Tag: Barack Obama

The $603 billion plan calls for nine Navy destroyers instead of eight and proposes the same 70 Lockheed Martin F-35 joint strike fighters and 14 Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets projected by the prior administration. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

National Security

Trump defense budget mirrors Obama on ships, aircraft, report says

Travis J. Tritten · May 16, 2017 9:09 pm

"So instead of simply vowing to bomb the bleep out of ISIL, we must use our full arsenal, including cutting off its finances, discrediting extremism online, and helping stabilize fragile states." (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

National Security

Susan Rice dumps on Trump: ‘Bluster is for bullies’

Pete Kasperowicz · May 16, 2017 3:11 pm

Several Republicans have said Obamacare is on the verge of collapse, as more and more insurers exit the system, and premiums for the dwindling insurance packages rise. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Chuck Grassley: Obamacare like a collapsing bridge

Pete Kasperowicz · May 15, 2017 7:54 pm

Mandatory-minimum sentences have disproportionately harmed black communities, Paul said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rand Paul: Jeff Sessions’ drug sentencing policy will ‘accentuate the injustice’

Kyle Feldscher · May 15, 2017 6:16 pm

Two IRS employees (one current, one former) at the center of the scandal are trying to keep still more information about potential government wrongdoing out of the public sphere. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Beltway Confidential

IRS officials are really good at protecting their own privacy

David Freddoso · May 15, 2017 5:47 pm

"The reason it was hard was because, as president, what you discover is that you generally get praised for taking military action, and you're often criticized for not doing so," Obama added. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

National Security

Obama: Not bombing Syria took ‘political courage’

Meghana Kurup · May 15, 2017 4:50 pm

"The relationship between the United States and Russia has in fact deteriorated since the election," Gates said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Robert Gates: Trump’s meeting with Russian officials not a big deal, but also ‘pretty odd’

Anna Giaritelli · May 14, 2017 3:56 pm

A former White House official who worked for the Obama administration reportedly said "we obviously didn't record private meetings." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Former White House official says Obama never secretly taped private meetings: Report

Daniel Chaitin · May 13, 2017 11:26 pm

According to an affidavit written by FBI Special Agent Jeffrey Gray, John Roos said that given the chance he would "punch Obama in the nose" because Obama "pisses him off." (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Man who threatened Obama’s life on social media sentenced to 63 months in federal prison

Kimberly Leonard · May 13, 2017 8:54 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., praised President Trump as a leader who is "open-minded" and willing to reach out for help, even late at night. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lindsey Graham: Trump ‘calls me when I’m asleep’

Kimberly Leonard · May 13, 2017 5:03 pm

And the Oscar Goes to…

The Scrapbook · May 13, 2017 12:20 pm

The chances of a network news anchor making that quip about a female politician are about as high as the chance of CBS asking Gayle King to publicly disclose her ties to the Obama family before covering stories about his administration. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

Gayle King weighs in on Trump’s ice cream servings: ‘He’s a very big guy’

Emily Jashinsky · May 12, 2017 10:17 pm