes and spending, and then deal with the thorny negotiations about replacement after. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

LIST: In 2015, 48 current Republican senators voted for Obamacare repeal bill, 1 voted no

Philip Klein · July 18, 2017 2:32 pm

Netflix recently joined other tech firms and Internet activists in an online show of support for net neutrality, the principle that bars Internet service providers from playing favorites with websites and apps. (Netflix via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Internet giants Google, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix fight to save Obama’s ‘Net Neutrality’ regulation

Timothy P. Carney · July 18, 2017 1:01 pm

In November, Trump fired Christie as leader of his transition team.

Trump dumped Chris Christie over Obama phone call dispute and germs: Report

Josh Siegel · July 18, 2017 12:03 am