Tag: Barack Obama

Editorial: The War Against ISIS Is Not Over

The Editors · February 7, 2018 10:20 am

Sidney Blumenthal is a longtime confidant to former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trey Gowdy hints Sidney Blumenthal involved in creating Trump dossier

Naomi Lim · February 7, 2018 4:21 am

Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker speaks at an event joined by African-American supporters in Chicago on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, where he apologized for newly released FBI wiretaps capturing him making racially insensitive comments during a call with then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, including saying Secretary of State Jesse White, left, was the "least offensive" African American to appoint to a Senate seat. (Marcus DiPaola/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

FBI wiretapped Illinois governor candidate discussing ‘the African-American thing’ with Rod Blagojevich in 2008

Katelyn Caralle · February 7, 2018 12:23 am

"I doubt very much," Trump would extend that date, John Kelly told reporters. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

John Kelly: Trump not expected to extend March DACA deadline

Katelyn Caralle · February 6, 2018 6:09 pm

Mark Levin is accusing Hillary Clinton of paying for "a warrant" to surveil Trump campaign associate Carter Page. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Mark Levin: Hillary Clinton ‘paid for a warrant’ to surveil Trump campaign aide

Caitlin Yilek · February 6, 2018 5:31 pm

"Part of the process of figuring out whether I'm going to run is going to listen to folks and feel the temperature" of voters, Julian Castro said. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Obama’s HUD Secretary Julian Castro has ‘every interest in running’ in 2020

Anna Giaritelli · February 6, 2018 4:00 pm

The FCC did not respond to requests for comment on its approach to 5G cybersecurity, but the commission's industry advisory panel, the Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council, is working on a proposal on the issue. (Simon Dawson/Bloomberg)

Telecoms lash out at plan to nationalize 5G network

Charlie Mitchell · February 6, 2018 5:01 am

The administration has canceled or delayed more than 1,500 regulatory actions planned under former President Barack Obama. About $570 million a year in costs, which comes out to $8.1 billion over a lifetime, has been eliminated as a result, the White House says. (Illustration by Bill Lesniewski)

Trump cuts business free

James Langford · February 6, 2018 5:01 am

Targeting emerging, rather than well-established transportation technologies would likely lead to even more waste. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

‘Transformative’ infrastructure projects would bilk taxpayers of billions

Ross Marchand · February 6, 2018 5:01 am

Rep. Tom Garrett, R-Va., on CNN Monday compared the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election to the conspriacy theories that former President Barack Obama was not born in the U.S. (screenshot)

National Security

Tom Garrett: Investigations into Russia meddling ‘essentially birtherism’

Naomi Lim · February 6, 2018 3:37 am

President Obama often talked up the stock market's growth. Here, at a Nov. 14, 2016 press conference, he said, "The stock market is hovering around its all-time high, and 401(k)s have been restored."

Washington Secrets

Obama spokesman: Trump ‘owns’ Wall Street’s collapse for bragging on its rise

Paul Bedard · February 5, 2018 11:04 pm

A tweet by reporter Spencer Woodman noting Immigration and Customs Enforcement had arrested an immigrant veteran went viral Thursday, but not because it got all its facts straight. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius)

Beltway Confidential

A viral tweet about ICE ‘arresting’ a US veteran manages somehow to omit all crucial context

Becket Adams · February 5, 2018 9:33 pm