Tag: Barack Obama

Beltway Confidential

Sanders and Warren ‘nonaggression pact’ was a bad idea from the start

Tiana Lowe Doescher · January 14, 2020 9:43 pm

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013, as they travel to Orlando, Fla. before heading to their vacation in Martha's Vineyard. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama Netflix film nominated for best documentary at Oscars

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 14, 2020 4:19 pm

Obama national security adviser says Trump ‘absolutely correct’ to kill Soleimani

Caitlin Yilek · January 14, 2020 2:10 pm

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 25, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Don’t bring back the White House press briefings. They were useless

Eddie Scarry · January 13, 2020 5:52 pm

Trump administration rolls back Obama-era ‘joint employer’ rule

Sean Higgins · January 12, 2020 10:48 pm

Nunes rips selection of former Obama administration lawyer to oversee FISA reforms

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 12, 2020 9:05 pm

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, testifies during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the nomination of former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to become the US ambassador to Russia, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 in Washington.

‘Great respect’: Mike Lee praises Trump’s restraint following Iran missile attacks after slamming briefing

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 12, 2020 8:14 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the media during a press conference in London after his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Friday, March 14, 2014. Kerry arrived in London Friday, for his last meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before the Crimea vote.

‘He knew you would ask the question’: Kerry faults media for playing into Trump’s Iran deal narrative

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 12, 2020 7:59 pm

Sen. Rand Paul accused Peter Strzok and Lisa Page of having a "political vendetta" against President Trump and said he is worried about their access to sensitive information. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)

Rand Paul: Obama did ‘hundreds and hundreds of targeted killings’ without asking Congress

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 12, 2020 6:02 pm

A Hezbollah supporter uses her mobile phone to takes a picture of slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah leaders, Abbas al-Moussawi, Ragheb Harb and Imad Mughniyeh and the end of a 40-day Muslim mourning period for slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. Nasrallah said U.S. President Donald Trump declared war on the Middle East when the U.S. assassinated Soleimani and when the White House announced its plan to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. He called on all to resist U.S. influence and its troops presence.

Trump prioritizes fight against Iran-backed narcoterrorist network Obama neglected: DEA official

Jerry Dunleavy · January 12, 2020 5:01 am

Vice President Joe Biden laughs as President Barack Obama talks about him during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. Obama surprised Biden an presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

‘Make money and keep it classy’: Harry and Meghan seeking advice from Obamas

John Gage · January 11, 2020 7:56 pm

Former Secretary of State John Kerry smiles while speaking at a campaign stop to support Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at the Biden for President Fort Dodge Office, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

John Kerry says he backs Biden because Obama administration ‘never had a whiff of scandal’

John Gage · January 10, 2020 11:00 pm