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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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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, center, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, left, and U.S. President Barack Obama take part in the North American Leaders' Summit at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 29, 2016. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Obama: Mexicans make U.S. stronger

With Donald Trump's rhetoric about Mexican rapists and border walls obviously on their minds, President Obama and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto made a public show of friendship and respect Wednesday.

June 29, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stands onstage as he listens to his son Donald Trump, Jr., speak during a rally at Ohio University Eastern Campus in St. Clairsville, Ohio, Tuesday, June 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

White House defends free-trade deal against Trump criticism

The White House hit back Wednesday at Donald Trump's criticism of President Obama's free-trade deal with Pacific Rim nations, saying the pact is an upgrade of the much-maligned North American Free Trade Agreement of the Clinton era.

June 29, 2016
White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2016. Earnest discussed the House Benghazi Committee report and other topics. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House condemns terrorist bombing at Istanbul airport

The White House Tuesday night condemned the terrorist attack that killed about 50 and injured dozens at the airport in Istanbul, Turkey, saying the airport "is a symbol of international connections and the ties that bind us together."

June 28, 2016
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. smiles during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Paul Ryan calls for post-Brexit U.K. trade deal

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan called on the Obama administration Tuesday to prioritize a new trade agreement with Britain, but the White House dismissed the suggestion, saying President Obama warned British voters there would be consequences for their decision to leave the European Union.

June 28, 2016
Jo Cox (Associated Press/File)

Obama calls husband of slain British lawmaker

President Obama spoke by phone Friday with the husband of Jo Cox, a pro-European Union member of the British Parliament who was murdered by a constituent a week before a referendum on whether Britain should remain in the EU.

June 17, 2016
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden visit a memorial to the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting, Thursday, June 16, 2016 in Orlando, Fla. Offering sympathy but no easy answers, Obama came to Orlando to try to console those mourning the deadliest shooting in modern U.S history. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama meets with grieving families after Orlando shooting

President Obama again played the role as the nation's chief comforter after a mass shooting Thursday, meeting with victims' families and trying to turn the conversation to gun control rather than the failure of his counterterrorism strategy to prevent the attack.

June 16, 2016
White House Press secretary Josh Earnest speaks to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 15, 2016. Earnest said President Barack Obama has “warm personal feelings” toward the 80-year-old Dalai Lama and fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Obama also appreciates his teachings and believes in preserving Tibet’s unique religious, cultural and linguistic traditions. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama to travel to Orlando to console families of victims

As the White House renewed calls for gun control, President Obama will visit Orlando, Florida on Thursday to perform his painfully familiar role as consoler in chief for families of victims of the mass shooting by a radicalized Islamic gunman at a gay club.

June 15, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump rallied a crowd in April at the Milwaukee Theatre. Party members in the state hope this is the year they win the big prize. (Associated Press)

White House dubious about Trump’s effort on gun control

The White House expressed skepticism Wednesday about the sincerity of Donald Trump's move to meet with the National Rifle Association to push for a ban on firearms purchases by people on the government's terror watch list.

June 15, 2016