Tag: Barack Obama

Obama urges companies to ‘hire a vet’

Nicole Duran · November 11, 2015 7:02 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is hoping to bring the legislationÂ repealing big parts of Obamacare and defunding Planned ParenthoodÂ to the floor during the first week of December.Â (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate eyes Obamacare vote first week of December

Paige Winfield Cunningham · November 11, 2015 3:53 pm

White House cites progress in VA improvements

Nicole Duran · November 11, 2015 6:44 am

"In my initial meetings with Beth Cobert, she has impressed me as a talented, qualified, and competent choice for OPM director," saidÂ House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz.Â (AP File Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama set to appoint permanent OPM director

Rudy Takala · November 11, 2015 2:01 am

How Politico handles awkward Democratic and Republican moments, in one picture

Becket Adams · November 10, 2015 11:38 pm

$Members of Congress, experts and the Obama administration itself agree that President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repaired their fractured relationship during Netanyahu's visit to Washington last week. (AP Photo)$ National Security

Netanyahu: Bipartisan support for Israel ‘critical’

Nicole Duran · November 10, 2015 10:02 pm

Speaking on the Senate floor Wednesday, Reid criticized the interview as too soft and followed up with an email blast to reporters.Â (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Reid to Obama: Congress has ‘spoken’ on Gitmo closure

Susan Ferrechio · November 10, 2015 9:50 pm

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left, andÂ Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, of Ky.,Â remain unwilling to tackle a legislative rewrite of a measure authorizing President Obama's use of military force in the Middle East.Â (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Senate has no appetite for Syrian war authorization

Susan Ferrechio · November 10, 2015 9:32 pm

Sen. John McCain said Wednesday that the worst part of President Obamas final State of the Union Address was his "almost pathological denial" that there are real terror threats worldwide. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

McCain threatens to sue Obama over Gitmo

Charles Hoskinson · November 10, 2015 9:11 pm

Josh Earnest discused the Equality ActÂ on the same day that OUT magazine said it has chosenÂ President Obama as its "ally of the year." (AP Photo)

Obama supports bill to boost LGBT rights

Nicole Duran · November 10, 2015 8:50 pm

White House spokesman accused lawmakers who oppose efforts to close down the terrorist detainee center in Guantanamo Bay of pursing narrow and "trivial" political interests.Â (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley,File)

WH: Lawmakers opposed to closing Gitmo for ‘trivial’ reasons

Nicole Duran · November 10, 2015 8:17 pm

"The president would happily rescind his executive orders so that the congressionally passed legislation would be the law of the land," Josh Earnest said. (AP Photo)

White House offers to trade immigration action for legislation

Nicole Duran · November 10, 2015 7:25 pm