Tag: Barack Obama

When Mitt Romney was running as the GOP presidential candidate six years ago, he was mocked by the Left for saying Russia was the country's greatest geopolitical threat. The Left appears to have changed its mind. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Trump’s election finally has liberals taking Putin’s threat seriously

Washington Examiner · February 22, 2018 5:01 am

Just two days before CPAC was set to kick off, David Clarke advanced the conspiracy theory that Florida students advocating for gun control in the wake of last week's mass shooting were acting as part of an organized campaign with "George Soros' fingerprints all over it." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Beltway Confidential

Inviting David Clarke to CPAC is a gift to the Left

Emily Jashinsky · February 21, 2018 9:11 pm

Taxpayers are shifting money around to declare earnings in future years, when the tax rate may be lower, CBO said in a report. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Beltway Confidential

Trump administration cleans up the outdated tax code

Demian Brady · February 21, 2018 7:13 pm

"Question: If all of the Russian meddling took place during the Obama Administration, right up to January 20th, why aren't they the subject of the investigation? Why didn't Obama do something about the meddling? Why aren't Dem crimes under investigation? Ask Jeff Sessions!" the president tweeted. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Trump: Why isn’t Obama administration ‘subject of investigation’ in Russian election meddling?

Kelly Cohen · February 21, 2018 2:24 pm

Michael McCurry served as White House press secretary during the Clinton administration from 1994 until 1998. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson)

Former Bill Clinton press secretary says Trump likely more accessible to media than Obama or Clinton

Diana Stancy Correll · February 21, 2018 4:32 am

The results of the investigation showed that Richard Ruggiero, international conservation chief with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, violated federal ethics laws by participating in a federal cooperative agreement that financially benefited a family member. (Wikipedia Commons)

Energy and Environment

Inspector general: Obama Interior official broke law to enrich family member

John Siciliano · February 20, 2018 11:54 pm

After the Trump administration's announcement on Tuesday that it will expand short-term health plans, the media pushed back with so-called objective experts in the field. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Look at the conflicts of interest among healthcare ‘experts’ knocking Trump

Tom Rogan · February 20, 2018 9:45 pm

Sarah Sanders argued that Trump is being tougher on Russia than former President Barack Obama was, and said evidence would soon be released to prove it. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sarah Sanders: White House will release evidence soon showing Trump ‘was tough on Russia’

Steven Nelson · February 20, 2018 9:18 pm

Fact Check: Is a U.S. Attorney Pursuing Treason Charges Against Obama?

Holmes Lybrand · February 20, 2018 8:10 pm

In January, President Trump decided to forgo imposing additional sanctions on Russia designed to punish them for meddling in the 2016 election, despite Congress voting overwhelmingly in favor of such sanctions. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Beltway Confidential

Is President Trump much tougher on Russia than Obama?

Siraj Hashmi · February 20, 2018 4:16 pm

Former CIA Director John Brennan: Trump comes off ‘small, petty, banal’ by constantly tweeting

Katelyn Caralle · February 20, 2018 3:49 pm

President Trump plans to overturn an Obama administration-era rule implemented in April 2016 that restricted the time people were allowed to be on short-term health insurance to three months. Prior to that, people were able to have them for nearly a year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Trump prepares to loosen Obama-era rules on short-term health insurance

Kimberly Leonard · February 20, 2018 2:12 pm