Susan Crabtree

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President Obama pauses during a meeting with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The president said the derailment of Amtrak Train 188 "is a tragedy that touches us all." In a statement, Obama said he is offering prayers to the families who lost loved ones and the passengers beginning to recover. (AP Photo)

Obama ‘shocked, saddened’ by Amtrak derailment

Susan Crabtree · May 13, 2015 4:42 pm

Many senators were displeased by Obama's pointed and intensifying battle with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., over the merits of the free trade bill. (Getty)

Twilight of Obama: Democrats desert the president

Susan Crabtree · May 13, 2015 9:00 am

White House: Senate Dems revolt on trade is a temporary ‘snafu’

White House: Senate Dems revolt on trade is a temporary ‘snafu’

Susan Crabtree · May 12, 2015 6:34 pm

The White House on Monday said nothing was amiss with the Saudis after Riyadh announced Sunday that the king had changed his plans. (AP)

White House regroups after Gulf state summit plans unravel

Susan Crabtree · May 11, 2015 11:01 pm

WH: Saudi king’s decision to skip summit not a snub

WH: Saudi king’s decision to skip summit not a snub

Susan Crabtree · May 11, 2015 6:02 pm

President Obama speaks at Nike headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., Friday, May 8, 2015. The president is in Beaverton to make his trade policy pitch as he struggles to win over Democrats for what could be the last major legislative push of his presidency. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Obama at Nike: ‘My dearest friends are wrong’ on trade

Susan Crabtree · May 8, 2015 6:13 pm

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals' Thursday decision that the phone data collection program extends beyond what Congress passed into law handed new ammunition to critics who want to end the program completely. (AP Photo)Â

Court ruling pressures Obama on government spying

Susan Crabtree · May 8, 2015 9:00 am

Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 6, 2015, to testify before a Defense Subcommittee hearing. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

U.S. begins training of Syrian fighters

Susan Crabtree · May 7, 2015 8:11 pm

Fort Meade in Maryland is operating at a reduced status Thursday morning while local police search for a carjacking suspect believed to be on the base.Â (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Appeals court says NSA spying program is unlawful

Susan Crabtree · May 7, 2015 2:03 pm

Skeptics say President Obama is kicking himself in the foot with a trip to Nike's Beaverton, Ore., campus Friday to extol the virtues of free trade. (AP Photo)Â

Activists on Obama’s Nike trade trip: Just don’t do it

Susan Crabtree · May 7, 2015 9:00 am

President Barack Obama,Â walks from Marine One, Sunday, May 3, 2015, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., as he returns from presidential retreat at Camp David, Md. (AP Photo)

WH dodges human rights questions about Nike visit

Susan Crabtree · May 6, 2015 6:41 pm

Thomas Drake, a former National Security Agency employee who became an early whistleblower about government spying programs, also signed the letter to oppose the USA Freedom Act.

Left, Right unite to fight Patriot Act extension

Susan Crabtree · May 6, 2015 5:03 pm