Tag: Barack Obama

Washington Secrets

Obama silence on cop deaths ripped, ‘I’ll save you a spot’ at funerals mocks sheriff

Paul Bedard · February 15, 2016 3:26 pm

The White House is insistent that President Obama will make an appointment, despite Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's pledge to thwart it, whoever it is. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

WH: Obama won’t make Supreme Ct. pick during current recess

Curt Mills · February 15, 2016 2:55 pm

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died of an apparent heart attack Saturday morning. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

National Security

Scalia’s death, GOP brawl, tough talk on Russia top weekend news

Dan Friedman · February 15, 2016 6:49 am

Last Wednesday in Springfield, Ill., President Obama delivered a speech in which, as the New York Times put it, "he reckoned with perhaps his presidency's greatest failure: his unfulfilled promise to lift American politics above deep partisan divisions." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama’s last chance to keep a promise

Washington Examiner · February 15, 2016 5:02 am

If President Obama could harass tea-party groups through the tax system, surely President Trump could pick on organizations he didn't care for. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

President Trump would make liberals regret Obama’s executive overreach

Dan Hannan · February 15, 2016 5:01 am

Sen. McCain launches stinging attack on Obama’s leadership

Dan Friedman · February 15, 2016 5:01 am

The Supreme Court has inserted itself into every manner of controversy over the past 30 years, from abortion to guns to marriage and now immigration. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

No hearings. No votes

Hugh Hewitt · February 14, 2016 10:00 pm

Contrary to what Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are claiming, Congress has typically approved Supreme Court nominees during presidential election years. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Congress typically approves election-year Supreme Court nominations

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 14, 2016 9:05 pm

President Obama spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone Saturday. (Sergey Guneyev/RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Now in ‘Cold War,’ Obama speaks with Putin

Curt Mills · February 14, 2016 4:23 pm

D.C. Circuit Court Judge Sri Srinivasan has drawn buzz as President Obama's potential pick to replace Scalia. (Wikipedia)

Obama’s court pick? Maybe Sri Srinivasan

Curt Mills · February 14, 2016 4:01 pm

‘Delay, delay, delay’: Trump calls on GOP to block Obama nominee

Al Weaver · February 14, 2016 3:16 am

Obama says he will defy GOP, nominate Scalia replacement

Susan Crabtree · February 14, 2016 2:00 am