Tag: Barack Obama

"He chose to receive him because Putin asked him to," a White House spokesman told Politico. (Russian Foreign Ministry Photo via AP)

Putin asked Trump to meet with top Russian diplomat in Oval Office: Report

Caitlin Yilek · May 11, 2017 3:30 pm

President Trump admitted this week that he's surprised at how media coverage of his administration has gotten worse since he was sworn in as president. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Trump’s press strategy: Tune out the bad news

Pete Kasperowicz · May 11, 2017 12:52 pm

"The president of the United States did exactly the right thing." (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

National Security

Mark Levin on Comey: Trump did what Obama couldn’t

Anna Giaritelli · May 11, 2017 2:54 am

"I'm not going to spend time on the decision or the way it was executed. I hope you won't either." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

James Comey writes goodbye letter

Anna Giaritelli · May 11, 2017 1:00 am

National Security

White House spokeswoman says Comey committed ‘atrocities’ in Clinton email press conference

Kyle Feldscher · May 10, 2017 6:33 pm

Trump has often complained about "leaks" within his administration that often lead to negative news reports. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Matt Drudge: White House advisers ‘sabotaging’ Trump presidency

Eddie Scarry · May 10, 2017 5:56 pm

The Senate on Wednesday failed to repeal President Obama's methane rules for oil and gas drillers on federal lands. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Energy and Environment

Senate GOP fails to repeal Obama’s methane rule

John Siciliano · May 10, 2017 2:33 pm

A progressive historian compared former President Barack Obama to a sellout for how he changed as a person and politician in Chicago as he moved to the Senate and the White House. (Courtesy of The Office of Barack and Michelle Obama via AP)

Progressive historian ‘disturbed’ by Obama’s political shifts to win White House

Anna Giaritelli · May 9, 2017 1:27 am

You can't blame CareFirst's four-year, $600 million loss in Obamacare's exchanges on the current presidential administration. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Beltway Confidential

Obamacare is dying in Maryland too, and it isn’t Trump’s or Republicans’ fault

David Freddoso · May 8, 2017 9:31 pm

Last week, House Republicans passed legislation that would undo many of those taxes. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Sen. Pat Toomey: Trump shouldn’t accept Obama-level taxes

Joseph Lawler · May 8, 2017 8:08 pm

White House press secretary Sean Spicer downplayed a report that President Obama warned President Trump about hiring retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn as his national security adviser. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

White House downplays Obama’s warning to Trump against Mike Flynn

Kyle Feldscher · May 8, 2017 5:37 pm

Trump won his election on the back of true stories about seven-times-convicted illegal immigrants murdering someone in the U.S. after being released from a sanctuary city's jail. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

Beltway Confidential

The worst argument against deporting criminal aliens

David Freddoso · May 8, 2017 4:36 pm