Tag: Barack Obama

U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy from Vermont, center, speaks to the press as fellow lawmakers stand with him in Havana Cuba, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. U.S. lawmakers standing with Leahy are, from left, Senator Richard Joseph Durbin from Illinois, Senator Deborah Ann Stabenow of Michigan, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Congressman Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, and Congressman Peter Welch of Vermont. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

National Security

Castro’s new Gitmo demands stir fierce debate

Susan Crabtree · January 30, 2015 10:00 am

President Obama smiles as he makes opening remarks at the House Democratic Issues Conference in Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. (AP Photo)

Obama mocks Mitt Romney’s poverty pitch

Brian Hughes · January 30, 2015 1:32 am

Public opinion left out of picture in Obama immigration drive

Byron York · January 29, 2015 11:46 pm

Cruz: Obama Should Focus Animosity on Enemies, Not Israel

Daniel Halper · January 29, 2015 11:01 pm

In this Saturday, May 31, 2014 image made from video, U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, right, stands with a Taliban member in eastern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad)

National Security

Taliban leader swapped for Bergdahl suspected of returning to fight

Charles Hoskinson · January 29, 2015 10:49 pm

Podcast: Boehner’s Netanyahu Invite Raises Questions About Obama’s Foreign Policy

TWS Podcast · January 29, 2015 7:29 pm

White House: Obama’s budget is ‘beginning of a negotiation’

Brian Hughes · January 29, 2015 7:07 pm

The Democratic Bench Is Shockingly Weak

Jay Cost · January 29, 2015 6:32 pm

State Department: ‘Russian Military Has a Significant Presence in Ukraine’

Jeryl Bier · January 29, 2015 4:37 pm

If government spending goes up less than expected, the politicians have declared it to be a "cut." (iStock)

Federal budget deceit

Scott Rasmussen · January 29, 2015 4:14 pm

President Obama Thursday touted the looming release of his federal budget, urging Republicans to support a slate of tax increases to pay for his economic blueprint for the middle class. (AP Photo)

Obama: My budget is a ‘blueprint for success’

Brian Hughes · January 29, 2015 3:56 pm

Boehner: In This Congress, ‘There Will Be an Alternative’ to Obamacare

Jeffrey H. Anderson · January 29, 2015 3:49 pm