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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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Senate Health Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican, struck the agreement with Sen. Patty Murray, Washington Democrat, to fund pivotal "cost-sharing" payments for two years. (Associated Press/File)

Lamar Alexander says he landed deal on Obamacare stabilization

President Trump threw his support Tuesday behind a short-term Obamacare fix that would restart payments to insurance companies, saying it was a way to buy time while Republicans work toward a broad repeal that he insisted they will eventually find the votes to pass.

October 17, 2017
President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke to members of the media in the Rose Garden of the White House on Monday. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump backs Mitch McConnell in abrupt reversal

President Trump endorsed an intraparty revolt Monday aimed at ousting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, but hours later stood beside the Kentucky Republican in the Rose Garden and said their relationship was "outstanding."

October 16, 2017
President Trump signs an executive order ending government subsidy payments to insurance companies under Obamacare, a program never approved by Congress, on Oct. 12, 2017. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump reverses Obama’s legally dubious executive orders

Democrats are attacking President Trump for "dismantling" President Obama's legacy on everything from Obamacare subsidies to immigration amnesty, but nobody knew better than Mr. Obama how vulnerable his go-it-alone agenda would be if Mr. Trump won the election.

October 16, 2017
"We will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence, more terror and the very real threat of Iran's nuclear breakout," President Trump said Friday in refusing to re-certify the nuclear deal President Obama signed. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s Iran move gives Congress time to get tough

The U.S. plans to remain in the nuclear deal with Iran but will push to make sure Tehran lives up to its end of the bargain, administration officials said Sunday, as President Trump asks Congress for help in beefing up an international pact he once derided as "the worst deal ever."

October 15, 2017
President Donald Trump speaks to the 2017 Value Voters Summit, Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump decertifies Iran nuclear deal, announces new crackdown

President Trump said Friday he's decertifying the Iranian nuclear deal forged under the Obama administration, but stopped short of ending the international agreement, instead giving Congress 60 days to take a tougher approach toward Tehran's lawless behavior.

October 13, 2017
In this Aug. 22, 2017 photo, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Deputy Chief of Staff Kirstjen Nielsen speak together as they walk across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

John Kelly says he’s not quitting ‘most important job I’ve ever had’

Amid reports that President Trump is increasingly frustrated and angry in his job performance, the White House called in the Marines on Thursday in the form of chief of staff John F. Kelly, who chided the media for exaggerating dissension in the West Wing and said he's not quitting his new post.

October 12, 2017
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump greet Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau as they arrive at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump host Justin Trudeau, presses NAFTA ‘fairness’

President Trump hosted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House to discuss the fate of the North American Free Trade Agreement Wednesday, with Mr. Trump pushing for what he called "fairness" for U.S. workers as a critical round of talks began.

October 11, 2017