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Dave Boyer

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.

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Trump slaps new sanctions on 15 Russian agents, firms for election meddling and ‘malign’ activities

The Treasury Department imposed fresh sanctions Wednesday against 15 Russian agents and companies for interfering in the U.S. presidential election in 2016 and carrying out a nerve-agent attack in England.

December 19, 2018

Trump asking all federal agencies to kick in for wall funding

President Trump has asked all Cabinet agencies to find extra money that could be used to build his border wall, the White House said Tuesday.

December 18, 2018

Trump will dissolve charity, New York attorney general says

President Trump has agreed to shut down his embattled charitable foundation and distribute the remaining money to "reputable" groups, New York's attorney general announced Tuesday.

December 18, 2018

Trump panel proposes erasing Obama-era discipline rules for minority students, arming more adults

The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed a plan to prevent school shootings that includes arming more school personnel, taking guns away from highly dangerous people and revoking Obama-administration rules that were criticized for easing discipline of minority students.

December 18, 2018

Donald Trump calls on Fed to stop raising interest rates amid stock-market dive

President Trump warned the Federal Reserve Tuesday not to "make yet another mistake" as it prepares to raise interest rates again this week, actions that the president has blamed for the plummeting stock market.

December 18, 2018

Donald Trump cites John Edwards precedent in rejecting felony talk

President Trump said Thursday he never told Michael Cohen to break election laws in 2016, declaring his innocence a day after his former lawyer was sentenced to three years in prison for campaign-finance violations and other crimes.

December 13, 2018

Donald Trump says Cohen case is an attempt ‘to embarrass me’

President Trump said Thursday that federal prosecutors added campaign-finance violations in the case against former lawyer Michael Cohen "to embarrass me."

December 13, 2018

Trump signs executive order promoting ‘opportunity zones’ in distressed towns

President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to create a new White House council for promoting private investment in "opportunity zones" in more than 8,700 distressed communities across the U.S., aiming to expand prosperity to neglected zip codes.

December 12, 2018

Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer display partisan divide in White House meeting

President Trump and congressional Democratic leaders ripped off the bandage over their raw, partisan disagreements Tuesday in open bickering that offered a glimpse of the divided government to come in the next two years.

December 11, 2018

Trump threatens government shutdown in heated meeting with Pelosi, Schumer

President Trump told Democratic leaders Tuesday he would be "proud" to shut down the government if he doesn't get the $5 billion in border wall funding he's demanding in a year-end spending bill.

December 11, 2018

Senate to vote on criminal justice reform this year

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that senators will vote on a slimmed-down criminal justice reform bill before Congress shuts down for the year, delivering what could be a major victory to President Trump.

December 11, 2018

Trump: 10 candidates vying for chief of staff post, cries ‘fake news’

President Trump said Tuesday that people are beating down his door to become the next White House chief of staff, pushing back against news reports that he's having trouble filling the high-pressure post.

December 11, 2018

Tom Cotton says prison-reform bill shouldn’t allow early release for felons

A key Republican opponent of a prison-reform bill backed by President Trump said Tuesday that supporters of the measure should kill provisions allowing certain federal inmates out of prison before they complete their sentences.

December 11, 2018

Mark Meadows says it would be ‘incredible honor’ to serve as White House chief of staff

Conservative Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina became the first person to express interest publicly in the White House chief of staff job Monday, saying he would be honored if President Trump chose him to replace the departing John F. Kelly.

December 10, 2018

Donald Trump says chief of staff Kelly will leave at end of year

President Trump was close to naming a new White House chief of staff Sunday to replace the departing John F. Kelly, as the president braces for the culmination of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, a new Democratic House majority and the 2020 re-election campaign.

December 8, 2018

Trump, Giuliani say Mueller still has no evidence of Russia collusion

President Trump and one of his top lawyers said Saturday that special prosecutor Robert Mueller's court filings still haven't tied the president to any collusion with Russia.

December 8, 2018

Donald Trump taps William Barr for attorney general, Heather Nauert for U.N.

President Trump said Friday he will nominate William P. Barr as attorney general and State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert as ambassador to the United Nations, prominent moves on a day of staff shakeups that is expected to include the departure of White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly.

December 7, 2018