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.

Articles by Dave Boyer

Trump to release surveillance memo likely Friday, White House says

President Trump will likely tell Congress Friday that he approves of releasing a memo detailing government surveillance abuses, the White House said Thursday.

February 1, 2018

Trump has read surveillance memo, White House says

President Trump has read the classified memo accusing the FBI and Justice Department of surveillance abuses, the White House confirmed Thursday.

February 1, 2018

Emails show hasty plan at consumer bureau to thwart Trump from appointing new director

Newly released emails reveal how former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief Richard Cordray scrambled to justify appointing his own successor at the agency to thwart President Trump.

February 1, 2018

Donald Trump wants to send terror suspects to Guantanamo Bay

President Trump's executive order paving the way to send more terrorism suspects to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba is reversing more than a decade of U.S. policy aimed at winding down operations at the notorious prison.

January 31, 2018

Mike Pence criticizes Joe Manchin in West Virginia for voting against tax cuts

Vice President Mike Pence criticized Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia in his own backyard Wednesday for voting against President Trump's tax cuts, telling voters that their state "deserves better in Washington."

January 31, 2018

Trump tells workers their tax-cut bonuses are ‘not crumbs’

In a shot at House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, President Trump told workers who are benefiting from his tax cuts Wednesday that their bonuses and pay raises are "not crumbs."

January 31, 2018

Trump ‘100 percent’ favors releasing GOP surveillance memo

President Trump told a Republican lawmaker that he's "100 percent" supporting the release of a GOP memo that details alleged abuses of government surveillance powers.

January 31, 2018

Cedric Richmond, head of black caucus, slams Trump’s ‘racist rhetoric’ in State of Union speech

The chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus is criticizing President Trump's State of the Union speech for "racist rhetoric" on immigration and saying blacks "have a lot to lose" under the president.

January 31, 2018

Reaction splits along party lines

Reaction to President Trump's State of the Union address broke along progressive-conservative lines Tuesday night, with praise from business leaders and criticism from human-rights groups.

January 30, 2018

Trump State of the Union address seeks unity on immigration plan

President Trump took a victory lap on the economy Tuesday night in his first State of the Union address, declaring that his tax cuts have sparked an American revival, and reaching out to Democrats to work on problems from immigration to infrastructure.

January 30, 2018

Sonny Perdue ‘designated survivor’ for State of the Union

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue will be the administration's "designated survivor" Tuesday night for President Trump's first State of the Union Address.

January 30, 2018

Trump says he wants to unite country from divisiveness dating back to Clinton impeachment

President Trump said Tuesday that he wants to unite the country from divisiveness dating back to President Clinton's impeachment, and that immigration problems are much harder to solve than the business challenges he faced before entering the White House.

January 30, 2018