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Dave Boyer

Dave Boyer

dboyer@washingtontimes.com

Dave Boyer is a White House correspondent for The Washington Times. A native of Allentown, Pa., Boyer worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer from 2002 to 2011 and also has covered Congress for the Times. He is a graduate of Penn State University. Boyer can be reached at dboyer@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Dave Boyer

President Donald Trump signs a trade agreement with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump signs landmark trade deal with China to fix ‘wrongs of the past’

President Trump and Chinese negotiators signed a hard-fought trade agreement on Wednesday that provides big wins for U.S. farmers and financial-services firms, a historic breakthrough in the lopsided business dealings between the world's two biggest economies that Mr. Trump achieved through his unconventional use of tariffs.

January 15, 2020
President Trump is to host a team of Chinese negotiators Wednesday in a ceremony marking an official suspension of the tariff war that has been escalating since 2018. (Associated Press)

U.S., China to sign ‘phase one’ trade agreement

The U.S. and China are set to sign a phase 1 trade agreement Wednesday at the White House, giving President Trump another election-year boost on the economy even as he prepares for his impeachment trial in the Senate.

January 14, 2020
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk off the field after the national anthem before the beginning of the College Football Playoff National Championship game between LSU and Clemson, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump, Melania Trump cheered at National Championship game

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump were greeted with chants of "four more years" and "U.S.A.!" from a Superdome crowd of 75,000 on Monday night before the start of the college national championship football game between Clemson and Louisiana State University in New Orleans.

January 13, 2020
A Libyan civilian watches cars burn in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012. (Associated Press)

Benghazi attack, Obama weak response behind Trump Soleimani strike

President Trump calls his military clash with Iran over a besieged U.S. Embassy "the opposite of Benghazi," and people close to him say it's impossible to overstate how deeply Mr. Trump was influenced by the fatal 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. facilities in Libya, and by President Barack Obama's weak response.

January 12, 2020
Flowers and candles are placed in front of portraits of the flight crew members of the Ukrainian 737-800 plane that crashed on the outskirts of Tehran, at a memorial inside Borispil international airport outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says that Iran must take further steps following its admission that one of its missiles shot down Ukrainian civilian airliner. He also expressed hope for the continuation of the crash investigation without delay. A team of Ukrainian investigators is in Iran. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Iran condemned around the world after Tehran admits downing of passenger plane

Condemnation of Iran poured in from around the globe Saturday after Tehran finally admitted that its military shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 aboard, and President Trump tweeted a message of support for outraged Iranian anti-government demonstrators in their own language.

January 11, 2020