Tag: Barack Obama

On Friday, former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke tweeted an image of Obama crying next to an image of President Trump giving a thumbs up. "OBAMA would have been found in a closet SOBBING if he had to deal with ESTABLISHMENT'S attacks. @realDonaldTrump has the metal to withstand," he captioned the graphics. (Anthony Behar/Pool via Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

David Clarke took a strange shot at Obama

Emily Jashinsky · October 20, 2017 6:13 pm

A Very Jerry Brown Defense of Due Process

Alice B. Lloyd · October 20, 2017 3:46 pm

Militia women Thursday held a celebration in a liberated Raqqa, Syria after four years of occupation by the ISIS terrorist group, which had seen the city as the center of its global caliphate. (AP Photo/Gabriel Chaim)

National Security

US general declares ‘Raqqa is free’

Travis J. Tritten · October 20, 2017 2:57 pm

Khizr Khan, the father of fallen Army Capt. Humayun Khan, said he believes White House chief of staff John Kelly is "mopping up" after President Trump. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

National Security

Khizr Khan: John Kelly is ‘mopping up after the president’

Melissa Quinn · October 20, 2017 2:45 pm

A spokesman for Bush denied the speech was shot at Trump. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

George W. Bush personally tailored speech seen as implicit rebuke of Trump: Report

Daniel Chaitin · October 20, 2017 3:04 am

"This is not my opinion, this is the data," Obama said. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)

Obama grumbles: Democrats ‘get a little sleepy’ during off-year elections

Pete Kasperowicz · October 20, 2017 12:01 am

Obama did not mention Trump by name once during his 18-minute speech. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Obama ignores Trump in return to campaign trail

Al Weaver · October 19, 2017 9:10 pm

Pompeo: Al-Qaeda-Iran Connection an ‘Open Secret’

Jenna Lifhits · October 19, 2017 6:35 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., are split on more than just conservative Thomas Farr's nomination to fill the judicial vacancy in North Carolina's Eastern District. Farr's nomination has become wrapped up in the battle over the Judiciary Committee's "blue slip" practice. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Judiciary Committee advances nominee for judgeship vacant since 2005

Ryan Lovelace · October 19, 2017 6:03 pm

Former President Barack Obama's old love letters to his college girlfriend Alexandra McNear is being made available to researchers by Emory University. (Ann Borden/Emory University via AP)

Barack Obama’s old love letters to college girlfriend revealed: ‘My concern for you is as wide as the air’

Naomi Lim · October 19, 2017 3:53 pm

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said there is a "light years" difference between President Trump and former President Barack Obama on how they use executive actions. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Bill Cassidy: Trump is following Constitution better than Obama

Robert King · October 19, 2017 2:47 pm

President Donald Trump pauses during a news conference with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Michael Barone: Democrats yelp as Trump upholds Constitution

Michael Barone · October 19, 2017 4:01 am