Tag: Barack Obama

Rep. John L. Mica, R-Fla., noted that the drug slogan from the late Nancy Reagan of "just say no" has turned into "just say OK." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmaker: Obama’s position on pot partly to blame for heroin overdoses

Robert King · March 22, 2016 3:12 pm

"I have come here to bury the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas," Obama said during an address at the Gran Teatro in Havana. (AP Photo/Desmond Boyland)

Obama in Cuba: I’m here to turn the page on the Cold War

Susan Crabtree · March 22, 2016 3:09 pm

National Security

White House: ‘We are in contact’ with Belgian authorities

Susan Crabtree · March 22, 2016 2:56 pm

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz said, Americans "deserve a president who doesn't grovel before a communist dictator who hates America." (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Cruz tells Obama: Leave Cuba, come home or go to Brussels

Ryan Lovelace · March 22, 2016 2:50 pm

National Security

Obama pledges to ‘stand in solidarity’ with Belgians

Susan Crabtree · March 22, 2016 2:30 pm

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry pressed top military leaders on the administration's strategy to defeat the Islamic State on Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

After Brussels, Thornberry wants Obama’s Islamic State strategy

David Brown · March 22, 2016 2:16 pm

National Security

Former Obama CIA deputy director says Islamic State is ‘winning’

Kelly Cohen · March 22, 2016 12:41 pm

At the end of their event, Castro tried to raise Obama's arm in a sign of mutual triumph. Obama awkwardly let his wrist go limp, apparently embarrassed at the gesture. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Castro flaps Obama’s limp wrist

Washington Examiner · March 22, 2016 4:01 am

Though many have hailed the upcoming ballgame between the Tampa Bay Rays are also scheduled to play the Cuban national baseball team as "historic," a few, including Miami Herald columnist Dan Le Batard, are reminded of the oppression that Cubans have suffered at the hands of the Castro regime. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

ESPN sports anti-Castro op-ed after Cuba tweet tanks

Becket Adams · March 22, 2016 2:10 am

President Obama's policy pronouncements went smoother than his public appearance did with Cuban President Raul Castro, who castigated the United States on human rights as he stood next to the president, after which the two men engaged in an awkward handshake. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

Cha-ching: U.S., Cuba ease rules on sending cash

Nicole Duran · March 22, 2016 1:06 am

President Obama cited the Castro regime's inconsistent response to U.S. demands on human rights and the release of political prisoners as a reason for his new rapprochement with the Cuban government. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama: We don’t have a list of prisoners for Cuba

Susan Crabtree · March 22, 2016 12:53 am

FILE - In this March 19, 2013 file photo, Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House Ethics Committee says it is continuing an investigation of Farenthold, despite a recommendation by an investigative panel that the complaint be dismissed. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

White House stops short of veto threat against FTC bill

Nicole Duran · March 21, 2016 10:59 pm