Tag: Barack Obama

Obama is surrounded by a bunch of yes-men who don't push back on him enough, Defense Secretary Gates said. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

Former official: ‘Strong people’ lacking in Obama’s White House

Joel Gehrke · January 19, 2016 8:13 pm

White House Press secretary Josh Earnest said a "deeper diplomatic engagement" to thank for the release of five American citizens being held in Iran. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House says $1.7 billion to Iran not a ransom payment

Nicole Duran · January 19, 2016 7:53 pm

Gates: Obama Has ‘Centralized Power’ More than Any Other President

Jim Swift · January 19, 2016 2:29 pm

Sen. John Cornyn: "The Mental Health and Safe Communities Act increases the availability of a better option by encouraging state and local governments to empower the families of the mentally ill." (AP Photo)

John Cornyn: It’s time to reform our mental health system

John Cornyn · January 19, 2016 5:03 am

Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders would ask Congress for the tax increases that President Obama sought, plus 10 times more. (AP Photos)

Tax hikes: Sanders vs. Obama

Joseph Lawler · January 19, 2016 5:01 am

"We had to work it through, and then it simply dovetailed in [with implementation day] and dovetailed fairly easily but it was not linked." (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)

Kerry: With Iran prisoners returned, Obama will impose new sanctions

Susan Crabtree · January 18, 2016 11:32 pm

Hillary Clinton eyes the black voters that overwhelmingly picked Barack Obama over her in 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Why Hillary Clinton is embracing Barack Obama

Michael Barone · January 18, 2016 8:28 pm

The Problem of Running for Obama’s Third Term

William Kristol · January 18, 2016 1:18 pm

Hillary Clinton recognizes that the number of progressives who have complaints about President Obama is a small segment of a Democratic electorate in which Obama remains broadly popular. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Clinton’s embrace of Obama could come back to haunt her

Philip Klein · January 18, 2016 5:11 am

Obama’s big bank ‘slush fund’

Sean Higgins · January 18, 2016 5:01 am

From left, Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin, D-Ill., Secretary of State John Kerry and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, conduct a news conference in the Capitol after a briefing with senators on the Iran nuclear deal on Sept. 9. (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Dem senator: We could ‘wake up’ and regret Iran deal

Susan Crabtree · January 18, 2016 5:01 am

Sanders: ‘Obama was right,’ Clinton wrong on Iran

Anna Giaritelli · January 17, 2016 10:46 pm