The Washington Times

president

Featured Articles
  • White House exodus stirs political buzz

    By Kara Rowland - The Washington Times

    The White House has seen a stunning pre-election exodus of high-level staffers, culminating in the departure over the last two weeks of President Obama’s chief of staff and national security adviser. Published October 10, 2010 Comments

  • ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS
"As long as I'm your president and Martin O'Malley is your governor, we will not allow politicians ... to sacrifice your education for tax cuts we cannot afford," President Obama said at a campaign rally for Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday at a rally at Bowie State University.

    Obama backs O’Malley at Bowie campaign rally

    By Joseph Weber - The Washington Times

    President Obama visited Maryland on Thursday to support incumbent Gov. Martin O’Malley’s re-election bid and to urge Democrats to vote in November, despite their disappointment with the first two years of his presidency. Published October 7, 2010 Comments

  • Obama vetoes bill on foreclosure documents

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    Even though the measure passed Congress without a single dissenting vote, President Obama this week spotted potentially nefarious side effects in an arcane bill to rewrite rules on notarized documents, issuing only the second veto of his presidency Thursday. Published October 7, 2010 Comments

  • President Obama speaks Tuesday during the White House Summit on Community Colleges in the East Room of the White House. (Associated Press)

    Obama use of foe’s tax records reviewed

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    A federal inspector general is looking into whether the Obama administration used confidential taxpayer information in an effort to attack a political opponent, Koch Industries. Published October 5, 2010 Comments

  • President Carter, shown here in 1979, speaks against a backdrop of solar panels at the White House. Activists used one of Mr. Carter's panels to help persuade President Obama to set an example by powering his residence with solar energy. (Associated Press)

    Solar panels to go atop White House

    By Dina Cappiello - Associated Press

    Solar power is coming to President Obama’s residence. Published October 5, 2010 Comments

Recent Articles
  • White House scandals turn enthusiastic supporters into critics

    By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

    President Obama's election was a hopeful moment for civil rights advocates who thought he would usher in a golden era of government openness and respect for civil liberties, but some of the president's most enthusiastic supporters have expressed the harshest condemnation this week as revelations of multiple controversies involving intrusive government overreach have exploded onto the national stage. Published May 16, 2013

  • Tea party group targeted by IRS suspected opposition research for Obama campaign

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    When the chairman of one of the tea party groups targeted by the IRS for special scrutiny saw the agency's questions, his first thought was that the queries were so outrageous that the Obama administration was engaging in campaign opposition research. Published May 15, 2013

  • Conservative lawmakers, governors at odds over expanding Medicaid

    By Tom Howell Jr. and - The Washington Times

    Time is running out for states to decide whether they will expand their Medicaid programs under President Obama's health law — a decision that pits governors who think it is too good of a deal to pass up against conservative lawmakers who see it as a budget-busting gamble. Published May 14, 2013

  • White House spokesman Carney faces his toughest challenge yet

    By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

    Jay Carney has said he was looking for a new challenge when he made his decision to leave his job as the Washington bureau chief for Time magazine to become President Obama's White House swwpokesman. Published May 12, 2013

  • House committee to start hearings on Boston bombings

    By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

    As Republicans continue to raise questions regarding the Obama administration's handling of intelligence leading up to the Boston bombings, the House this week will hold the first of what is expected to be many congressional hearings on the issue. Published May 5, 2013

  • Pot laws enraged man who fired shots at White House in 2011

    By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

    A man accused of trying to assassinate President Obama in 2011 was angry about the federal government's policy on the criminalization of marijuana, according to new court documents. Published May 2, 2013

  • Another pitch for spending on roads, bridges

    By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

    One day after warning about the dire consequences of failing to break through Washington's latest budget impasse, President Obama renewed his call for directing tens of billions of federal dollars to rebuilding the nation's roads, bridges and ports. Published February 20, 2013

  • Obama golfs, reporters teed off

    By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

    Undeterred by complaints from the White House press corps about a lack of access, President Obama spent Presidents Day playing his third straight day of golf to wrap up a secluded guys' weekend at an exclusive golf course in Florida. Published February 18, 2013

  • GOP’s Rubio tells Obama to end obsession with taxes, while tea partier Paul attacks spending

    By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

    Sen. Marco Rubio on Tuesday said President Obama's "obsession with raising taxes" and excessive spending is strangling the economy, and called for a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution while delivering the Republican response to the State of the Union. Published February 12, 2013

  • Obama poised to refocus on economy

    By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

    With a number of weighty issues — from budget deadlines to guns and immigration — competing for his attention, the president will use Tuesday night's State of the Union address to again try to persuade the country that his top priority is the economy. Published February 11, 2013

  • President Obama vows to make Nancy Pelosi speaker of the House again

    By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

    President Obama, speaking to House Democrats at a party retreat in Lansdowne, Va., on Thursday, told lawmakers that if they stick to their principles, "I expect Nancy Pelosi will be speaker again." Published February 7, 2013

  • Rhode Island passes civil unions bill

    By Ian MacDougall - Associated Press

    The Rhode Island Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that would allow same-sex couples to enter into civil unions, a measure that Gov. Lincoln Chafee's office says he intends to sign into law. Published June 30, 2011

  • Source: Marine out of running to head joint chiefs

    By Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press

    A defense official says Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright no longer is in the running to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He long was thought the top candidate. Published May 25, 2011

  • Obama, in Florida, makes nice with Republicans

    By Julie Pace - Associated Press

    Eager to show some bipartisanship, President Obama is sharing a stage in Florida with Jeb Bush, brother of former President George W. Bush whose policies Mr. Obama blames for sending the nation's economy spiraling into a recession. Published March 4, 2011

  • Obama wades back into Wisconsin budget row

    By Kara Rowland - The Washington Times

    Wading back into the battle between Republican governors and public employee unions, President Obama on Monday told governors gathered at the White House that balancing state budgets will require shared sacrifice and that it doesn't do "any good when public employees are denigrated or vilified." Published February 28, 2011

Get free daily emails from breaking news to the day's top stories. Privacy Policy
Happening Now