Tag: Barack Obama

Apparently Favreau never listened when Obama read the words he wrote about hope and change and transcending the normal partisan political order.

Beltway Confidential

Obama speechwriter only wants liberal White House staffers to have nice things

Philip Wegmann · September 18, 2017 3:52 pm

Former President Barack Obama made $400,000 for a speech he gave to clients of Northern Trust Corp. last month, according to a report. He is scheduled to headline Cantor Fitzgerald LP's healthcare conference next week. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, FILE)

Obama making $400,000 speeches to Wall Street firms: Report

Caitlin Yilek · September 18, 2017 2:05 pm

Obama was paid approximately $400,000 last month for a speech in New York to clients of Northern Trust Corp. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)

Beltway Confidential

Obama hits pay dirt with paid speeches to Wall Street

Becket Adams · September 18, 2017 2:04 pm

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt promises to return it to its proper mission, and to limit its activities to those actually prescribed by Congress. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Energy and Environment

EPA needs to stick to its knitting

Washington Examiner · September 18, 2017 4:01 am

A Lack of Ideas Has Consequences

James Ceaser · September 16, 2017 11:35 am

Former CIA Director James Woolsey praised Harvard University for rescinding it's controversial invite to Chelsea Manning to be a visiting fellow. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

National Security

Ex-CIA Director James Woolsey praises Harvard: Chelsea Manning shouldn’t be ‘rewarded for betraying’ US

Caitlin Yilek · September 16, 2017 1:28 am

Philip Miscimarra, chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, said he wants to clear as many cases as possible before his term expires in mid-December. (@Union_Proof /Twitter)

NLRB chief says agency to increase work

Sean Higgins · September 15, 2017 4:38 pm

Hillary Clinton embodied many of the negative stereotypes of liberal feminist women. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

Michael Barone: Hillary Clinton and what could have happened

Michael Barone · September 15, 2017 3:19 pm

Trump sent several tweets after the terrorist attack. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)

Madeleine Albright: Trump should spend more time focusing on his actions instead of blaming Obama

Melissa Quinn · September 15, 2017 2:36 pm

Same Old, Same Old

The Editors · September 15, 2017 8:00 am

A Lack of Ideas Has Consequences

James Ceaser · September 15, 2017 8:00 am

The Unaccountable IRS

The Editors · September 15, 2017 8:00 am