Tag: Barack Obama

The biggest planned outlay is $10.8 billion for 70 F-35 joint strike fighters. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Major weapons purchases mostly in line with Obama’s original forecast

Jamie McIntyre · May 23, 2017 9:44 pm

Blankenship was found guilty of knowingly ignoring federal mine safety standards. (AP Photo/Walter Scriptunas II)

Energy and Environment

Disgraced coal executive Blankenship plans to take case to Supreme Court

John Siciliano · May 23, 2017 8:10 pm

The president's admonishment of Iran received a warm welcome in Israel, where opposition to the nuclear deal strained U.S. relations for several years. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump embraces traditional Middle East allies, breaks with Obama on trip

Sarah Bedford · May 23, 2017 7:19 pm

Red Alert Politics

Historically Black College leader: Trump is more responsive than Obama

Ryan Girdusky · May 23, 2017 5:54 pm

The message written in the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum guestbook by President Trump and his wife Melania, in Jerusalem, Israel, Tuesday, May 23, 2017. (Debbie Hill, UPI Pool via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Fake outrage over Trump’s Holocaust memorial note at Yad Vashem ignores how Obama imperiled living Jews

Philip Klein · May 23, 2017 5:45 pm

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta won't delay the Obama administration's rule on investment conflicts of interest any longer, despite pressure from congressional Republicans who oppose it.

Trump’s Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta won’t delay Obama investment rule opposed by GOP

Joseph Lawler · May 23, 2017 12:46 pm

A combination of a lower rate for repatriated earnings abroad with immediate expensing of business investment in equipment and operations, and with lower overall rates for businesses large and small, would send a powerful and encouraging message to multinationals and to the small and medium-sized American businesses that are part of their supply chains. (iStock by Getty Images)

How tax reform can bring back US manufacturing jobs

David Melcher · May 23, 2017 4:01 am

Vice President Mike Pence spoke about the need for both healthcare and tax reform at the Tennessee GOP 2017 Statesmen's Dinner at Music City Center in Nashville. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

Mike Pence and Barack Obama’s commencement speeches had one point in common: defenses of free expression

Emily Jashinsky · May 23, 2017 2:00 am

Flynn hid the fact that he had taken trips to Moscow that were funded by a Russian government-backed media outlet, according to the top Democrat on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Elijah Cummings: Mike Flynn ‘may have lied’ about Russia trip to get security clearance

Joel Gehrke · May 22, 2017 9:21 pm

Netflix hired Souza to capture "House of Cards" president Frank Underwood during his visit to Washington, D.C., on Monday. (Instagram)

Ex-Obama photographer hits the ‘campaign trail’ with Frank Underwood

Caitlin Yilek · May 22, 2017 7:59 pm

"I want to tell you how much we appreciate the reassertion of American leadership in the Middle East," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Trump during a joint press conference Monday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Benjamin Netanyahu’s subtle jab against President Obama

Philip Wegmann · May 22, 2017 6:54 pm

National Security

Trump’s weapons deal with Saudi Arabia includes $24 billion in goods approved by Obama

Travis J. Tritten · May 22, 2017 6:04 pm