Tag: Barack Obama

"We're going to continue to support and try to nurture that process to yield a piece of legislation that would address the many challenges facing Puerto Rico," Josh Earnest said. (Erika P. Rodriguez/Bloomberg)

White House: GOP stall on Puerto Rico bill makes bailout inevitable

Nicole Duran · May 11, 2016 6:27 pm

Flake on Tuesday issued a report outlining how $35 million was spent on what he considers dubious studies. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

White House: Flake is too flip about Zika

Nicole Duran · May 11, 2016 6:08 pm

President Obama will be fully engaged in helping a Democrat succeed him this year, White House spokesperson said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House: Stakes ‘too high’ for Obama to sit out election

Nicole Duran · May 11, 2016 5:49 pm

"Whether you represent industry, government, a health system, nonprofit, philanthropy, research institute, professional society, patients or others, I want to hear from you," Joe Biden wrote. (AP Photo)

Biden takes to new media to boost cancer project

Nicole Duran · May 11, 2016 3:09 pm

A plurality of voters in the swing states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania say they support President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Poll: Swing state voters support Obama’s Supreme Court pick

Kelly Cohen · May 11, 2016 3:02 pm

President Obama is nearing his final months in the White House, and Newsweek wants to know if there has ever been a "cooler" commander in chief. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Newsweek wants to know: ‘Has there been any president cooler than Obama?’

Becket Adams · May 11, 2016 1:54 am

Although the decree comes straight from the president's desk, schools will not be legally bound by it. However, schools that do not cooperate with the recommendation may be liable to lawsuits and the revoking of federal funding. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama to sign trade secrets bill in public

Nicole Duran · May 10, 2016 11:25 pm

Merrick Garland submitted the 141-page document, and its 2,066 pages of appendices, on Tuesday. Shortly after, the full document went online. (AP Photo)

White House trying to create momentum for Garland

Nicole Duran · May 10, 2016 10:43 pm

"...We're probably going to miss him more than he misses us," said Auriemma. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

U-Conn coach on Obama: ‘Going to miss him’

Nicole Duran · May 10, 2016 7:50 pm

Homeland Security Adviser Lisa Monaco is in Brussels this week to follow up on Belgian authorities' counterterrorism efforts, the White House announced. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

U.S. officials in Brussels to boost counterterror effort

Nicole Duran · May 10, 2016 6:53 pm

"President Obama made a strategic calculation" that the biggest threat Iran posed was its efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon, the White House spokesperson said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

National Security

White House: Obama never saw Iran deal as panacea

Nicole Duran · May 10, 2016 6:34 pm

His May 27 visit to the site of the world’s first nuclear bombing will —œhighlight the remarkable transformation in the relationship between Japan and the United States,—£ Earnest said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House: History will sort out if U.S. should apologize to Japan

Nicole Duran · May 10, 2016 5:59 pm