Tag: Barack Obama

GOP Senator: Obama should delay SOTU ‘until we have answers’ on Iran

Philip Klein · January 12, 2016 10:44 pm

"The White House tonight is a hotbed of cold feet," said Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Sen. Cotton: Iran ‘humiliating’ Obama with Navy seizure

Pete Kasperowicz · January 12, 2016 10:41 pm

SOTU poll: ISIS top issue

Kelly Cohen · January 12, 2016 9:55 pm

If President Obama were interested in honest self-criticism in his final State of the Union address, he would admit that he failed on this central promise. In fact, Obama totally abandoned the idea, if he ever believed in it at all. (AP Photo)

Eight years later: Obama’s broken promise on the revolving door

Timothy P. Carney · January 12, 2016 9:45 pm

Take a sip every time President Obama mentions the middle class! (AP file photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Here’s your State of the Union drinking game

Joshua Axelrod, Daniel Chaitin · January 12, 2016 9:11 pm

The number of immigrant children apprehended at the southwest U.S. border is up 117 percent. (AP Photo/Seth Robbins, File)

Immigration crisis spiking again at southwest U.S. border

Pete Kasperowicz · January 12, 2016 8:37 pm

Watch: Obama offered to support Biden’s cancer-stricken son

Pete Kasperowicz · January 12, 2016 6:15 pm

Pelosi identified herself as supporter of Dole's foundation, which will launch the "Hidden Heroes Campaign." (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Pelosi invites Liddy Dole to see Obama speech

Susan Ferrechio · January 12, 2016 5:37 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said "It's now many years later, and the Obama ... campaign never really ended." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell: The Obama campaign ‘never really ended’

Pete Kasperowicz · January 12, 2016 4:00 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan said, "If there is one thing we want to hear fro the president, it's a comprehensive plan to defeat ISIS." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP calls for real Islamic State plan in Obama’s final SOTU

Susan Ferrechio · January 12, 2016 3:44 pm

Sen. John McCain suggested Tuesday that the Obama administration should leave another empty chair at tonight's State of the Union address to honor the thousands of Syrians who have died fleeing Syria. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

McCain: How about an empty SOTU chair for slain Syrians?

Pete Kasperowicz · January 12, 2016 3:14 pm

The Obama administration late Monday said the House Republican bill links the Iran nuclear deal's commitment to provide sanctions relief to non-nuclear issues outside the scope of the agreement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

White House threatens veto over GOP Iran bill

Susan Crabtree · January 12, 2016 2:37 pm