Tag: Barack Obama

Arkansas Republican says he will use the Congressional Review Act to try to undo the rule banning arbitration in contracts for bank accounts and credit cards. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Cotton moves to undo CFPB’s class-action rule for financial firms

Joseph Lawler · July 11, 2017 3:54 pm

The Left may be dumbing down the meaning of alt-right, making it seem more innocuous. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Liberal lumpers try to make the alt-right’s tent bigger

Timothy P. Carney · July 11, 2017 4:01 am

During the Obama administration, the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights transformed into a base for aggressive, extralegal policymaking. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Beltway Confidential

Media are overreacting to Trump administration changes in the Office for Civil Rights

Max Eden · July 10, 2017 6:11 pm

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., likened a potential partnership with Russia to cooperating with Syrian President Bashar Assad to reduce chemical weapons. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

False prophets and fake news: Yale Divinity professor attacks Marco Rubio for tweeting Bible verses from Proverbs

Philip Wegmann · July 10, 2017 5:08 pm

A former national security adviser also said there should've been "more aggressive public attribution" that Russia was behind the hacks of the Democratic National Committee's computer systems, as well as other entities. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

National Security

Obama’s ex-national security adviser: Obama should’ve pushed back ‘harder and publicly’ on Russian meddling

Melissa Quinn · July 10, 2017 3:57 pm

In this July 3, 2017 photo provided by Jolene Jackinsky, former U.S. President Barack Obama holds Jackinsky's 6-month-old baby girl while posing for a selfie with the pair at a waiting area at Anchorage International Airport, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Jolene Jackinsky via AP)

Obama poses with Alaskan baby wearing a floppy hat

Daniel Chaitin · July 9, 2017 2:41 am

The rule would limit businesses' ability to shift taxable income out of the U.S. through the strategic issuance of debt. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Trump Treasury to review Obama tax rule meant to stop corporate inversions

Joseph Lawler · July 7, 2017 10:17 pm

Author and radio talk show host Mark Levin is battling CNN. AP Photo

Washington Secrets

Mark Levin: CNN a ‘joke,’ media writer ‘a propagandist, little fish’

Paul Bedard · July 7, 2017 7:31 pm

Department of Justice spokesman said Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will tour Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to get an "up-to-date understanding of current operations." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Attorney General Jeff Sessions visits Guantanamo Bay with deputy Rod Rosenstein

Kelly Cohen · July 7, 2017 1:35 pm

Walter M. Shaub Jr., director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, announced his resignation on Thursday after months of clashing with the Trump administration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama-era Office of Government Ethics chief Walter Shaub resigns after clashes with Trump administration

Sarah Bedford · July 6, 2017 5:20 pm

A former score projected that 32 million more people would be uninsured in a decade. (iStock by Getty Images)

House GOP to push case against ‘joint employer’ policy

Sean Higgins · July 6, 2017 5:01 pm

President Trump will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time on Friday, according to reports. (AP Photos)

National Security

Trump and Putin to meet for first time Friday

Travis J. Tritten · July 4, 2017 1:26 pm