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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 Obama speaks about the Baton Rouge, La., shooting of police officers from the briefing room of the White House in Washington on July 17, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama tells police ‘we grieve with you’

Stung by criticism that he doesn't show enough support for police, President Obama told the nation's law enforcement officers Tuesday that Americans "depend on you."

July 19, 2016
Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan said previous estimates of the nation's deficit were too low. U.S. debt has climbed to $19.3 trillion during President Obama's term, up from $10.6 trillion when he took office in 2009. (Associated Press)

National debt nearly doubles under Obama

The White House predicted Friday that the federal government's budget deficit for the current fiscal year will hit $600 billion, an increase of $162 billion over last year's and a final sour note on President Obama's watch.

July 17, 2016
People stand near a makeshift memorial for the victims killed in an attack where a truck mowed through revelers in Nice, southern France, Friday, July 15, 2016. A large truck mowed through revelers gathered for Bastille Day fireworks in Nice, killing more than 80 people and sending people fleeing into the sea as it bore down for more than a mile along the Riviera city's famed waterfront promenade. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Obama offers condolences to Hollande over attack in Nice

President Obama called French President Francois Hollande Friday to offer condolences on the latest horrific terrorist attack, and the White House struggled to explain why such attacks are multiplying even as the administration is claiming success in the fight against the Islamic State.

July 15, 2016
President Barack Obama speaks to media at the bottom of a meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, July 13, 2016, about community policing and criminal justice with a group made of activists, civil rights, faith, law enforcement and elected leaders. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Daughter of man killed by police disrupts Obama event

A town hall meeting with President Obama on police-minority relations was disrupted Thursday by the daughter of a man killed by police, screaming that she wasn't allowed to question the president.

July 14, 2016
Reporters and photographer wait for comment from Republican congressmen who are meeting with President Obama regarding the government shutdown and debt ceiling at the West Wing at the White House in Washington on Oct. 10, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

White House journalists blast Trump, Clinton

A group representing White House journalists said Thursday that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are threatening freedom of the press with their behavior in the presidential campaign.

July 14, 2016