Tag: Barack Obama

Congressional Republicans urged Trump this week to preserve the program, which shields roughly 800,000 people from deportation and provides them with two-year work permits. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House: Trump decision on DACA to come Tuesday

Sarah Bedford · September 1, 2017 7:39 pm

President Trump said that he would announce his decision on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program later Friday or "over the weekend." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump hints DACA decision could come today

Sarah Bedford · September 1, 2017 5:23 pm

House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer separately framed the August jobs report released Friday as a disappointment produced by GOP policies. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Democrats can’t get their message straight on the new jobs report

Emily Jashinsky · September 1, 2017 5:16 pm

The former state Supreme Court justice and current frontrunner in the special Alabama Senate primary appeared completely unclear on the concept. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Beltway Confidential

Roy Moore, leading candidate in Alabama Senate race, doesn’t know what DACA is

Philip Wegmann · September 1, 2017 4:57 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov blamed former President Barack Obama and the Congress for the downward spiral in U.S.-Russia relations. (Noel Celis/Pool Photo via AP)

Russia blames Obama, Congress for souring relations, not Trump

Pete Kasperowicz · September 1, 2017 11:46 am

Following President Trump's Twitter announcement that transgender people will be barred from the military, the personnel, health care and fairness issues sure to ensue may compel some soldiers, sailors and others to hide their identities and live a lie to remain in the military.

Workers union decries Trump’s 1.9 percent pay raise for federal employees

Anna Giaritelli · September 1, 2017 12:47 am

William Bradford, the director of the Energy Department's Office of Indian Energy, has resigned from his post in the Trump administration following a senator's request for more information about comments he appeared to have made online. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Energy and Environment

Trump energy appointee William Bradford resigns amid controversial online comments controversy

Anna Giaritelli · August 31, 2017 11:09 pm

President Donald Trump speaks about tax reform, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, at the Loren Cook Company in Springfield, Mo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Washington Secrets

Gallup: Trump’s in trouble, and Democrats are to blame

Paul Bedard · August 31, 2017 5:07 pm

The outrage comes after Trump allowed the 85-year old Korean War veteran and long-time sheriff to avoid potential prison time due to a case that began with a simple traffic stop of a Mexican citizen in Arizona. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)

Beltway Confidential

Pardon me? Democrats attack Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio but forget their pardons of terrorists and traitors

Jennifer Kerns · August 31, 2017 4:29 pm

"Anyone can run the U.S. better. My daughter would be better." (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Kim Kardashian: ‘My daughter would be better’ as president than Trump

Meghana Kurup · August 31, 2017 3:25 pm

Although literally no one will notice a difference in how any state's welfare system is run, this change is in keeping with President Trump's promises to ensure that work is linked to welfare. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Trump reverses Obama, closes potential loopholes in work requirements for welfare

David Freddoso · August 30, 2017 7:31 pm

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Wednesday that he was given a direct line to former President Barack Obama in 2012 after Superstorm Sandy hit his state. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Chris Christie explains how he got Obama’s direct phone number

Pete Kasperowicz · August 30, 2017 12:13 pm