Tag: Barack Obama

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week in Moscow. (Joshua Roberts/Pool Photo via AP)

Kerry to talk Ukraine, Syria with Putin next week

Nicole Duran · December 11, 2015 8:32 pm

The American Petroleum Institute, representing the oil and gas industry, raised concerns about the SEC's decision to move ahead with the proposed regulations. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Obama’s new finance rules for oil firms could threaten energy security

John Siciliano · December 11, 2015 8:17 pm

"It surely was a bipartisan choir today. They all believe the president is misguided," Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., told the Washington Examiner. "What we want to prevent is waking up one morning and having the detainees on American soil." (AP Photo)

National Security

Lawmakers get an earful from would-be neighbors of Gitmo prisoners

Charles Hoskinson · December 11, 2015 7:31 pm

"Under President Obama, there has been a historic commitment in tightening our border security, both in terms of personnel and technology that has been deployed to secure our borders," said White House press secretary Josh Earnest. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

White House insists Americans safer under Obama

Nicole Duran · December 11, 2015 7:20 pm

"I do think that the dustbin of history-like quality of Mr. Trump's campaign persists, and the risk [to] the rest of the modern Republican Party being dragged into that same dustbin of history along with him also persists," Josh Earnest said. (AP Photo)

White House: Trump dragging GOP into the ‘dustbin of history’

Nicole Duran · December 11, 2015 6:47 pm

Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, signed by President Obama on Thursday, the Secretary of Education cannot incentivize or punish states for adopting specific academic standards. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

For once, Obama actually reduced executive power

Jason Russell · December 11, 2015 6:16 pm

Congress sends five-day funding extension to Obama

Susan Ferrechio · December 11, 2015 5:38 pm

President Obama vs. Donald Trump: Two diverging extremes

Lisa Ruhl · December 11, 2015 3:35 pm

"That our leaders are in Paris talking about climate change two days after a major attack makes people even more afraid and frustrated," Fiorina said of Obama's rip to the Climate summit in Paris on CNN's New Day on Friday. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Fiorina: Obama’s climate focus makes people ‘afraid and frustrated’

Ariel Cohen · December 11, 2015 1:34 pm

No-Fly No-Gun Nonsense

The Scrapbook · December 11, 2015 5:23 am

The president wants to close the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the Pentagon is considering Fort Leavenworth as a place for some or all of the 107 remaining detainees. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)

National Security

GOP lawmakers say closing Gitmo threatens national security

Charles Hoskinson · December 11, 2015 5:01 am

"I don't know," said Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairwoman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, in response to a question on how negotiations were going. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Obama spends billions abroad on climate change, little at home, Alaska aide says

Kyle Feldscher · December 11, 2015 12:44 am