Susan Crabtree

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The president's decision to wait until his final two years in office to try to push the two major trade measures over the objections of skeptical Democrats also is weakening his hand, GOP leaders assert. (AP Photo)Â

Democrats give Obama the Bush treatment on trade

Susan Crabtree · May 6, 2015 9:00 am

From left, Scott Davis, President Obama and Joe Echevarria participate in a roundtable discussion with young people before speaking at the launch of My Brother's Keeper Alliance. (Photo by by Susan Watts-Pool/Getty Images)

Obama hits a wall in campaign for race relations

Susan Crabtree · May 5, 2015 9:00 am

Speaking at an event on the campus of Lehman College in the Bronx, N.Y., President Obama said the country will Ã¢â¬Åprofit or payÃ¢â¬ï¿½ for what the young men in poor communities across the country become. (AP Photo)Â

Obama: Helping young men from poor areas will be ‘my life’s work’

Susan Crabtree · May 4, 2015 8:54 pm

The White House and House GOP leaders have made no secret of their personal hostilities this year ever since Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to a joint session of Congress. (AP Photo)Â

White House, GOP snipe over stalling trade bills

Susan Crabtree · May 2, 2015 12:00 pm

"It is my practice not to comment on the legal processes involved," President Obama said. "That would not be appropriate, but I can tell you that justice needs to be served." (AP Photo)Â

Obama: ‘People of Baltimore want truth’

Susan Crabtree · May 1, 2015 5:12 pm

"The president affirmed that Justin and Stephanie epitomized all that was good about America, and he told their parents that their tragic deaths have touched the hearts of all of us," a White House official said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama gets boost in spying showdown

Susan Crabtree · May 1, 2015 9:00 am

Ã¢â¬ÅThis legislation would give employers cover to fire employees for the personal decisions they make about birth control and their reproductive health,Ã¢â¬ï¿½ the White House said in a statement.

Obama threatens to veto bill on D.C. abortion coverage law

Susan Crabtree · April 30, 2015 8:57 pm

President Barack Obama gets down on his knee to pose with a group of students at Anacostia Library in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 2015, following a live "virtual field trip" with middle school students to announce two initiatives to improve education through digital connectivity. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

WH defends Obama’s record on race relations

Susan Crabtree · April 30, 2015 7:21 pm

Economic optimism was at the highest level of President Obama's tenure in April, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. (AP Photo)

WH: ‘Ironic’ that GOP is asking Obama to help pass trade bills

Susan Crabtree · April 30, 2015 7:11 pm

Acknowledging that there have been too many instances of police brutality and eruptions of angry and violent reactions across the country, Obama said itÃ¢â¬â¢s time that he and the nation tackle these problems in a Ã¢â¬Åserious way.Ã¢â¬ï¿½ (AP Photo)Â

Obama finding his footing in racial unrest

Susan Crabtree · April 30, 2015 9:00 am

Ã¢â¬ÅI am heartened that the unrest seemed to ease last night and that members of the community are trying to come together to clean up their city,Ã¢â¬ï¿½ Lynch said. (AP Photo)Â

Lynch praises Baltimore officials for de-escalating violence

Susan Crabtree · April 29, 2015 8:29 pm

President Obama once again urged America to do some soul-searching and commit to helping impoverished black communities gripped with unemployment, drug addiction and educational inequality. (AP)

The limits of Obama’s Baltimore soul-searching

Susan Crabtree · April 29, 2015 9:00 am