Tag: Barack Obama

Treasury official says Iran can do business in dollars

Nicole Duran · May 25, 2016 3:47 pm

"I just can't imagine this kind of reaction and I hope it will be condemned by President Obama, Attorney General Lynch and Hillary Clinton," Sen. Jeff Sessions said. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg, File)

Sessions calls on Clinton, Obama to condemn protests at Trump rallies

Gabby Morrongiello · May 25, 2016 2:03 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama told an audience in Vietnam that he believes the U.S. can recover after the 2016 election 'mess'. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: U.S. will recover from 2016 election ‘mess’

Susan Crabtree · May 25, 2016 11:37 am

President Obama is ignoring the law that the president signed, and is attempting instead to write implementation rules that claim powers specifically forbidden in the statutory language. (AP Photo)

Obama is already breaking the new education law

Washington Examiner · May 25, 2016 4:01 am

Sen. James Lankford says Obama took $500 million from a global account for the new Green Climate Fund. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Energy and Environment

GOP senator: Obama chose climate change fund over fighting Zika

Kyle Feldscher · May 24, 2016 10:36 pm

An Office of Management and Budget statement of administrative policy says the White House objects to a GOP-backed bill that would require D.C. to send its budget to Congress for approval. (AP Photo)

Obama threatens to veto House D.C. budget bill

Susan Crabtree · May 24, 2016 9:27 pm

Rep. Ralph Abraham said Title IX has been interpreted to refer only to biological sex since it became law in 1972, and has nothing to do with gender identity. (AP Photo)

GOP bill redefines ‘sex’ to kill Obama’s bathroom rule

Pete Kasperowicz · May 24, 2016 4:30 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan said he and other Republicans are trying to encourage Donald Trump not to use his executive authorities in the same way as President Obama. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

GOP coaching Trump against Obama-style executive overreach

Susan Ferrechio · May 24, 2016 3:00 pm

"In past negotiations on trade deals, even though there was a lot of opposition, at the end of the day we get it done," President Obama said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

In Vietnam, Obama predicts trade deal approval

Nicole Duran · May 24, 2016 1:59 pm

"It was a restraint on normality," Secretary of State John Kerry said about the weapons ban, noting the U.S. does not embargo countries with which it has normalized relations. (Nyein Chan Naing/Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Kerry: Lifting Vietnam arms embargo not about China

Nicole Duran · May 24, 2016 1:31 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that the U.S. and Vietnam are at a point of "demarcation" in their relationship. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Kerry: U.S.-Vietnam have transformed their relationship

Nicole Duran · May 24, 2016 1:00 pm

President Barack Obama told an audience in Vietnam Tuesday that the U.S. will be a steady partner to its former enemy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama heralds progress in U.S.-Vietnam relationship

Nicole Duran · May 24, 2016 11:31 am