Tag: Barack Obama

Thanks to the last-minute approval of Norwegian Air International's foreign carrier permit by the Obama administration, the American airline industry now faces a threat very similar to the one responsible for destroying the once-mighty U.S. maritime shipping industry. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Airline jobs threatened by carriers fleeing regulation after late Obama move

Dan Carey · June 7, 2017 4:01 am

The two world leaders met in Montreal. (Justin Trudeau Twitter)

Barack Obama, Justin Trudeau dine together in Canada

Ariella Phillips · June 7, 2017 1:59 am

Pelosi received more mentions than Trump in the debate. (Branden Camp/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Karen Handel blasts Jon Ossoff as Pelosi clone while Trump rarely comes up

David M. Drucker · June 7, 2017 12:59 am

Former President Barack Obama released a statement expressing his disappointment immediately following the president's announcement about withdrawing the U.S. from the agreement. (Paul Chaisson/The Canadian Press via AP)

Energy and Environment

Obama: Paris climate agreement still has chance regardless of US withdrawal

Mandy Mayfield · June 6, 2017 11:30 pm

Mattis: Taliban Can’t Be Part of a Political Solution in Afghanistan

Jeryl Bier · June 6, 2017 11:14 am

So far, the agency has managed to split the backlog by half on new chemical reviews from 300 to 150. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

EPA’s Pruitt vows to clear chemical backlog before August

John Siciliano · June 5, 2017 8:31 pm

Conflicts of interest in the industry, with brokers steering clients into inappropriate high-fee investment products in return for kickbacks, cost savers $17 billion annually, the Obama White House calculated.

Financial industry targets Obama regulation as it goes into effect

Joseph Lawler · June 5, 2017 4:01 am

"The war on business is coming to an end, the war on fossil fuels is coming to an end," Larry Kudlow said.

Larry Kudlow: Trump is ending Obama’s wars on business and fossil fuels

Kyle Feldscher · June 4, 2017 4:50 pm

It's the second time in as many days Trump has visited the golf course. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

National Security

Trump heads to his golf course after London attack tweets

Caitlin Yilek · June 4, 2017 2:42 pm

No sober-minded person thought Paris, a nonbinding agreement, was going to save the planet. But the faithful were always seeking a deeper sense of salvation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

Green religion — justification by climate faith alone

Washington Examiner · June 3, 2017 4:01 am

Fact Check: Did James Clapper Deny Collusion Between Trump and Russia?

Mark Hemingway · June 3, 2017 2:26 am

Clinton said Putin was acting out of revenge. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Beltway Confidential

It’s still Hillary Clinton’s fault she lost the 2016 election

Ford O'Connell · June 2, 2017 6:59 pm