Tag: Barack Obama

President Obama told Democrats in a new fundraising email that Republicans in the old days wouldn't have sought to reverse as much of his work as Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama: Trump would do ‘lasting damage’ to the nation

Rudy Takala · October 4, 2016 1:17 pm

Another Illegal Power Grab From the Obama Administration

Terry Eastland · October 4, 2016 10:30 am

Leonardo DiCaprio: Ban climate deniers from office

Anna Giaritelli, Nicole Duran · October 4, 2016 1:48 am

Josh Earnest said that President Obama never agreed to cooperate militarily with Russia in Syria because Vladimir Putin would not honor numerous cease-fire agreements. (AP Photo)

National Security

White House: Russia has tried world’s patience

Nicole Duran · October 3, 2016 8:49 pm

"I think the president answered this quite directly" during a CNN town hall with service members last week, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said when asked about Trump's remarks. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House: ‘Not a sign of weakness to get help’

Susan Crabtree · October 3, 2016 6:49 pm

White House press secretary Josh Earnest discussed President Vladimir Putin's suspension of a Russia-U.S. deal on the disposal of weapons-grade plutonium. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

White House ‘disappointed’ after Russia leaves plutonium deal

Nicole Duran · October 3, 2016 6:17 pm

Obama Hopes for No More ‘Imperial Presidencies’

Chris Deaton · October 3, 2016 5:29 pm

Republican vice presidential candidate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence makes phone calls along with campaign volunteers at a Republican party office on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, in Fitchburg, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Washington Secrets

Conservative rating: Pence 99%, Kaine 0%

Paul Bedard · October 3, 2016 5:10 pm

A new report found that out of 69 cases in the Obama administration where federal appointees were able to convert political jobs to career federal service positions, a quarter of those hires "did not follow proper procedures intended to prevent improper political favoritism." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Lawmakers: Obama’s hiring of political appointees ‘deeply troubling’

Susan Ferrechio · October 3, 2016 4:25 pm

President Barack Obama speaks at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum at The Plaza Hotel in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Obama: Rising U.S. drone strikes ‘troubled me’

Susan Crabtree · October 3, 2016 4:16 pm

While Malia and Sasha Obama will be joined by their mother at the ceremony for the former White House staffers, the president is not expected to attend. (AP Photo)

First daughters will be bridesmaids for former White House staffers

Mariana Barillas · October 3, 2016 4:07 pm

"But you hit a point where if Congress just is not willing to make any constructive modifications and it's all political football, then you're getting a suboptimal solution," President Obama wrote. (AP Photo)

Obama: Health law has ‘real’ but fixable problems

Paige Winfield Cunningham · October 3, 2016 3:16 pm