Tag: Barack Obama

If you believe cultural "softness" is metastasizing throughout our culture, consider voting for Donald Trump. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg, File)

A vote for Trump is a vote against softness

Robert Ehrlich · July 7, 2016 4:03 am

NIH awards grants to form pool of volunteers who will share genetic data to help scientists target cures. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

White House announces next steps for precision medicine

Paige Winfield Cunningham · July 7, 2016 12:00 am

The Obama administration has forced schools to disregard the truth and abolish the presumption of innocence in favor of a policy of "listen and believe." (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Beltway Confidential

Obama, Biden won’t visit schools they claim don’t take sex assault seriously

Ashe Schow · July 6, 2016 8:48 pm

President Obama, flanked by Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, said the U.S. will leave 8,400 troops in Afghanistan when he completes his term. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Obama’s 1,400 U.S. troop cut in Afghanistan raises questions

Jamie McIntyre · July 6, 2016 5:47 pm

An illustration that there is more to the —œwage gap—£ than activists will tell you. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Beltway Confidential

Obama White House still pays women less than men

Ashe Schow · July 6, 2016 5:38 pm

MSNBC’s Brian Williams mistakenly calls Obama ‘President Reagan’

Eddie Scarry · July 6, 2016 3:32 pm

President Obama announced Wednesday that the number of troops in Afghanistan will drop from 9,800 to 8,400 by the end of the year.

National Security

Obama to keep extra 3,000 troops in Afghanistan

Nicole Duran, Jacqueline Klimas · July 6, 2016 2:21 pm

Shortly following the attack in Orlando, the American people watched as President Obama delivered a televised speech calling for new gun control measures. Nowhere in his remarks did he call on the nation to unite to defeat radical Islamic terrorism. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Obama’s response to Orlando shows he’s not up to the job of defeating ISIS

Thom Tillis · July 6, 2016 4:03 am

"I watched today, it's like a carnival act," he added. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Trump unloads on Obama, Clinton after FBI decision

Gabby Morrongiello · July 6, 2016 1:44 am

Obama unveiled four themes during his first outing for Clinton that will likely comprise his final stump speech. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Obama’s last stump speech: Praise Clinton, mock Trump

Nicole Duran · July 6, 2016 1:34 am

President Obama explained how his admiration for the former first lady crew as they slugged out in the 2008 Democratic primary. "I came away from that primary admiring her even more," he said after taking the stage chanting "Hillary! Hillary! Hillary!" (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama at Clinton rally: ‘I’m ready to pass the baton’

Nicole Duran · July 5, 2016 9:07 pm

"He also knows that despite all the progress we've made under his leadership, and yes we have, we still have a lot of work to do," Hillary Clinton said about President Obama. (AP Photo)

Clinton pledges to continue Obama’s work

Ariel Cohen · July 5, 2016 8:49 pm