Tag: Barack Obama

"The president will stand by his nominee," Denis McDonough said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Obama will stick with Garland in lame duck, top aide says

Dan Friedman · March 20, 2016 3:46 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Sunday that he "can't imagine" the GOP Senate approving President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, even if that means Hillary Clinton picking a new nominee in 2017. (AP photo)

McConnell rules out Supreme Court vote: ‘That’s not going to happen’

Pete Kasperowicz · March 20, 2016 1:38 pm

In response to grave moral and strategic threats, Obama, Clinton and Kerry alternated between damaging silence, misleading innuendo and enabling verbal gestures. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

The power of words in American foreign policy

Anne Pierce · March 20, 2016 4:01 am

Obama: No Garland vote would show system ‘beyond repair’

Curt Mills · March 19, 2016 2:34 pm

Federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland, pictured, stands with President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden as he is introduced as Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Obama report card: Zogby gives ‘presidential’ A, Babbin F for ‘hypocrisy’

Paul Bedard · March 19, 2016 11:00 am

At the annual SXSW conference in Austin last weekend, President Obama has made it clear that he is siding firmly with law enforcement. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)

The second Crypto War is in full swing

Ryan Hagemann · March 19, 2016 4:01 am

President Obama and his allies have sought in recent weeks to defend the 2010 financial reform law. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Ahead of major tests, Obama claims success on banking reform

Joseph Lawler · March 19, 2016 4:01 am

President Obama will arrive in Cuba on Sunday, and with less than 48 hours before he leaves, the White House is putting off providing a list of dissidents it invited for a meeting with Obama. (AP Photo)

White House mum on Obama dissidents meeting in Cuba

Susan Crabtree · March 18, 2016 7:52 pm

Congressional Republicans cannot be trusted to strike the right balance between privacy and national security in encryption legislation, White House spokesman said. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Obama admin doesn’t trust GOP on encryption

Nicole Duran · March 18, 2016 7:35 pm

Senate Republicans refuse to hold hearings on Judge Merrick Garland's nomination to the Supreme Court because he would prove to the world his worthiness for the position, White House spokesperson said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

White House: GOP afraid of Garland’s credentials

Nicole Duran · March 18, 2016 7:15 pm

Stephanie Cutter served in the Obama administration and worked on the president's 2012 re-election campaign. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Former Obama aide signed, dropped by NBC/MSNBC the same day

Becket Adams · March 18, 2016 6:26 pm

Sen. Kelly Ayotte and 11 other GOP senators including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, proposed the Iran Ballistic Missile Sanctions Act, which would impose sanctions against every sector of the Iranian economy that supports Iran's ballistic missile program. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

GOP tires of Obama’s ‘tough words,’ calls for sanctions against Iran

Pete Kasperowicz · March 18, 2016 12:19 pm