Tag: Barack Obama

President Trump listens during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House.

National Security

Trump vows missiles will fly over Syria. Russia threatens to shoot them down. What could go wrong?

Jamie McIntyre · April 11, 2018 6:58 pm

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018.

Trump should go to Congress to authorize Syrian strikes

Washington Examiner · April 11, 2018 4:00 am

Queen Elizabeth II died Thursday at the age of 96.

Queen Elizabeth jokes about interview being interrupted by Trump or Obama: Watch

Naomi Lim · April 10, 2018 4:07 pm

Former President Barack Obama and Britain's Prince Harry watch wheelchair basketball at the Invictus Games in Toronto. Harry said Meghan Markle and he "haven't put the invites or the guest list together yet," so he cannot answer if the Obamas are invited to the royal wedding. (Chris Donovan/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Obamas not invited to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal wedding: Report

Naomi Lim · April 10, 2018 1:50 pm

A Syrian army soldier places a Syrian national flag during a battle with rebel fighters at the Ramouseh front line, east of Aleppo, Syria, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. The government seized large swathes of the Aleppo enclave under rebel control since 2012 in the offensive that began last week. The fighting was most intense Monday near the dividing line between east and west Aleppo as government and allied troops push their way from the eastern flank, reaching within less than a kilometer (half a mile) from the citadel that anchors the center of the city.

In Syria we need strength, not another war

Washington Examiner · April 9, 2018 9:58 pm

Tommy Vietor implied that any action to take out Qassem Soleimani would have been unjustified because the general is an "Iranian political leader." (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Invision/AP)

National Security

Obama national security spokesman: Trump ‘was handed a mess’ with Syria

Naomi Lim · April 9, 2018 5:21 pm

Former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman was once in the running to replace James Comey as the FBI director.

Joe Lieberman slams Obama, says Syria red line was one of his ‘big mistakes’

Pete Kasperowicz · April 9, 2018 12:28 pm

Assad’s Horror, and Those Who Enable It

Thomas Joscelyn · April 8, 2018 7:40 pm

Assad’s Horror, and Those Who Enable It

Thomas Joscelyn · April 8, 2018 7:40 pm

President Trump and former President Barack Obama stand on the steps of the U.S. Capitol with first lady Melania Trump and former first lady Michelle Obama on Jan. 20, 2017, in Washington, DC.

Michelle Obama said her husband was ‘the good parent’ compared to Trump

Katie Leach · April 6, 2018 6:05 pm

Trump says polls understate his popularity

Katelyn Caralle · April 6, 2018 4:04 pm

Washington Secrets

Scott Pruitt says his EPA running at a ‘Ted Williams level’

Paul Bedard · April 6, 2018 12:31 pm