Tag: Barack Obama

"I can tell you that the president has had a conversation with the president-elect since the Oval Office meeting," White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters. (AP Photo)

White House: Trump, Obama have spoken more since first meeting

Gabby Morrongiello · November 22, 2016 6:26 pm

Trump is following the historical pattern of gaining popularity but is well behind his predecessors. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Beltway Confidential

Trump is gaining popularity but still behind predecessors

W. James Antle III · November 22, 2016 5:31 pm

A letter from House Republicans also asked Obama to sign a bill that would extend current sanctions against Iran for the next decade. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

GOP warns Obama against new Iran concessions

Susan Ferrechio · November 22, 2016 4:48 pm

On Tuesday morning attorney general-designate Jeff Sessions will become the first Trump nominee to undergo a Senate confirmation hearing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Poor Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III

Daniel Allott · November 21, 2016 6:09 pm

President Obama didn't pin the blame of Democratic losses on Hillary Clinton, and instead blamed the party's messaging. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama blames messaging, bad luck, ‘our system’

Pete Kasperowicz · November 21, 2016 2:11 pm

Joe Biden will leave public office after 44 years to focus on cancer research. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden touts executive authority on workplace issues

Anna Giaritelli · November 21, 2016 12:00 pm

Obama: ‘I’ll examine it when it comes’ if I need to speak out during Trump’s presidency

Madeleine Morgenstern · November 21, 2016 12:41 am

Obama boosts Nancy Pelosi for House minority leader

Jeremy Lott · November 21, 2016 12:04 am

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the opening session of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in Lima, Peru, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama, Putin speak briefly in Peru

Daniel Chaitin · November 20, 2016 5:13 pm

Former chairman of the national Democratic Party Howard Dean's 50-state campaign was focused on getting connected with the macro problem. The Election Day losses evaporated everything that Dean had put in place for the comeback midterms of 2006. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

The Democrats’ macro problem

Salena Zito · November 20, 2016 5:02 am

Obama’s post-election advice to his daughters Sasha and Malia

Meghana Kurup · November 19, 2016 8:07 pm

President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump shake hands following their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Washington Secrets

BarackObama.com: Fight, ‘we’re not backing down’

Paul Bedard · November 19, 2016 4:12 pm