Tag: Barack Obama

DiCaprio will talk with Obama about "the importance of protecting the one planet we've got for future generations," according to the White House website. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Energy and Environment

Obama to discuss climate change with Leonardo DiCaprio

Joshua Axelrod · September 26, 2016 4:26 pm

President Obama announced a $15 million bump in funding Monday to help cities confront climate change by reducing their energy consumption. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Energy and Environment

Obama gives cities $15M bump in climate funds

John Siciliano · September 26, 2016 3:42 pm

Migrants from Syria arrive at a refugee camp from Pyrgos village, in Paphos district, to Kokkinotrimithia outside the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Sept. 7. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Obama pushes refugee plan, but his own FBI chief’s words are coming back to haunt him

Susan Crabtree · September 26, 2016 4:01 am

Nate Silver: Trump closing in, Clinton lead ‘a lot less safe’ than Obama’s in 2012

Paige Winfield Cunningham · September 25, 2016 3:49 pm

The power plan, which the EPA made law just over one year ago in August, directs states to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by one-third by 2030 in an effort to fight global warming. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Energy and Environment

Obama’s climate legacy on trial

John Siciliano · September 25, 2016 4:01 am

Thornberry sent a "dear colleague" letter to fellow lawmakers, asking them to "study the consequences." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Top Republican lobbies House GOP against veto override vote of 9/11 bill

Susan Ferrechio · September 24, 2016 5:19 pm

Obama suggested that the museum could illuminate the protests that have rocked cities across the country. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama: Museum will help protestors and police understand each other

Joel Gehrke · September 24, 2016 5:18 pm

Bush, who signed the law creating the museum in 2003, united with his old political antagonist, President Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

George W. Bush: Museum celebrates not only equality ‘but African-American greatness’

Joel Gehrke · September 24, 2016 4:19 pm

The Twilight of Obama’s Aloof and Tone-Deaf Liberal Worldview

Michael Warren · September 24, 2016 10:30 am

Donald Trump ripped President Obama on Friday for his "shameful" decision to veto a bill that would have allowed families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia in federal court. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)

Trump rips Obama’s ‘shameful’ 9/11 veto: A ‘low point’ of his presidency

Gabby Morrongiello · September 23, 2016 11:12 pm

Obama: Visiting black history museum can help heal racial division

Nicole Duran · September 23, 2016 10:03 pm

National Security

Obama vetoes 9/11 Saudi bill

Susan Crabtree · September 23, 2016 8:39 pm