Tag: Barack Obama

Obama called the Senate bill "a massive transfer of wealth from middle-class and poor families to the richest people in America." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Obama: Senate legislation is ‘not a healthcare bill’

Kimberly Leonard · June 22, 2017 8:38 pm

Trump to meet with Olympic committee as Los Angeles battles for 2024 games

Sarah Bedford · June 22, 2017 5:02 pm

President Trump questioned whether Russians really did interfere in the 2016 election in a series of tweets Thursday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Trump calls Russian election meddling a ‘big Dem scam’

Melissa Quinn · June 22, 2017 2:39 pm

President Trump said Thursday morning the Obama administration should've done more to stop Russian interference in the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

National Security

Trump blames Obama for not stopping Russian meddling in the election

Melissa Quinn · June 22, 2017 1:42 pm

Although Obama-era Title IX mandates attempted to correct this wrong, they have instead swung the pendulum too far in the opposite direction, creating a new class of student victims wrongfully found responsible for sexual assaults they did not commit. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Obama headed to Indonesia: Report

Josh Siegel · June 21, 2017 10:43 pm

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said, "We were concerned that making a statement that we would be in and of itself challenging the integrity of the election process.â? (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Jeh Johnson: Trump’s ‘rigged’ election claims affected what DHS could say about Russia interference

Kyle Feldscher · June 21, 2017 2:46 pm

To retake the House, Democrats will need substance. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

After Jon Ossoff loses, the original ‘golden boy of the Democratic Party’ offers a 2018 playbook

Philip Wegmann · June 21, 2017 2:19 pm

He's ready to get more involved in 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Eric Holder ready to take on Trump

Kelly Cohen · June 20, 2017 8:29 pm

Chelsea Manning said she had "a responsibility to the public" to leak a trove of classified documents in her first interview following her release from a federal prison. (Tim Travers Hawkins/Courtesy of Chelsea Manning via AP, File)

National Security

Chelsea Manning’s 2010 leaking of classified info did not severely damage US: Report

Anna Giaritelli · June 20, 2017 5:29 pm

President Trump said Tuesday Otto Warmbier, the American college student held captive by North Korea, should have been brought home by the U.S. months earlier. (Olivier Douliery/Bloomberg)

Trump swipes at Obama: Otto Warmbier ‘should have been brought home a long time ago’

Sarah Bedford · June 20, 2017 3:45 pm

Eight years out Bush sits pretty with a 59 percent favorability rating and Obama's numbers are a bit better at 63 percent. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Miss us yet? President George W. Bush and Barack Obama’s popularity soars in retirement

Philip Wegmann · June 20, 2017 3:14 pm

Eight years out Bush sits pretty with a 59 percent favorability rating and Obama's numbers are a bit better at 63 percent. (AP)

Poll: George W. Bush gaining on Obama in popularity

Sean Langille · June 19, 2017 10:41 pm