Tag: Barack Obama

The team will be led by John Podesta, who served as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and special adviser to President Obama. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Ex-Obama adviser tapped to lead Clinton White House transition

Becket Adams · August 3, 2016 9:21 pm

Obama: Conservatives Should Visit Country Where Government Doesn’t Work

Chris Deaton · August 3, 2016 9:17 pm

He said in the end a free press is healthy because it helps identify real problems that need to be fixed. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama: Free press ‘frustrating’ sometimes

Pete Kasperowicz · August 3, 2016 8:36 pm

2015 Flashback: State Claimed No ‘Big Suitcase Full of Cash’ in Iran Deal

Jeryl Bier · August 3, 2016 8:27 pm

Under the new initiative, President Obama will reiterate the need for the Senate to pass the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015, which recently passed the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo)

Obama commutes sentences of 53 felons serving time on gun charges

Kelly Cohen · August 3, 2016 7:48 pm

"We're planning for a smooth transition," Josh Earnest said. "And that's the responsible step you would expect the commander in chief to undertake." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama White House won’t hinder Trump transition

Nicole Duran · August 3, 2016 6:27 pm

Cruz once again denounced the nuclear deal with Iran as an "illegitimate" agreement. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Cruz: Iran deal ‘a series of bribes and secret agreements’

Joel Gehrke · August 3, 2016 5:19 pm

"If true, this report confirms our longstanding suspicion that the administration paid a ransom in exchange for Americans unjustly detained in Iran," Paul Ryan said. (AP Photo)

National Security

Ryan demands explanation for $400 million payment to Iran

Joel Gehrke · August 3, 2016 4:26 pm

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said President Obama told him in 2013 that he doesn't want to talk publicly about the national debt in great detail because it would make people "scared." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senator: Obama says talking about the debt makes people ‘scared’

Pete Kasperowicz · August 3, 2016 1:13 pm

The president's motives for this costly and unprecedented unilateral action are clear. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The White House is crippling our economy

Rep Tom Price · August 3, 2016 4:03 am

President Obama won't fix the agency which is meant to provide veterans' benefits, and plainly intends to stop private medicine stepping into the breach to make up for its shortcomings. (AP Photo)

Veteran scandal — the self-interested duping the blind

Washington Examiner · August 3, 2016 4:01 am

Khamenei's complaints are a threat to pull out of the nuclear deal, Republican critic says. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Pompeo: Ayatollah wants Obama to be ‘agent of Iranian Chamber of Commerce’

Joel Gehrke · August 2, 2016 10:20 pm