Tag: Barack Obama

Manning was released from a military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on May 17 after serving seven years of a 35-year sentence, which was commuted by former President Barack Obama in his final days in office. (Tim Travers Hawkins/Courtesy of Chelsea Manning via AP, File)

National Security

Chelsea Manning breaks down, thanks Obama for second chance in first interview

Associated Press · June 9, 2017 2:42 pm

BO Brummell

The Scrapbook · June 9, 2017 6:15 am

Trump administration has reversed course on changes Obama made to overtime, business liability, contracting and worker exposure to harmful materials. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump is dismantling Obama’s workplace law legacy

Sean Higgins · June 9, 2017 4:01 am

n a letter to Price, 14 senators asked for the plans to go back to being allowed to cover people for 364 days. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP senators urge change to short-term insurance

Kimberly Leonard · June 8, 2017 9:03 pm

Senate lawmakers plan to broaden sanctions on Iran, following a rubric designed to increase pressure on the regime in ways that stop short of violating the nuclear agreement. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

Government adviser: Obama’s Justice Department feared ‘reprisal’ for prosecuting Iran allies

Joel Gehrke · June 8, 2017 7:49 pm

Both parties will be able to feast on morsels from Comey's testimony. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

James Comey throws out plenty of red meat to both parties

Kyle Feldscher · June 8, 2017 6:06 pm

Trump likes to point to employment growth as an important barometer, and it is, indeed, a key measure of how we are doing. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Beltway Confidential

Riding the roller coaster economy with Trump

Bruce Yandle · June 8, 2017 5:37 pm

Rep. Phil Roe, a member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, said the Labor Department's fiduciary rule "would make it harder for low- and middle-income families to save for retirement." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans move to undo Obama financial advisers rule

Joseph Lawler · June 8, 2017 5:24 pm

Former FBI Director James Comey said he documented his meetings with President Trump because he worried he'd have to defend himself and the FBI publicly over those conversations because Trump "might lie." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

James Comey: I documented conversations with Trump because he ‘might lie’

Kyle Feldscher · June 8, 2017 3:02 pm

Benjamin Wittes' analysis of the FBI director's written testimony comes closest to the real opinion of Comey. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Beltway Confidential

James Comey confidant: FBI director ‘admired’ Obama but never trusted Trump

Philip Wegmann · June 7, 2017 9:45 pm

He said Trump is afraid of being humiliated. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Clinton labor secretary wants 25th amendment used to remove ‘isolated,’ ‘paranoid’ Trump

Sean Langille · June 7, 2017 4:53 pm

How can one campaign for office in today's America without someone to blame? (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republicans seek a new villain, while their true foe is in the mirror

Kristen Soltis Anderson · June 7, 2017 3:11 pm