Tag: Barack Obama

A CNN spokeswoman told the Washington Examiner media desk that the intent is to have an audience with "a mix of guests with pro- and anti-gun views, as well as people whose lives have been changed by guns." (AP file photo/Chuck Burton)

CNN ‘working to ensure’ anti-gun regulation voices heard at Obama town hall

Eddie Scarry · January 7, 2016 3:01 pm

In this June 3, 2015, image taken from video, a hallway is shown in the old Meriwether County jail in Greenville, Ga. The jail, southwest of Atlanta, fell into disrepair after it closed in the mid-1980s. The 119-year-old relic of narrow, aged hallways and small, worn prison cells is being renovated into a home and museum. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz)

Washington Secrets

Obama readies $2M army of pardon lawyers for last minute jail break

Paul Bedard · January 7, 2016 2:53 pm

President Barack Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye pledged to impose the "most powerful and comprehensive sanctions" on North Korea after its nuclear test earlier this week. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama, Park pledge ‘powerful sanctions’ on North Korea

Susan Crabtree · January 7, 2016 2:16 pm

Paul said it would be ironic if Cruz came under no scrutiny after President Obama faced similar questions. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Paul: Cruz qualified to lead Canada

Curt Mills · January 7, 2016 5:16 am

Rep. Lamar Smith says that climate change is not the threat the Obama administration makes it out to be. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Energy and Environment

Climate exaggeration

Rep Lamar Smith · January 7, 2016 5:02 am

George Zimmerman: Obama a ‘piece of garbage’ for his gun control moves

Anna Giaritelli · January 7, 2016 3:17 am

"I hope you all tune in next Tuesday night because this address will be for you," President Obama says in the video. (Photo courtesy of screen shot)

Obama cuts an ad for his last State of the Union

Nicole Duran · January 7, 2016 1:13 am

Obama recently unveiled a series of limited steps aimed at expanding background checks for gun buyers. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

NRA declines CNN invite to Obama gun townhall

Susan Crabtree · January 6, 2016 10:55 pm

Republicans have finally managed to send a major Obamacare repeal bill to President Obama's desk. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Republicans send Obamacare repeal to Obama

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 6, 2016 10:50 pm

The builder of the Keystone XL oil pipeline company is suing the Obama administration in federal court over its refusal to approve the project. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Energy and Environment

TransCanada sues Obama over Keystone XL

John Siciliano · January 6, 2016 10:16 pm

State Department spokesman John Kirby had told reporters Thursday afternoon to expect 45 classified emails in a document dump of 2,900 pages planned for later that same evening. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

National Security

Kerry in ‘constant contact’ with allies after NK nuke test

Nicole Duran · January 6, 2016 8:31 pm

$New Environmental Protection Agency rules for the power grid could offset some of the gains from fracking. (AP Photo)$ Energy and Environment

Obama climate rules raise security risks, Chamber says

John Siciliano · January 6, 2016 7:25 pm