Tag: Barack Obama

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to complete designations for all of the non-compliant areas that do not meet its ozone rules no later than April 30, the agency announced in the Federal Register Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

EPA sets hard deadline for enforcing Obama-era ozone restrictions

John Siciliano · January 5, 2018 12:31 am

In December, the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal regulations on net neutrality. The FCC then put up the final text of the repeal on its website Thursday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

FCC ‘finally’ releases final text of net neutrality repeal

Daniel Chaitin · January 4, 2018 11:39 pm

"We condemn in the strongest possible terms the deaths to date and the arrests of at least one thousand Iranians," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a press statement. (Nima Najafzadeh/Tasnim News Agency via AP)

National Security

State Department warns Iranian officials who abuse protesters could face more sanctions

Joel Gehrke · January 4, 2018 7:38 pm

Leaks, many from within Attorney General Jeff Session's Justice Department, have saturated the mainstream media coverage since the 2016 presidential campaign concluded. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Reps. Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan: It’s time for Jeff Sessions to go, as shown by the latest FBI leak

Rep. Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan · January 4, 2018 2:00 pm

Vice President Mike Pence criticized the Obama administration's delayed and less-than-adequate response to the Green Revolution, in which millions of Iranians protested what they said were fraudulent election results. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

Mike Pence calls out Europe, UN members for failing to ‘stand up’ for Iranian protesters

Anna Giaritelli · January 4, 2018 1:13 pm

The patterns of internal and immigrant migration of 2010-17 looks less like Barack Obama's ideal America and more like Donald Trump's. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Michael Barone: The 2010s look more like Trump’s ideal America than Obama’s

Michael Barone · January 4, 2018 5:01 am

Ellen DeGeneres, who starred in an eponymous sitcom before starting her own talk show in 2003, has no official position or role associated with the government. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Eric Trump: Twitter’s suggestion that he follow Democrats could be a sign of the ‘deep state’

Naomi Lim · January 3, 2018 9:56 pm

The president's rhetoric against North Korea has escalated in recent months as the rogue regime has continued with its missile and nuclear tests despite additional sanctions. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s ‘nuclear button’ tweet about North Korea was good

Tom Rogan · January 3, 2018 5:38 pm

Vice President Mike Pence is losing his chief lawyer and domestic policy director. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Mike Pence pushes to achieve long-term goal of democratic change in Iran

Gabby Morrongiello · January 3, 2018 5:24 pm

Former Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., deserved a Senate Ethics Committee hearing on the allegations of sexual misconduct against him, even if it still led to Franken's resignation, said a former Obama adviser. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

David Axelrod: Al Franken was ‘sacrificed’ by Senate Democrats

Caitlin Yilek · January 3, 2018 4:38 pm

The traditional news media gave more coverage to Donald Trump during the campaign than they did to his opponents, and covering Trump has not proven to be bad for business. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump is right: He’s a gift to the media and Twitter

Kristen Soltis Anderson · January 3, 2018 2:09 pm

The Trump administration is calling on Iran's government to stop blocking Instagram and other popular social media sites as Iranians demonstrate in the streets. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Trump: Iranian protesters ‘will see great support’ from US

Anna Giaritelli · January 3, 2018 1:53 pm