Tag: Barack Obama

The White House has refused to support the legislation unless Republicans agree to negotiate on lifting all sequestration caps and ending the now five-year-old budget impasse. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Obama has 10 days to veto the defense bill

Charles Hoskinson · October 20, 2015 4:48 pm

Obama rejects Senate bid to defund ‘sanctuary cities’

Nicole Duran · October 20, 2015 3:02 pm

WhileÂ Russia's President Vladimir PutinÂ was in New York publicly scolding the United States in front of the U.N., the terrorist group Hezbollah, Iranian troops and Shiite fighters from Iraq were quietly preparing theÂ ground game in Syria.Â (Sergey Guneyev/RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

The U.S. must step up and lead

Rep. Ted Poe · October 20, 2015 4:01 am

In this March 23, 2010, file photo, President Obama signsÂ the health care bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington.Â The Congressional Budget Office wasÂ expectingÂ 21 million people to sign up for Obamacare exchange plans by the end of 2016. Now, the administration expectsÂ to have only about 10 million by the end of next year.Â (APÂ Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Obamacare’s problems are only just beginning

Washington Examiner · October 20, 2015 4:01 am

Energy and Environment

States ready to rally against Obama’s reviled climate plan

John Siciliano · October 20, 2015 4:01 am

President Barack Obama said he would travel the country to highlight the need for criminal justice reform.Â (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

GOP: Obama broke his promise on Iran

Charles Hoskinson · October 19, 2015 11:31 pm

The report found that 27 of the exonerations were for convictions based on false confessions. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Senate considers bill to lighten mandatory minimum sentences

Kelly Cohen · October 19, 2015 9:22 pm

"The president doesn't have a rooting interest in this one," saidÂ White House spokesman Josh EarnestÂ said about the protracted speaker's race. "He merely is an interested observer."Â (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House has no favorite in speaker’s race

Nicole Duran · October 19, 2015 9:02 pm

Each candidate must demonstrate his or her own commitment and desire to serve, as well as their vision for the country, saidÂ White House spokesmanÂ Josh Earnest. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House downplays Biden focus on Clinton vulnerability

Nicole Duran · October 19, 2015 8:22 pm

On Call Promoted By Campaign, Two Fmr Obama Officials Refuse to Defend Hillary on Private Server

Michael Warren · October 19, 2015 7:22 pm

Usher was in D.C. over the weekend with other artists like Queen Latifah and Smokey Robinson for a taping of PBS' "In Performance at the White House," which filmed in the White House's East Room. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Obamas sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Usher

Joshua Axelrod · October 19, 2015 7:12 pm

Republicans' refusal to update the Voting Rights Act and the move by red states to impose voter ID laws are signs of a GOP strategy to disenfranchise Democratic-leaning voters, a White House spokesman said.Â (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

White House says GOP plan is to disenfranchise voters

Nicole Duran · October 19, 2015 6:55 pm