Tag: Barack Obama

President Obama spoke to reporters after meeting with his domestic criminal justice team. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama pledges ‘concrete’ support to police

Susan Crabtree · July 19, 2016 11:45 pm

Trump’s call to investigate Black Lives Matter finds support in Texas

Anna Giaritelli · July 19, 2016 9:11 pm

"I think one thing it does do is it exposes the hazards of bluntly answering questions that are posed by journalists, a hazard that I'm intimately familiar with," Josh Earnest quipped. (AP Photo)

White House downplays HUD chief’s Hatch Act violation

Nicole Duran · July 19, 2016 8:27 pm

Carson: Obama offered me surgeon general position

Al Weaver · July 19, 2016 6:49 pm

A White House spokesman said the Turkish government sent materials about the status of the Muslim cleric, Fethullah Gulen. (AP Photo/Chris Post)

U.S. may face decision on extraditing cleric to Turkey after coup

Nicole Duran · July 19, 2016 6:42 pm

In a live interview Tuesday in Cleveland, Ohio, where Trump is set to formally accept the Republican nomination for president at the party's convention, anchor Tamron Hall grilled one of his supporters, actor Scott Baio, for a crude tweet he had previously published. (Screen shot)

MSNBC hosts keep forgetting Obama controversies

Eddie Scarry · July 19, 2016 6:20 pm

Announcing the 1 GW by 2020 target is a "significant and ambitious goal," but one that is possible because of technological advances, Brian Deese said. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Obama announces new solar goal for low-income families

John Siciliano · July 19, 2016 5:05 pm

Beltway Confidential

Is there a plagiarism double standard?

Ashe Schow · July 19, 2016 3:24 pm

Obama offered his unwavering support to police as they "do their difficult, dangerous jobs." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

National Security

Obama tells cops: ‘We have your backs’

Kelly Cohen · July 19, 2016 12:17 pm

Actor: Obama’s ‘a Muslim’ and he’s ‘with the bad guys’

Daniel Chaitin · July 19, 2016 4:39 am

First lady Michelle Obama, left, hugs Dallas Police Chief David Brown, as President Barack Obama, right, watches during a memorial service at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center with the families of the fallen police officers in Dallas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Washington Secrets

In unpublicized letter, Obama praises cops, ‘We have your backs’

Paul Bedard · July 19, 2016 1:30 am

It seems like the Monday night speech given by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, will function as a traditional convention keynote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Former convention keynote speakers: Where are they now?

Jason Russell · July 18, 2016 10:57 pm