Tag: Barack Obama

Her testimony is still expected at a later date. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

National Security

Susan Rice’s testimony to House Intelligence committee delayed: Report

Todd Shepherd · July 17, 2017 8:56 pm

"It is robbery in broad daylight," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said of the compound seizures, according to state-run media. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Sergey Lavrov: Cutting off Russia’s access to US compounds was ‘robbery in broad daylight’

Joel Gehrke · July 17, 2017 5:11 pm

This image shows a banner, top, on the Netflix website defending net neutrality, Wednesday, July 12, 2017. On Wednesday, Netflix 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

Obama-era Open Internet rules are not true net neutrality

Casey Given · July 17, 2017 4:57 pm

The Trump administration has 14 days to decide if it wants to appeal a court decision approving Obama-era methane rules. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Energy and Environment

Court allows EPA to delay methane rules as it considers appeal

John Siciliano · July 13, 2017 9:43 pm

Kremlin-linked lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya was allowed into the U.S. through a legal loophole, allowing her to accompany a colleague who was testifying in a House committee hearing about Russian policy.

Obama allowed Russian lawyer into US under ‘extraordinary circumstances’: Report

Anna Giaritelli · July 13, 2017 12:02 pm

The labor federation said the two nominees' records "raise serious concerns" and appeared "to be in direct conflict" with the labor board's mission. (Wikipedia Commons)

AFL-CIO attacks Trump’s NLRB nominees

Sean Higgins · July 12, 2017 10:47 pm

Critics of the rules say they forced school cafeterias to serve unpalatable meals that children have refused to eat. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

House panel bucks Obama, approves bill allowing higher-fat flavored milk in schools

Susan Ferrechio · July 12, 2017 7:00 pm

She said the press was more focused on John Podesta's emails. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Former Clinton aide Jennifer Palmieri: TV news ignored our pleas to cover Russia in 2016

Todd Shepherd · July 12, 2017 5:45 pm

Twitter users who long for the days when President Barack Obama was in the White House shared their favorite memories of him on Twitter this week. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

#BringBackObama trends on Twitter as Trump’s Russia controversies pile up

Anna Giaritelli · July 12, 2017 12:15 pm

Any honest reading of the Antiquities Act reveals that it was created to protect "landmarks," "structures," and "objects" -- not vast swaths of land. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)

Energy and Environment

Zinke gathers 1.2 million comments on plan to shrink Bears Ears, other monuments

John Siciliano · July 11, 2017 6:25 pm

The nominees for the National Labor Relations Board would give the board a Republican majority for the first time since President George W. Bush's administration. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Senate to examine Trump workplace policy team

Sean Higgins · July 11, 2017 5:34 pm

"Chasing Light: Michelle Obama Through the Lens of a White House Photographer" will have 150 color photos of the former first lady from her husband's second term. (Amanda Lucidon/Ten Speed Press via AP)

New book of Michelle Obama photographs in the White House coming in October

Leah DePiero · July 11, 2017 5:12 pm