Tag: Barack Obama

Speaker Paul Ryan said the House will vote on a resolution allowing the House to file the brief in the case United States v. State of Texas. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Ryan sets ‘extraordinary’ vote on immigration case

Susan Ferrechio · March 1, 2016 4:11 pm

The Rolling Stones will give a free concert in Cuba on March 25, the band said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Rolling Stones to play free concert in Cuba on Easter weekend

Kelly Cohen · March 1, 2016 4:02 pm

Earned Income Tax Credit should be adjusted to reflect the cost of living across states, think tank says.

Study: Tax credit favored by Obama, Ryan should be boosted in big cities

Joseph Lawler · March 1, 2016 11:00 am

President Obama will meet with both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Tuesday to discuss the seat vacated by late Justice Antonin Scalia. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House suggests Supreme Court pick in mid-March

Pete Kasperowicz · February 29, 2016 6:38 pm

Watch: Obama awards Navy SEAL with Medal of Honor

Pete Kasperowicz · February 29, 2016 5:18 pm

European Council President Donald Tusk, left, and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, second left, participate in a meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron during an EU summit in Brussels on Feb. 19, 2016. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)

Why Americans should back Brexit

Dan Hannan · February 29, 2016 5:02 am

Scott Tiller, a coal miner of 31 years, operates a continuous miner machine in a coal mine roughly 40-inches-high in Welch, W.Va. Most of the job losses happened long before coal's latest downturn. Mechanization began slashing the number of workers needed to mine coal in the 1960s, and then a collapse in the U.S. steel industry in 1980s further decimated miners' ranks. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Energy and Environment

Critics see hypocrisy in Obama’s coal-country bailout

Kyle Feldscher · February 29, 2016 5:01 am

President Barack Obama stands with Cuba's President Raul Castro before a bilateral meeting at the United Nations headquarters. (Andrew Harnik/AP file photo)

U.S.-Cuba thaw ignores embargo

Susan Crabtree · February 29, 2016 5:01 am

Ryan: GOP voters having a ‘panic attack’

Susan Ferrechio · February 28, 2016 2:00 pm

"We're making progress" against ISIS, Obama says. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough)

National Security

Obama cites gains in fight against Islamic State

Robert King · February 27, 2016 3:28 pm

President Barack Obama speaks with Nevada Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval, center right, as he steps off Air Force One at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. The governor was floated as a possible Supreme Court nominee. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Washington Secrets

Obama report card: SCOTUS split grade, B from Zogby, C from Babbin

Paul Bedard · February 27, 2016 12:00 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Closing Gitmo is a one-man job

Washington Examiner · February 26, 2016 10:25 pm