Tag: Barack Obama

New poll finds only 1 percent of Russians approve of U.S. leadership and less than 10 percent of people worldwide believe they have a "great job." (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Beltway Confidential

What people around the world are thinking, according to Gallup

Becket Adams · December 30, 2016 5:38 pm

Citing Trump, Putin Announces He Will Not Respond to Obama’s Russia Retaliation

Mark Hemingway · December 30, 2016 5:00 pm

President Obama will reportedly meet with congressional Democrats next week to discuss efforts to preserve portions of his signature healthcare law despite the incoming administration's promise to repeal it. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama to plot Obamacare defense with top Democrats

Gabby Morrongiello, Robert King · December 30, 2016 4:32 pm

Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., said Obama's decision to impose sanctions and expel 35 Russians intelligence agents for overstepping their diplomatic bounds into intelligence affairs isn't tough. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

National Security

GOP lawmaker questions Obama’s motive for sanctioning Russia

Kyle Feldscher · December 30, 2016 2:48 pm

The New York Times' editorial board said that "While it is definitely too late, and may also be too little, there should be no doubt about the correctness of President Obama's decision to retaliate against Russia for hacking American computers and trying to influence the 2016 presidential election." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Beltway Confidential

It’s definitely too late, but the New York Times editorial board has come around on Russia

David Freddoso · December 30, 2016 1:00 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov tells President Vladimir Putin to strike back at President Obama's move to expel 35 Russian diplomats by removing 35 American diplomats. (Sergei Karpukhin/Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Putin says Russia will not expel 35 US diplomats after Obama retaliation

Kyle Feldscher · December 30, 2016 11:10 am

President-elect Trump would be wise to condemn early and often President Obama's weaponization of executive action. (AP Photos)

How Trump clears Obama’s minefield

Washington Examiner · December 30, 2016 5:01 am

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., backed President Barack Obama late Thursday for imposing sanctions against Russia for its alleged hacking into U.S. databases, but sided with some GOP lawmakers who have said more ought to be done to punish Russia. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Rubio sides with McCain, Graham on sanctions

Anna Giaritelli · December 30, 2016 4:26 am

It's time for liberals to look in the mirror and reflect on what they are doing to normalize antisemitism.

Anti-Israel liberals are normalizing anti-Semitism

Philip Klein · December 30, 2016 4:05 am

Democratic National Committee interim Chair Donna Brazile, who replaced Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz after leaked emails showed collusion with Hillary Clinton against primary opponent Bernie Sanders, called on President-elect Trump and the Republican-led Congress to lead the charge against Russia. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

National Security

DNC’s Donna Brazile: Sanctions not enough for Russian ‘attacks on the United States’

Anna Giaritelli · December 30, 2016 3:01 am

Russian authorities announced on Friday the closing of an international school in Moscow. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

National Security

Russia retaliates against US following sanctions

Anna Giaritelli · December 30, 2016 2:37 am

"Some of them seem largely symbolic. The GRU (Russia's foreign intelligence service) doesn't really travel here — doesn't keep its assets here. There's no indication these allies will follow suit," said Kellyanne Conway. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Conway: Obama’s sanctions are harsh, ‘largely symbolic’

Anna Giaritelli · December 30, 2016 1:33 am