Tag: Barack Obama

President Barack Obama greets Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla. The disgraced congresswoman is charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a charity into her own pocket. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Indicted Democrat partied with Pelosi, flew with Obama, and campaigned for Clinton

Philip Wegmann · February 9, 2017 9:18 pm

A conservative group spent $2 million on ads featuring a former Obama administration attorney endorsing Gorsuch. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Obama attorney: Left shouldn’t fear Judge Gorsuch

Philip Wegmann · February 9, 2017 4:16 pm

The speaker is not convinced Russia can change. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Ryan would block Trump effort to lift Russia sanctions

Nicole Duran · February 8, 2017 11:03 pm

Schumer accused Republicans of holding the government hostage. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Did Chuck Schumer think we’d just forget about 2013?

Philip Wegmann · February 8, 2017 4:14 pm

Congressional job approval had been sitting at 19 percent in January before President Trump was sworn in. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Approval rating for Congress hits eight-year high — but it still isn’t great

Anna Giaritelli · February 7, 2017 11:28 pm

Thanks to the Obama administration's kid-glove treatment of Iran, the Middle East is a hotbed of chaos and extremism. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Iran apologists have a misleading narrative on Trump’s policies

Washington Examiner · February 7, 2017 10:41 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., speaks on Capitol Hill about efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act, following a closed-door meeting with the GOP caucus. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)

Beltway Confidential

Obamacare repeal must mirror what passed in the previous Congress

Adam Brandon · February 7, 2017 10:20 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)

Obama makes ‘first major endorsement’ since leaving White House

Alex Pappas · February 7, 2017 8:52 pm

Obama joins Richard Branson for kitesurfing in the Caribbean (VIDEO)

Kyle Feldscher · February 7, 2017 2:59 pm

Since Hillary Clinton's loss, she seems determined to spend the next twenty years lamenting. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

To blame and blame not

Noemie Emery · February 7, 2017 5:04 am

Trump asked Obama to list the three greatest issues America was facing. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Obama dished America’s ‘biggest problem’ to Trump moments before Inauguration

Anna Giaritelli · February 7, 2017 2:16 am

Smoke from a power plant illustrates climate change.

Energy and Environment

House science committee to probe Obama’s dirty climate report

John Siciliano · February 7, 2017 2:00 am