Tag: Barack Obama

President Barack Obama (L) walks with Jennifer Palmieri, assistant to the president and communications director, on his way to a motorcade to visit volunteers at a Martha's Table kitchen Oct. 14, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick-Pool/Getty images)

White House: Our staffers aren’t running for the exits

Brian Hughes · February 5, 2015 6:59 pm

A Ukrainian man walks through the debris produced after the Ukrainian Army hit a building in Voroshilovsky area, center of Donetsk, Ukraine. (AP/Manu Brabo)

National Security

White House still weighing lethal aid to Ukraine

Susan Crabtree · February 5, 2015 6:50 pm

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced Thursday that Pope Francis has accepted an invitation to address a joint session of Congress this fall. (AP/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis to address joint session of Congress in September

David M. Drucker · February 5, 2015 5:08 pm

‘Muslim Leader’ at White House Meeting: ‘Bigotry from Certain Republicans Is Nothing New’

Jeryl Bier · February 5, 2015 4:46 pm

President Barack Obama bows his head towards the Dalai Lama as he was recognized during the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. The annual event brings together U.S. and international leaders from different parties and religions for an hour devoted to faith. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

At National Prayer Breakfast, Obama condemns those who ‘twist’ faith to justify violence

Susan Crabtree · February 5, 2015 3:46 pm

Honey bees are being endangered by a new type of pesticides. AP Photo.

Energy and Environment

Obama pressed to ban bee-killing pesticide before it’s too late

Paul Bedard · February 5, 2015 2:55 pm

A pro-Russian rebel holds a Ukrainian flag found in a check-point captured by pro-Russian rebels, at the town of Krasniy Partizan, eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

Why we shouldn’t arm Ukraine

Steve Chapman · February 5, 2015 2:50 pm

National Security

McCain targets Obama’s Gitmo transfers

Charles Hoskinson · February 5, 2015 10:00 am

In this Jan. 3, 2015 file photo, Safi Yousef al-Kaseasbeh, the father of the Jordanian pilot 1st Lt. Mu'ath al-Kaseasbeh, speaks on his mobile phone, while standing by a poster of his son at a gathering of his family in Karak, south of Amman, Jordan. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, File)

National Security

Media struggling with images of Islamic State murder

Becket Adams · February 5, 2015 1:28 am

Nearly 10 million enroll in Obamacare as deadline nears

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 4, 2015 8:04 pm

Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Western Hemisphere Subcommittee hearing on Cuba on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015.

Top U.S. diplomat comes up short on conditions for lifting Cuba embargo

Susan Crabtree · February 4, 2015 8:02 pm

WH won’t commit to sending Biden to Netanyahu speech

Brian Hughes · February 4, 2015 7:34 pm