Tag: Barack Obama

The Better-than-Monroe Doctrine

The Scrapbook · February 20, 2017 3:25 pm

"People in the last administration" are "clearly are leaking to the press," Nunes said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

House intelligence chair claims top Obama official leaking to media on Trump

Anna Giaritelli · February 19, 2017 4:43 pm

"I told them I wasn't going to hold a town hall in this atmosphere because they would very quickly turn into shouting opportunities for extremists kooks," said Rep. John Duncan. (Autmn Payne /The Sacramento Bee via AP)

Congress members brace for raucous town halls this week

Susan Ferrechio · February 18, 2017 5:01 am

Only 18 percent said former President Barack Obama experienced a harsher press than President Trump. (AP Photo)

Two-thirds of voters say media ‘tougher’ on Trump than Obama

Anna Giaritelli · February 18, 2017 12:53 am

Two Cuban nationals have been flown back to their home country. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Cuban nationals deported for first time since end of ‘wet foot-dry foot’

Daniel Chaitin · February 17, 2017 9:00 pm

Andrew Jackson dropped on the list from 13th to 18th best president and already some are blaming President Trump. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

After Trump, Andrew Jackson drops on historian’s list of best presidents

Philip Wegmann · February 17, 2017 6:47 pm

Pelosi noted in 2009, Obama had already signed into law his $800 billion economic stimulus bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi: Trump already lagging behind Obama

Robert King · February 17, 2017 3:21 pm

It will be difficult for President Trump to compete with Barack Obama's legacy of using ambassadorships as a way of rewarding wealthy donors. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Don’t forget Obama’s legacy of donor appointments

Emily Jashinsky · February 17, 2017 1:51 pm

Conservative radio host Mark Levin advanced the controversy over President Trump's claim his predecessor, Barack Obama, wiretapped his phones, by saying Obama must have known about the alleged surveillance. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Washington Secrets

Best presidents: Obama starts a ‘respectable’ 12th in C-SPAN experts poll

Paul Bedard · February 17, 2017 12:30 pm

The Better-than-Monroe Doctrine

The Scrapbook · February 17, 2017 7:00 am

Resolution targets rule saying states can't block the provider from receiving funds under the Title X program. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

House votes to reverse Obama’s Planned Parenthood rule

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 16, 2017 8:23 pm

"There has never been a presidency that has done so much in such a short time," Trump said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

‘I inherited a mess:’ Trump defends his administration’s work cleaning up after Obama

Gabby Morrongiello · February 16, 2017 6:23 pm