Tag: Barack Obama

Beltway Confidential

Romney discovers the power of flattering Trump

W. James Antle III · December 1, 2016 11:44 am

Rolling Stone publisher asked, "So how do you think we go about stitching the country back together?" (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

Magazine behind UVA rape hoax begs Obama to do something about fake news

Becket Adams · November 30, 2016 11:35 pm

Senate Democrats want President Obama to declassify information on Russian government hacks on US. entities during the presidential election before he leaves office. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

National Security

Senate Democrats: Obama should declassify information on Russian government hacks

Joel Gehrke · November 30, 2016 10:41 pm

Obama says ‘Fox News in every bar and restaurant’ helped Trump win election

Sarah Bedford · November 30, 2016 8:55 pm

Placed in a small coffin covered by a Cuban flag the ashes of Cuban leader Fidel Castro are driven along the streets of Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Beltway Confidential

Why the White House sent more senior officials to Castro’s funeral than Thatcher’s

Becket Adams · November 30, 2016 7:57 pm

Bob Dylan skips White House event for Nobel prize recipients

Gabby Morrongiello · November 30, 2016 7:24 pm

Video: Barnes on Schumer’s Raw Deal

Tws Staff · November 30, 2016 5:30 pm

Pentagon is not supportive of the bill because it sees it as stripping authority from the chain of command. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

National Security

Veteran’s advocate lobbies Obama to pardon vets before leaving office

Jacqueline Klimas · November 30, 2016 11:00 am

The Democratic Party enters the wilderness

Lisa Boothe · November 30, 2016 6:08 am

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fl., said on Tuesday evening he expects the Republican-led Senate to approve President-elect Trump's Cabinet appointments, thanks to the low grade "nuclear option" Senate Democrats enabled three years ago when they controlled the upper chamber. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Rubio: Trump will ‘get his nominees’

Anna Giaritelli · November 30, 2016 5:48 am

Trump's tour, billed as a "thank you" to supporters, begins Thursday at the 17,556-capacity U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, and is expected to mimic the high-energy rallies that drove his insurgent presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

‘Thank you’ tour, or permanent campaign?

David M. Drucker · November 30, 2016 5:01 am

Democrat urges Obama to expedite commutations for federal prisoners

Kelly Cohen · November 29, 2016 11:50 pm