Tag: Barack Obama

President Barack Obama, left, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, during his arrival ceremony at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama, Kerry won’t meet with Netanyahu during U.S. visit

Kelly Cohen · January 22, 2015 8:53 pm

Tax Foundation economists say Obama's capital gains tax hike would decrease employment by 134,579 jobs per year and cut the economy by 0.8 percent, or $142 billion, per year. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Capital gains tax hike bad for the economy, middle class

Jason Russell · January 22, 2015 5:51 pm

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders pushes overtime for salary workers. AP Photo

Obama readies massive overtime expansion

Paul Bedard · January 22, 2015 5:47 pm

Obama ‘Will Not’ Meet With Netanyahu During March Visit

Obama ‘Will Not’ Meet With Netanyahu During March Visit

Daniel Halper · January 22, 2015 5:26 pm

President Obama gives his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Obama’s happy talk is contradicted by reality

Washington Examiner · January 22, 2015 10:01 am

Diana Meza-Ehlert watches as President Obama delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday. (AP/Gregory Bull)

Obama’s attempt to turn the page undermined by policy failures

Michael Barone · January 22, 2015 10:00 am

A Houthi Shiite Yemeni stands guard at a street leading to the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. (AP Photo)

National Security

Obama mum as counterterror strategy flounders in Yemen

Susan Crabtree · January 22, 2015 12:45 am

Obama pitches agenda in red states

Obama pitches agenda in red states

Brian Hughes · January 22, 2015 12:14 am

Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Mike Lee arrive for a vote Oct. 16, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty images)

House conservatives: Ted Cruz and Mike Lee need to ‘start fighting’ on immigration bills

Susan Ferrechio · January 21, 2015 10:58 pm

President Barack Obama shakes hands after delivering the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)

USA Today tops SOTU coverage with tough review; Times, Post laud Obama vision

Becket Adams · January 21, 2015 10:52 pm

President Obama walks on the tarmac with Mayor David Bieter after arriving on Air Force One, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, in Boise , Idaho, en route to Boise State University where he will discuss the themes in his State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama to meet with wife of American jailed in Iran

Susan Crabtree · January 21, 2015 10:31 pm

President Obama "wasn't offended" when Republicans cheered his admission in the State of the Union address Tuesday that he could not run for the White House again. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Obama ‘wasn’t offended’ by Republicans cheering his exit

Brian Hughes · January 21, 2015 9:28 pm