Tag: Barack Obama

Measure that would eliminate a Bush-era requirement has upset climate change activists. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Energy and Environment

Senate energy bill repeals phase-out of federal fossil fuels

John Siciliano · April 20, 2016 5:21 pm

President Obama signed a bill aimed at speeding up development of vaccines and treatments to fight the quickly spreading Zika virus. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama signs Zika treatment bill

Robert King · April 19, 2016 11:32 pm

Just hours before President Obama was set to depart for Saudi Arabia, the White House said that the independent commission that investigated the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks determined that Mideast country had no culpability. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

White House reiterates no Saudi role in 9/11 as Obama heads to Riyadh

Nicole Duran · April 19, 2016 8:53 pm

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, accused Democrats on Tuesday of pushing 'mob rule' at the confirmation hearing for Judge Brett Kavanaugh. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

White House cheered by GOP opposition to Saudi immunity bill

Susan Crabtree · April 19, 2016 6:07 pm

"No, I'm not comfortable with Goofy Uncle Joe," Joe Biden said in an interview with CNBC's John Harwood from aboard an Amtrak train, published Tuesday. (AP Photo)

Biden not a fan of ‘Goofy Uncle Joe’

Kelly Cohen · April 19, 2016 3:22 pm

President Barack Obama is predicting that the U.S. would help Iraq retake Mosul by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Obama: Iraqi forces will retake Mosul by year’s end

Susan Crabtree · April 19, 2016 11:04 am

The former Delaware senator cited the Iran Deal as an example of a success story of this newly implemented diplomacy in foreign affairs. (AP File Photo/John Locher)

Biden touts ‘reinstating diplomacy’ as Obama’s ‘signature’ foreign policy win

Anna Giaritelli · April 19, 2016 2:30 am

President Barack Obama appears to be going out on a polling high. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Washington Secrets

Obama’s rising approval ratings will help Democrats in fall

Paul Bedard · April 18, 2016 10:02 pm

President Obama is facing increased pressure from the families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks as he prepares to leave Tuesday for a trip to Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

White House hints Obama will veto Saudi immunity bill

Susan Crabtree · April 18, 2016 9:28 pm

A group of lawmakers want Paul Ryan to bring up two non-binding resolutions that would declare Congress' opposition to any new tax on the per-barrel price of oil.

Ryan urged to oppose Obama oil tax

John Siciliano · April 18, 2016 8:46 pm

President Obama and Vladimir Putin also discussed Moscow's decision to build a bridge between its mainland and Crimea, and the Russian military's continued involvement in Syria. (AP Photo)

National Security

White House: Russia buzzing U.S. ship ‘not particularly unusual’

Susan Crabtree · April 18, 2016 7:56 pm

"The Constitution is clear: Presidents don't write laws, Congress does," House Speaker Paul Ryan says. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP urges Supreme Court to reject Obama’s immigration policy

Sean Higgins · April 18, 2016 7:48 pm