Tag: Barack Obama

Anti-abortion activists hold a rally opposing federal funding for Planned Parenthood in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. (Olivier Douliery/Getty Images)

Obama would veto bill to defund Planned Parenthood

Nicole Duran · July 30, 2015 6:57 pm

"Women tend not to be in the higher echelons of the economy. There are very few women CEOs in the United States, and women have much less access to wealthy donors." (AP File Photo)

Washington Secrets

Shock charge: FEC chair says Super PACs only help white men

Paul Bedard · July 30, 2015 6:57 pm

Republican presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at a small business town hall meeting, Monday, July 27, 2015, in Longwood, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Energy and Environment

Bush calls out EPA climate rules as ‘irresponsible’ overreach

John Siciliano · July 30, 2015 6:01 pm

New citizens take the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony Monday, July 6, 2015, in Miami. (AP)

GOP bill blocks Obama plan to water down pledge taken by new U.S. citizens

Pete Kasperowicz · July 30, 2015 5:54 pm

From left: Senator John Barrasso, R-WY, Senator Jeff Flake, R-AZ, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-TN, and Senator Ron Johnson, R-WI, speaks among themselves at the beginning of a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Thursday, July 23. 2015. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

Lawmakers pressing IAEA for details of Iran side deal

Charles Hoskinson · July 30, 2015 5:14 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks at a press briefing on Capitol Hill, Thursday. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Pelosi calls Obama’s Iran deal ‘a diplomatic masterpiece’

Susan Ferrechio · July 30, 2015 4:07 pm

The funds were included as part of $175 million in grants issued "intended to help grow the middle class."Â (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Minorities want Obama to focus on jobs, not climate change: Poll

John Siciliano · July 30, 2015 3:56 pm

Obama wants to build world’s best supercomputer

Nicole Duran · July 30, 2015 2:45 pm

Sen. Marco Rubio is spending most of his time campaigning in the key early primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada -- as are most GOP contenders.Â (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Marco Rubio plots 2016 delegate strategy

David M. Drucker · July 30, 2015 4:01 am

It's possible that President Obama will finish out his term pretending that his military strategy is working and no change is necessary. (AP Photo)

National Security

Living in strategic denial

Mark Moyar · July 30, 2015 4:01 am

The White House says President Obama will veto legislation that would let the Department of Veterans Affairs fire corrupt or negligent officials. (AP Photo)Â

Obama issues veto threat; worried VA reform would make the VA ‘less attractive’ to workers

Pete Kasperowicz · July 29, 2015 10:29 pm

President Barack Obama speaks at Sempra U.S. Gas & Power's Copper Mountain Solar 1 facility, the largest photovoltaic solar plant in the United States on March 21, 2012 in Boulder City, Nev. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Obama pressed by hundreds of groups to scrap ozone rules

John Siciliano · July 29, 2015 10:14 pm