Tag: Barack Obama

The Clean Power Plan is the thanks that coal gets for helping the United States achieve a standard of living that for generations has been the envy of the world. (AP Photo)Â

Energy and Environment

The president’s decarbonization fantasy

Luke Popovich · September 16, 2015 4:01 am

Obama said he has picked Robert Califf as his selection to become the FDA commissioner and replace Margaret Hamburg (pictured), who left the agency in March.Â (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama picks new FDA commissioner

Robert King · September 15, 2015 8:50 pm

In this Jan. 25, 2013, file photo provided by HBO, Bill Maher hosts "Real Time with Bill Maher" in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/HBO, Janet Van Ham, File)

HBO’s Bill Maher: President ‘now more like a king’

Eddie Scarry · September 15, 2015 8:34 pm

White House mum on China sanctions before Xi’s visit

Susan Crabtree · September 15, 2015 7:31 pm

Seventy Years of U.S. Middle East Policy, Overturned

Lee Smith · September 15, 2015 6:50 pm

Obama to warn against shutdown at business lobby

Joseph Lawler · September 15, 2015 6:19 pm

National Security

Obama will call Putin when ‘it would advance our interests’

Susan Crabtree · September 15, 2015 6:19 pm

Washington Secrets

Debate throat prep: Olive oil, fancy pillows, wild cherry drops

Paul Bedard · September 15, 2015 6:02 pm

"Since we concluded these negotiations, we have had the most consequential national security debate since the decision to invade Iraq more than a decade ago. Over the last several weeks, the more members studied the details of this deal, the more they came out in support," Obama said. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Obama racks up more Pinocchios for latest Iran claim

Becket Adams · September 15, 2015 5:10 pm

PresidentÂ Obama pointed to automatic payments into retirement accounts and streamlining the application process for federal financial aid for college as examples of behavioral science insights helping Americans get ahead.Â (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama orders federal agencies to hire psychologists

Nicole Duran · September 15, 2015 4:46 pm

President Obama, accompanied by Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., right, arrives at Des Moines International Airport, Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, in Des Moines. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Fecklessness 101: Obama in the Middle East

Michael Barone · September 15, 2015 4:30 pm

The White House holds a climate change summit with China in California Tuesday.Â (AP Photo/Greg Baker, Pool)

Energy and Environment

Obama pairs U.S., Chinese cities on climate push

John Siciliano · September 15, 2015 10:00 am