Tag: Barack Obama

The national monument designation is the culmination of about 15 years of work by Roxanne Quimby, who started buying up land east of Baxter State Park in 2001. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Obama declares new national monument in Maine woods

Kyle Feldscher · August 24, 2016 3:30 pm

Erdogan's government suspects the cleric, Fethullah Gulen, instigated the attempted overthrow of the democratically-elected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan but provided no proof in the documents submitted to the Justice and State departments for review, the official said. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

National Security

Turkey cannot tie cleric to coup, White House official says

Nicole Duran · August 24, 2016 2:11 pm

Obamacare Website No Longer Addresses ‘You Can Keep Your Doctor’

Jeryl Bier · August 24, 2016 2:04 pm

The broader plan would use $9 billion partially to train workers "displaced from the coal economy." (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Obama sends $40M to coal country

John Siciliano · August 24, 2016 12:31 pm

President Obama's new rule is on the social issue du jour: transgenderism. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Children under Obama’s knife

Washington Examiner · August 24, 2016 4:01 am

Hillary Clinton is trouncing Donald Trump among Latinos, Asian Americans and pro-immigration groups, but that doesn't mean they're optimistic that Clinton can actually deliver immigration reform. (AP Photo/David Becker)

Pro-immigration groups doubt Clinton can deliver

Nicole Duran · August 24, 2016 4:01 am

Obama Preemptively Slaps GOP on Wrists Over Louisiana

Chris Deaton · August 23, 2016 8:19 pm

Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy said Donald Trump's visit drove President Obama to visit Louisiana as well. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Louisiana senator: Trump visit forced Obama trip

Nicole Duran · August 23, 2016 8:16 pm

Federal Judge Pushes Back Against Obama’s Unilateral Trans Bathroom Directive

Terry Eastland · August 23, 2016 6:59 pm

The Commerce Department's marine fisheries agency on Tuesday proposed a ban on swimming with the Aloha State's indigenous spinner dolphins. (iStock Photo)

Energy and Environment

Obama bans swimming with dolphins in Hawaii

John Siciliano · August 23, 2016 6:47 pm

Obama extolled Fugate and FEMA several times during his brief remarks after touring Baton Rouge. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

Obama pledges to help Louisiana ‘even after the cameras leave’

Nicole Duran · August 23, 2016 6:26 pm

The annual shortfall would be $152 billion larger than the deficit for fiscal 2015 and the first increase in the deficit, relative to the U.S. economy, since 2009. (AP Photo)

Deficit expected to rise by one-third to $590 billion

Joseph Lawler · August 23, 2016 6:00 pm