Tag: Barack Obama

Axelrod scolds critics of Trump’s transition progress

Gabby Morrongiello · November 17, 2016 6:21 pm

Obama on anti-Trump protesters: ‘I wouldn’t advise them to be silent’

Sarah Bedford · November 17, 2016 6:10 pm

National Security

Obama hopes Trump can ‘stand up to Russia’

Sarah Bedford · November 17, 2016 5:25 pm

Eric Fanning said the decisions the military has already made will make it more difficult to kick people out of the service who have already been accepted. (AP Photo)

National Security

Army secretary: Obama’s social changes are here to stay

Jacqueline Klimas · November 17, 2016 5:25 pm

"I believe that if [Trump] is able to insure the same number of people — better than I am — I would support this," Obama told German television station ARD during his final visit to Berlin as president. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama: ‘I would support’ improvements to healthcare system

Gabby Morrongiello · November 17, 2016 4:34 pm

Congress is expected to begin unraveling a number of energy and environmental regulations, including the centerpiece of President Obama's climate agenda called the Clean Power Plan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

House passes bill to kill several Obama regs with one stone

John Siciliano · November 17, 2016 4:34 pm

Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, before the House Financial Services Committee. Yellen said the financial health of the nation's banking system has strengthened considerably since the 2008 financial crisis, in part because of tougher regulations passed by Congress in 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Washington Secrets

$42 billion in Obama regulations on Trump’s chopping block

Paul Bedard · November 17, 2016 1:36 pm

GOP lawmaker: Establish ‘guide rails’ for Trump’s Twitter usage

Anna Giaritelli · November 17, 2016 1:39 am

"No administration is ready on day one. We weren't ready on day one," Vice President Joe Biden said, speaking next to Vice President-elect Mike Pence from the Naval Observatory on Wednesday afternoon. "But I'm confident on day one everything will be in good hands." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Biden changes tune on Trump administration: ‘Everything will be in good hands’

Anna Giaritelli · November 17, 2016 12:32 am

Bruce Springsteen dominated rock n’ roll beginning in the late 1970s and then peaked in the early 1990s. And this year the Boss was "with her," putting on concerts to warm up the crowd for Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Several Clinton campaigners among Obama’s last Medal of Freedom recipients

Philip Wegmann · November 16, 2016 10:43 pm

Even when his job approval was in the low 40s, President Obama remained personally popular. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

Why is President Obama still so popular?

Daniel Allott · November 16, 2016 9:16 pm

"Nothing has been decided but that is certainly one of the options," Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, told reporters after a closed-door GOP meeting on Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Republicans may be mulling pre-inaugural repeal of Obamacare

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2016 8:19 pm