Tag: Barack Obama

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a bill signing ceremony in New York, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. Cuomo was joined by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as he signed a "red flag" bill, which attempts to prevent people who present a threat to themselves or others from purchasing or owning a gun.

Beltway Confidential

Cuomo unleashes anti-Trump tirade after feds downgrade priority of $30B infrastructure project

Becket Adams · March 20, 2019 2:58 pm

Chinese firefighters take an oath of loyalty near the Chinese Communist Party flag near the Great Hall of the People during a plenary session of the National People's Congress held in Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 12, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

‘Damn socialism, why are you chasing me?’ Chinese-Americans see ghost of communism in Democrats’ leftward turn

Daniel Allott · March 19, 2019 12:00 pm

Beto O'Rourke, former representative from Texas and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, looks on during a campaign stop in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, on Friday, March 15, 2019.

The unbearable lightness of Beto

Washington Examiner · March 19, 2019 4:00 am

Former Democratic Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke smiles during an interview with Oprah Winfrey live on a Times Square stage at "SuperSoul Conversations," Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, in New York.

WTF? Beto O’Rourke vows to stop swearing

Melissa Quinn · March 19, 2019 1:08 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Beto showing shades of Obama, former mentor Laurence Tribe says

Daniel Chaitin · March 18, 2019 10:15 pm

Princeton University economics and public affairs Professor Alan B. Krueger addresses a gathering at the Rutgers Business School Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, in Newark, N.J. A panel made up of Krueger, Small Business Association Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet, and Sen. Cory Booker opened the federal agency's "Big Think" series of events to promote entrepreneurship.

Family says Obama’s top economic adviser killed himself

Joseph Lawler · March 18, 2019 8:34 pm

Alan Krueger, professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University, speaks at the 2014 Fiscal Summit organized by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation in Washington, Wednesday, May 14, 2014.

Top Obama economic adviser Alan Krueger dies suddenly at 58

Joseph Lawler · March 18, 2019 2:27 pm

Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad speaks on the prospects for peace, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, at the U.S. Institute of Peace, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Don’t blame Afghanistan for blowing whistle on Zalmay Khalilzad

Michael Rubin · March 15, 2019 4:50 pm

FILE - This Feb. 19, 2019 file photo shows former President Barack Obama speaking at the My Brother's Keeper Alliance Summit in Oakland, Calif.

Obama tells New Zealand: ‘We grieve with you and the Muslim community’

Caitlin Yilek · March 15, 2019 2:36 pm

Former US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, attends international conference focusing on gender equality at BI Norwegian Business School, in Oslo, Friday March 8, 2019.

Peter Strzok: Clinton, DOJ struck deal that blocked FBI access to Clinton Foundation emails on her private server

Jerry Dunleavy · March 14, 2019 3:17 pm

Justin Cooper, aide to former President Bill Clinton and the administrator for the private server located in the Chappaqua, N.Y., testifies on Capitol Hill in D.C.

Clinton email server administrator getting deposed

Caitlin Yilek · March 13, 2019 7:46 pm

President Trump has ordered Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to abandon plans to begin recruiting transgender troops, eliminate coverage for transgender surgeries by March, and to decide whether to kick out those who are currently serving.

National Security

Pentagon on new transgender policy: ‘This is not a ban’

Jamie McIntyre · March 13, 2019 4:54 pm