Tag: Barack Obama

GOP worries Obama could install Scalia successor through recess appointment

Joel Gehrke · February 14, 2016 12:45 am

Graham says Obama’s only hope to replace Scalia is a consensus nominee

Kyle Feldscher · February 14, 2016 12:16 am

In his weekly address, President Obama said harsh rhetoric has worsened since he took office in 2009 and could push good people away from office. (AP Photo)

Obama worries the tone of American politics will usher in extreme voices

Kyle Feldscher · February 13, 2016 4:25 pm

GOP Whip: Obama wants to kill cheap gas

Curt Mills · February 13, 2016 4:02 pm

In South Carolina, voters are not insistent on left-liberal purity, but display a near lock-step loyalty to President Obama, whom they feel he has been badly treated as the first black president. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Clinton risks running for Obama’s third term

Washington Examiner · February 13, 2016 5:01 am

Deadline.com reported that President Obama and Jeffrey Katzenberg were joined by superstar Will Smith and Walt Disney Studio's Chairman Alan Horn. (AP Photo)

Obama dines with Will Smith and Jeffrey Katzenberg

Nicole Duran · February 12, 2016 10:22 pm

The former president blamed his Democratic successor for failing to bring equality to the financial system. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Bill Clinton agrees with Bernie: Obama not ‘a change-maker’

Joel Gehrke · February 12, 2016 7:40 pm

The designation of roughly 1.8 million acres of public land as national monuments is actually three distinct new landmarks: Mojave Trails National Monument, Sand to Snow National Monument and Castle Mountains National Monument. (AP Photo)

Obama almost doubles number of national monument acres

Nicole Duran · February 12, 2016 7:34 pm

The regulations, which were instituted by Sen. Barack Obama in 2008, aimed to "keep money out of politics," an idea that has been a rallying call of the Bernie Sanders campaign. (AP Photo)

DNC rolls back donation restrictions

Ariel Cohen · February 12, 2016 7:11 pm

The "temporary cessation of hostilities" won't take effect for a week. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Kerry says Syria cease-fire opens floodgates of international aid

Nicole Duran · February 12, 2016 5:58 pm

President Obama talks with Ellen DeGeneres during a taping of her show. The president was clearly in a reflective mood at the twilight of his tenure. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama on ‘Ellen’: ‘I’ll miss Air Force One the most’

Susan Crabtree · February 12, 2016 12:40 pm

Small businesses have a new potential tax hike to worry about, thanks to President Obama's budget. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama budget sets worrying tax precedent for small businesses

Joseph Lawler · February 12, 2016 5:01 am