Tag: Barack Obama

National Sheriffs' Association Executive Director Jonathan Thompson testified at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing and said sheriffs continue to be confused by the Obama administration's Priority Enforcement Program, also known as PEP. (AP Photo)

Sheriffs demand legal ruling on Obama’s immigration plan

Pete Kasperowicz · December 2, 2015 7:37 pm

Earnest would not discuss the legal advice Justice Department lawyers gave him about the initiatives. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House slams ‘earmarks’ in GOP spending plan

Nicole Duran · December 2, 2015 7:01 pm

Berger, who died at 70, advised Clinton during the Kosovo War and left government service to start a consulting service. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Obama: Families, children living ‘more secure lives’ because of Sandy Berger

Nicole Duran · December 2, 2015 6:32 pm

The White House now acknowledges that many of the illegal immigrants spared from deportation under Obama's sweeping executive action will become eligible for Social Security and Medicare benefits once they reach retirement age. (AP/Isaac Brekken)

Obama will veto Obamacare repeal

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 2, 2015 4:41 pm

More than a dozen House Democrats have proposed legislation that would change federal law to prevent foreign nationals from buying firearms after entering the United States through the Visa Waiver Program. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Dems push gun ban for certain migrants

Pete Kasperowicz · December 2, 2015 1:42 pm

New Email: Podesta Rips Axelrod For ‘Totally Caving in to Right Wing Economics’

Shoshana Weissmann · December 2, 2015 12:33 pm

Cruz: Obama’s ‘out-of-control political correctness’ is hurting foreign policy

Daniel Chaitin · December 2, 2015 6:35 am

For an issue that President Obama has identified as his top priority remaining in his administration, one would think that all supporting data would be available not only for congressional review, but for review by all Americans. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)

Energy and Environment

Obama should play with an open hand in Paris climate talks

Robert Henneke · December 2, 2015 5:01 am

Energy and Environment

Obama campaign website targets GOP ‘climate deniers’

Anna Giaritelli · December 2, 2015 2:53 am

Glenn Beck listed off a handful of reasons why conservatives should cringe at the thought of Trump's candidacy. (AP Photo)

Glenn Beck: Trump is the new Saul Alinsky

Becket Adams · December 2, 2015 1:59 am

Inhofe issued a document Tuesday that âÅbrings to light the Obama administrationâs futile and costly efforts to bind the United States to an international climate agreement.âï¿½ (AP File Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

Senate to prod Obama officials after climate talks

John Siciliano · December 1, 2015 11:22 pm

"I think that they did not meet a narrative the White House needed. And I'll be very candid with you, they just didn't," said retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency. (Photo courtesy of screen shot)

National Security

Former official: Islamic State left out of White House’s 2012 ‘narrative’

Anna Giaritelli · December 1, 2015 10:53 pm