Tag: Barack Obama

The House on Tuesday voted 242-180 to block the Clean Power Plan, a mostly symbolic measure by Congress to stop President Obama's signature environmental regulation. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama trusts ‘wisdom of the American people’ to elect a Dem

Pete Kasperowicz · December 1, 2015 1:46 pm

Tuesday's announcement by the White House nearly doubles the number of businesses to sign the climate pledge since July, making News Corp. and Fox, of which Rupert Murdoch is the co-chairman, the latest to do so. (Photo by Omar Vega/Invision/AP)

Fox and News Corp. join Obama climate pledge

John Siciliano · December 1, 2015 5:01 am

Energy and Environment

Islamic State diverting Obama from climate agenda

Nicole Duran · December 1, 2015 5:01 am

The GOP has also been critical of the Energy Department for rushing out costly efficiency standards to meet President Obama's climate change agenda. (Eric Feferberg/Pool Photo via AP)

Energy and Environment

White House threatens to veto House energy bill

John Siciliano · December 1, 2015 12:50 am

Aides say Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (center) will present a revised version of a bill repealing some parts of President Obama's healthcare law to Republicans in hopes of winning over Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, Marco Rubio of Florida and Mike Lee of Utah. (Washington Examiner / Graeme Jennings)

Republicans considering Medicaid repeal

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 1, 2015 12:35 am

"We're well aware that there is an abiding hostility in the Republican conference to facts and science and evidence" that support global warming said White House spokesman Josh Earnest. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

White House downplays GOP saber rattling over climate deal

John Siciliano · November 30, 2015 10:41 pm

Twenty-seven states, led by West Virginia and Texas, renewed their push to halt the Clean Power Plan, the climate rules at the center of President Obama's climate change agenda. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

It’s time to stop EPA’s clean power grab

Rep Ed Whitfield · November 30, 2015 9:45 pm

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio criticized President Obama Monday over his push to combat climate change amid heightened threats of terrorism from ISIS throughout Europe and the United States. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)

Rubio: No ‘reasonable person’ would prioritize climate over terror

Al Weaver · November 30, 2015 9:43 pm

President Obama said "under certain circumstances" the Guantanamo ban "would violate constitutional separation of powers principles." (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: The coming battle over Guantanamo and the imperial presidency

Byron York · November 30, 2015 9:34 pm

US President Obama argues that a legally binding deal would prevent China and India from making steeper emissions cuts. (Ian Langsdon, Pool photo via AP)

Energy and Environment

Obama: Climate deal wouldn’t be legally binding

John Siciliano · November 30, 2015 9:07 pm

National Security

Obama names fired campaign official as top adviser on Islamic State

Nicole Duran · November 30, 2015 8:16 pm

President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)

Ryan sets date for Obama’s last State of the Union speech

Pete Kasperowicz · November 30, 2015 8:08 pm