Tag: Barack Obama

"Eighty-three years ago, more than 3 million people in Ukraine died as the result of the merciless policies of Joseph Stalin," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Friday. (AP Photo)

White House commemorates Ukrainian starvation in jab at Putin

Joel Gehrke · November 11, 2016 9:38 pm

"This rule will only serve to further discourage wind development on public lands, contrary to BLM's stated intent," said Tom Vinson, vice president for regulatory affairs at the American Wind Energy Association. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Obama stokes the ire of wind industry with new plan

John Siciliano · November 11, 2016 8:55 pm

On the final overseas trip of his presidency, Obama will address the status of the nuclear agreement with Iran, the fate of his trade agreement with Pacific Rim countries and the recent resistance to globalization that has emerged both at home and abroad. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama to reflect on uncertain fate of his foreign policy legacy in final overseas trip

Sarah Bedford · November 11, 2016 5:42 pm

"You who once wore the uniform of our Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines or Coast Guard, we owe you our thanks, we owe you our respect, we owe you our freedom," President Obama said. (AP Photo)

Obama emphasizes need for unity in final Veterans Day speech

Gabby Morrongiello · November 11, 2016 5:22 pm

Merkley: Supreme Court vacant seat ‘is being stolen from the Obama administration’

Ryan Lovelace · November 11, 2016 3:29 pm

The Disintegrating Obama Coalition

Jay Cost · November 11, 2016 8:00 am

Five ways Trump could change Obamacare right away

Paige Winfield Cunningham · November 11, 2016 5:01 am

Fracking is a drilling method that uses a mixture of sand and water injected deep underground to break up shale rock to release oil and natural gas embedded in the stone. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Energy and Environment

GOP says study beats back Obama fear mongering on fracking

John Siciliano · November 10, 2016 10:28 pm

They told America a ghost story about a Bogeyman named Trump. And they believed their own tall tale so much that they thought he couldn't win. (AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger)

The Left believed its Trump scare story. Millions of Obama voters didn’t.

Timothy P. Carney · November 10, 2016 10:27 pm

The supplemental funding request would provide an additional $5.8 billion to the Pentagon in fiscal 2017 for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo)

National Security

Obama asks Congress for $11.6 billion supplemental defense bill

Jacqueline Klimas · November 10, 2016 9:56 pm

"As I've mentioned to you before, we're running — not walking — through the finish line of President Obama's presidency," EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said in a staff memo obtained by the Washington Examiner after Trump was declared the winner of Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

EPA rushing through regulations after Trump election

John Siciliano · November 10, 2016 8:21 pm

Trump Calls Obama a ‘Very Good Man’ in Cordial First Meeting

Chris Deaton · November 10, 2016 7:02 pm