Tag: Barack Obama

Obama, who like President Trump this week, is on a tour through Europe, tweeted out his condolences for the victims on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

National Security

Obama meets with Prince Harry

Daniel Chaitin · May 27, 2017 3:21 pm

His influence spanned several decades, and I was one of several Presidents who benefited from his wisdom and counsel," Obama said in a statement Saturday. (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz)

National Security

Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush offer praise to the late Zbigniew Brzezinski

Daniel Chaitin · May 27, 2017 12:19 pm

Interior secretary names 19 people to fill empty spots who don't need Senate confirmation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Energy and Environment

Zinke fills in Interior staff despite key leadership gaps

John Siciliano · May 26, 2017 10:01 pm

Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly participates in a moderated discussion with Director of the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security Frank Cilluffo at George Washington University in Washington, Tuesday, April 18, 2017.

John Kelly counters Obama ‘wall’ comments: ‘We’re not hiding behind a wall’

Melissa Quinn · May 26, 2017 1:05 pm

Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Bob Goodlatte urges Sessions to seize money directed to Obama’s ‘liberal friends’

Joel Gehrke · May 25, 2017 8:39 pm

Former President Barack Obama waves to the crowd after a discussion event on democracy and global responsibility at a Protestant conference in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, May 25, 2017, when Germany marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

Obama praises Manchester for ‘faith, love, and resolve’ after bombing

Melissa Quinn · May 25, 2017 3:37 pm

Red Alert Politics

Obama illegally spied on Americans and the media doesn’t care

Ryan Girdusky · May 25, 2017 1:06 pm

Former President Barack Obama, during a event on democracy and global responsibility in Berlin, discussed the importance of humanitarian aid, saying "We can't hide behind a wall." (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Obama: ‘We can’t hide behind a wall’

Melissa Quinn · May 25, 2017 12:57 pm

Trump is avoiding transparency by not disclosing waivers he issued for some of his administration's hires. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Trump stonewalls on lobbyists’ waivers

Washington Examiner · May 25, 2017 4:01 am

Kerry said he was not planning to get "political" with his speech, but then went in a totally different direction. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

John Kerry rips Trump by telling grads to ‘learn Russian’

Anna Giaritelli · May 24, 2017 9:38 pm

Energy and Environment

Mulvaney’s ‘crazy’ climate play featured a plan to foil Paris deal

John Siciliano · May 24, 2017 6:56 pm

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox used a photo of his own inauguration in Mexico to call out Trump for what he viewed as his fixation with the crowd size at his inauguration. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Invision/AP)

Vicente Fox taunts Trump: Obama’s inauguration crowd was ‘much bigger’

Sean Langille · May 24, 2017 6:27 pm