Tag: Barack Obama

From Commander in Chief to Journalist for Hire

Philip Terzian · March 21, 2017 7:21 pm

Justices rule 6-2 that Obama improperly named a general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Supreme Court limits presidential appointment power

Sean Higgins · March 21, 2017 6:18 pm

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi joked to President Trump during an Oval Office meeting on Monday afternoon that his country was not involved in the alleged wiretapping of the GOP candidate's campaign last fall. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Iraqi leader jokes to Trump: ‘We had nothing to do with the wiretap’

Anna Giaritelli · March 20, 2017 8:14 pm

Thankfully, the Trump administration has the opportunity to change course. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Beltway Confidential

Trump must delay, alter or withdraw Obama’s fiduciary rule

Clark Packard · March 20, 2017 6:13 pm

"Before President Obama left office, Michael Flynn was unmasked and then his identity was illegally leaked" to the media, Spicer said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Spicer blasts ‘unmasking’ of Flynn

Sarah Bedford · March 20, 2017 6:11 pm

The Trump administration is giving Energy Secretary Rick Perry nearly triple the amount of time to review the regulations and decide whether or not to move ahead with them. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

Perry extends freeze on energy efficiency rules into fall

John Siciliano · March 20, 2017 5:32 pm

National Security

Comey won’t commit to investigating Obama officials over Flynn leaks

Joel Gehrke · March 20, 2017 4:47 pm

As recently as Friday, Trump stuck to his claim that Trump Tower had been wiretapped. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

National Security

Top NSA official: Claim that the British wiretapped Trump is ‘arrant nonsense’

Eddie Scarry · March 18, 2017 6:46 pm

Anti-abortion groups around the country are demanding Congress keep Planned Parenthood funding from finding its way into Obamacare's replacement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Planned Parenthood opponents sock it to Congress over funding

Mairead McArdle · March 18, 2017 3:13 pm

The House and Senate intelligence committees both announced earlier this week that they have not seen substantial evidence to confirm Trump's Twitter claim that his Manhattan campaign base was spied on. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

House Intel committee: Still waiting on CIA, FBI on Trump wiretap charges

Anna Giaritelli · March 17, 2017 11:29 pm

President Trump is "very disappointed" with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for not being "a deal maker" with the White House and GOP majorities in Congress, he says in a Fox News interview set to air Saturday evening. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump on Schumer: ‘I thought he’d be a deal maker not an obstructionist’

Anna Giaritelli · March 17, 2017 10:45 pm

Justice Department officials delivered materials to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees on Friday in connection to President Trump's claim that the Obama administration had his campaign headquarters wiretapped. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

DOJ sends wiretap materials to congressional investigators

Alex Pappas · March 17, 2017 8:33 pm