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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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In this file photo from Friday, March 18, 2005, former first lady Barbara Bush listens to her son, President George W. Bush, as he speaks on Social Security reform in Orlando, Fla. The wife of former President George H.W. Bush is in "failing health," a Bush family spokesman said Sunday, April 15, 2018, following a recent series of hospitalizations and after consulting with her family and doctors, the 92-year-old former first lady has decided not to seek additional medical treatment and will instead focus on comfort care. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Barbara Bush dies at 92

Barbara Bush, the popular matriarch of the Bush family dynasty famous for her unpretentious style and elegant halo of white hair, died Tuesday at the age of 92.

April 17, 2018
President Donald Trump waves as he leaves a roundtable discussion on tax cuts for Florida small businesses, in Hialeah, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Donald Trump: Economy ‘starting to rock’ from impact of tax cuts

President Trump made a pitch in Florida on Monday for permanent tax cuts, criticizing incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson as an opponent of the recently approved tax-relief package who would try to raise taxes if his party takes control of Congress this year.

April 16, 2018
President Donald Trump waves to media as he walks from the Oval Office of the White House to Marine One in Washington, Monday, April 16, 2018, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base en route to Miami. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump backs off sanctions against Russia for involvement in Syria

President Trump on Monday ordered a hold on new economic sanctions against Russia over its support for Syria and said he remain committed to pulling U.S. troops out of the war-torn nation, despite what was widely seen as a successful strike with allies on President Bashar Assad's chemical weapons infrastructure over the weekend.

April 16, 2018
President Donald Trump, center, takes his seat before speaking at an event to promote his tax cut package at Bucky Dent Park in Hialeah, Fla., Monday, April 16, 2018. Siting with Trump are Maximo Alvarez, left, CEO, Sunshine Distributor and Irina Vilarino, right, owner, Las Vegas Cuban Cuisine. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump lauds missile strikes on Syria

President Trump hailed the success of the U.S.-led missiles strikes on Syria Monday, boasting that the Russian military was unable to shoot down even one of the allies' missiles last weekend.

April 16, 2018
Satellite images show the Barzah Research and Development Center in Syria on Friday (top) and on Sunday. The parameters of presidential powers for such a strike are far from clear. Story, A6. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s Syria strike authority under debate in Congress

President Trump told Congress on Sunday that he was exercising commander-in-chief powers when he ordered strikes on Syria's chemical weapons capability, insisting the action on Saturday was "in the vital national security" interests of the U.S.

April 15, 2018
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, walks to the U.S. District Court in Washington on Nov. 16, 2005. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Donald Trump issues pardon to Scooter Libby in 2007 conviction

President Trump issued a pardon Friday to former Vice President Dick Cheney's top aide, saying his 2007 conviction for obstructing the probe into the leaking of a CIA operative's identity, saying the conviction now appears to be tainted.

April 15, 2018
FILE - In this June 8, 2017, file photo, former FBI director James Comey testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Comey blasts President Donald Trump as unethical and “untethered to truth” and his leadership of the country as “transactional, ego driven and about personal loyalty.” Comey’s comments come in a new book in which he casts Trump as a mafia boss-like figure who sought to blur the line between law enforcement and politics and tried to pressure him regarding the investigation into Russian election interference. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

White House accuses media of colluding with Comey on book tour

The White House is accusing the liberal media of "propping up" former FBI Director James Comey to sell his book that trashes President Trump, saying the media instead should boycott Mr. Comey as a "disgraced partisan hack" and liar.

April 13, 2018