Tag: Barack Obama

"It's not uncommon for the president to have a private lunch with people that you might find notable." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

WH: Obama, Alibaba chief met privately ‘because it was a private lunch’

Susan Crabtree · May 18, 2016 9:26 pm

President Obama has pledged not to raise money for his official library while in office. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Report: $100K to Obama library wins a White House invitation

Joel Gehrke · May 18, 2016 6:06 pm

Energy secretary says administration is still "executing that first transaction." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Energy and Environment

Obama’s $8.6 million purchase from Iran almost done

John Siciliano · May 18, 2016 5:01 pm

Earnest charged the bill could give other countries an excuse to subject the U.S. to "kangaroo courts." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

White House: Suing Saudis means legal trouble for U.S.

Nicole Duran · May 17, 2016 6:57 pm

The statement was issued amid ongoing complaints from Syrian rebel groups that Russia is contributing to Bashar Assad's violations of the cease-fire. (AP Photo)

National Security

U.S., Russia reinforce support for fragile Syrian cease-fire

Nicole Duran · May 17, 2016 5:14 pm

National Security

Rhodes not leaving until ‘very last day’ of Obama’s tenure

Susan Crabtree · May 17, 2016 3:05 pm

Twenty-seven states are challenging President Obama's regulations on carbon emissions from new and existing coal power plants. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Energy and Environment

D.C. Circuit Court delays Clean Power Plan hearing

Kyle Feldscher · May 17, 2016 2:41 pm

"Advancing the goal has long been a cornerstone of American diplomacy, and I am proud that my administration has made advancing the human rights of LGBT individuals a specific focus of our engagement around the world," Obama said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama: I am proud of my LGBT record

Susan Crabtree · May 17, 2016 2:11 pm

Years of litigation over the Obamacare mandate for coverage of early abortion pills, birth control and sterilization, culminated in seven cases under the title Zubik v. Burwell. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Supreme Court called the Obama administration’s bluff

Matt Bowman · May 17, 2016 4:04 am

The Office of Management and Budget issued a statement of administration policy objecting to numerous provisions, including one that would block President Obama from keeping his promise to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)

National Security

WH threatens veto over Gitmo restrictions, environmental concerns

Nicole Duran, Susan Crabtree · May 16, 2016 11:04 pm

"It is a very, very small portion of the population, but as I said, you have to protect everybody, including small portions of the population," Donald Trump said. (AP Photo)

Trump calls to reverse Obama transgender directives

Al Weaver · May 16, 2016 10:37 pm

White House spokesman Josh Earnest also said he is not privy to top-secret documents about UFO searchers' and conspiracy theorists' effort to figure out really happened in Roswell, N.M., in 1947. Some believe a spaceship landed in Roswell nearly 70 years ago. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch, File)

White House spokesman deflects on aliens, spaceships

Nicole Duran · May 16, 2016 9:50 pm