Tag: Barack Obama

Trump wanted out of Afghanistan. Now, Biden says he’ll withdraw

W. James Antle III · April 15, 2021 10:00 am

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Energy and Environment

Obama veteran confirmed to lead Biden effort to cut emissions in infrastructure development

Abby Smith · April 14, 2021 8:28 pm

President Barack Obama walks on the South Lawn after returning to the White House in Washington, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Obama delivered the commencement address at Morehouse College earlier in the day in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Obama pours gasoline on another race fire by calling officer Derek Chauvin a murderer

Eddie Scarry · April 13, 2021 6:59 pm

Obama says Daunte Wright shooting shows ‘how badly we need to reimagine policing’

Jake Dima · April 13, 2021 5:34 pm

President Barack Obama, right, honors Vice President Joe Biden, left, during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017.

Bromance: Obama is the former president to whom Biden speaks most

John T. Bennett · April 8, 2021 6:54 pm

In November, Chappelle shocked the "SNL" audience by wishing Trump good luck after he won the 2016 presidential election. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision for Geffen Playhouse/AP Images)

Dave Chappelle says celebrities left ‘dirty notes’ for Trump staff in White House

Haley Victory Smith · April 7, 2021 11:25 pm

Biden fancies himself a more impactful president than Obama

W. James Antle III · April 5, 2021 10:30 am

Obama praises MLB for ‘taking a stand’ and moving All-Star Game from Atlanta

Mike Brest · April 3, 2021 3:08 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2015 file photo, then-House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner has a new job, joining a prominent law and lobbying firm. Washington-based Squire Patton Boggs said Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, the former Republican congressman will be a strategic adviser for clients and focus on global business development for the international law firm. It said Boehner won't be a lobbyist.

Former House Speaker John Boehner dishes on Ted Cruz and Michele Bachmann in memoir

Nicholas Rowan · April 2, 2021 3:25 pm

House Republicans criticized the Justice Department said it wouldn't reconsider the question of whether to prosecute former IRS official Lois Lerner for her role in the tax agency's targeting of conservative groups. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Beltway Confidential

HR 1 would enable more scandals like the Obama IRS targeting of conservatives

Alex Hendrie · April 2, 2021 10:00 am

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney talks to President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 12, 2014, during a meeting with Australian Prime MinisterTony Abbott.

Obama’s former press secretary under fire from Left for defending Amazon in Alabama

Zach Halaschak · April 1, 2021 7:19 pm

Former Obama administration official took $50,000 in undisclosed foreign money: DOJ

Jake Dima · April 1, 2021 1:37 am