Tag: Barack Obama

Beltway Confidential

Biggest losers from Obamacare’s premium hikes

Hadley Heath Manning · October 25, 2016 1:34 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: It’s that Aleppo Kid

Washington Examiner · October 25, 2016 1:00 pm

When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died, President Obama quickly nominated a replacement. Controversy ensued — it was a big deal inside the Beltway and almost entirely unnoticed elsewhere — when Republicans refused to respond in any way to his pick of Judge Merrick Garland. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Justice for Chicken Little

Washington Examiner · October 25, 2016 4:01 am

Since President Obama was inaugurated, Democrats have lost, on net, more than 900 state legislative seats, 69 House seats, 13 Senate seats, and 11 governorships. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Obama’s down-ballot endorsements aren’t a long-term winning strategy

Philip Wegmann · October 25, 2016 4:01 am

Hillary Clinton's campaign has traded in precision airstrikes on the GOP nominee for artillery barrages on the entire Republican Party. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Clinton campaign opens up new offensive against down-ballot Republicans

Becket Adams · October 25, 2016 4:01 am

President Obama told ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel on Monday that he is extra careful about the people he corresponds with and words he writes when sending emails. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Was Obama’s email advice a jab at Clinton?

Anna Giaritelli · October 25, 2016 3:30 am

"I ran against McCain, against Romney. I thought I could do a better job, but they're both honorable men. And if they won, I wouldn't worry about generally the course of the country," said President Obama while speaking with Jimmy Kimmel. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama: ‘I wouldn’t worry’ about US if McCain or Romney had won

Anna Giaritelli · October 25, 2016 3:30 am

Shark gets Obama’s tongue as president reads mean tweets

Anna Giaritelli · October 25, 2016 2:51 am

President Obama said that the call from "Never Trumpers" to vote against Donald Trump but vote for GOP lawmakers as a check against a Hillary Clinton presidency is a call for obstruction. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

Obama: ‘Never Trumpers’ are pushing for gridlock

Susan Crabtree · October 24, 2016 8:25 pm

Rep. Darrell Issa said that he isn't surprised President Obama deflected blame for the administration's apparent missteps by attacking him after he spent years aggressively investigating "serious scandals." (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga, File)

Issa: Obama ‘continues to deny accountability’

Mariana Barillas · October 24, 2016 7:17 pm

Obama aides fought over how to characterize the November 2008 meeting between the Bushes and Obamas at the White House. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Washington Secrets

Nasty email: ‘We don’t need to be nice’ to George W. Bush

Paul Bedard · October 24, 2016 4:01 pm

President Obama claimed Sunday that his administration has not experienced any "major scandal" during his nearly eight years in office. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Obama: ‘We have not had a major scandal’

Pete Kasperowicz · October 24, 2016 12:28 pm