Tag: Barack Obama

Before joining the five-member board of the FDIC in 2012, Jeremiah Norton was an executive director at J.P. Morgan Securities. (AP Photo)Â

Top FDIC regulator steps down

Joseph Lawler · May 8, 2015 10:24 pm

President Obama speaks at Nike headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., Friday, May 8, 2015. The president is in Beaverton to make his trade policy pitch as he struggles to win over Democrats for what could be the last major legislative push of his presidency. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Obama at Nike: ‘My dearest friends are wrong’ on trade

Susan Crabtree · May 8, 2015 6:13 pm

The special and essential relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom is rooted in deep and abiding shared interests and values,Ã¢â¬ï¿½ President Obama said. (AP Photo)Â

Obama congratulates Cameron on ‘impressive’ re-election win

Brian Hughes · May 8, 2015 3:42 pm

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals' Thursday decision that the phone data collection program extends beyond what Congress passed into law handed new ammunition to critics who want to end the program completely. (AP Photo)Â

Court ruling pressures Obama on government spying

Susan Crabtree · May 8, 2015 9:00 am

President Obama boards Air Force One. He's traveling to Portland for a fundraiser, followed by a visit to the Nike headquarters in Beaverton, Ore. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama back in fundraising mode — Dems expect him to stay there

Brian Hughes · May 8, 2015 9:00 am

National Security

Senate passes bill giving Congress say in Iran deal

Charles Hoskinson · May 7, 2015 7:59 pm

White House rips Warren, calls trade opposition a bid to feed ‘draft’ effort

Paul Bedard · May 7, 2015 4:54 pm

Fort Meade in Maryland is operating at a reduced status Thursday morning while local police search for a carjacking suspect believed to be on the base.Â (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Appeals court says NSA spying program is unlawful

Susan Crabtree · May 7, 2015 2:03 pm

Skeptics say President Obama is kicking himself in the foot with a trip to Nike's Beaverton, Ore., campus Friday to extol the virtues of free trade. (AP Photo)Â

Activists on Obama’s Nike trade trip: Just don’t do it

Susan Crabtree · May 7, 2015 9:00 am

The legislation will include a lure for Democrats, John Cornyn said: Trade Adjustment Assistance, a measure meant to help businesses and workers negatively impacted by trade deals. (Washington Examiner File Photo)

Trade fight brews in Senate

Susan Ferrechio · May 7, 2015 9:00 am

President Barack Obama,Â walks from Marine One, Sunday, May 3, 2015, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., as he returns from presidential retreat at Camp David, Md. (AP Photo)

WH dodges human rights questions about Nike visit

Susan Crabtree · May 6, 2015 6:41 pm

Thomas Drake, a former National Security Agency employee who became an early whistleblower about government spying programs, also signed the letter to oppose the USA Freedom Act.

Left, Right unite to fight Patriot Act extension

Susan Crabtree · May 6, 2015 5:03 pm