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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.

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In this photo made Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, oil tankers train cars ride past windmills neat Sweetwater, Texas. Sweetwater is bracing for layoffs and budget cuts, anxious as oil prices fall and its largest investors pull back. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Senate votes to restore full taxpayer subsidies for windmills

Hot air still rules on Capitol Hill, where senators voted Tuesday to restore millions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies for windmills, in a signal that Congress is still eager to pick winners in the emerging renewable energy sector.

April 26, 2016
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

House set to vote on D.C. voucher plan opposed by Obama

Lawmakers and D.C. officials are waiting to see whether President Obama will side with teachers' unions opposed to the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program, which is set for a House vote on reauthorization this week.

April 26, 2016
U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel look to each other as they speak before their tour of the Hannover Messe Trade Fair, the world's largest industrial technology trade fair, in Hannover, northern Germany, Monday April 25, 2016. Obama is on a two-day official visit to Germany. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama calls on Europeans to fight intolerance together

Eight years after arriving in Germany like a rock star, President Obama pleaded with disenchanted Germans on Monday for European unity and tolerance toward Muslim immigrants while critics blamed the departing U.S. president for "shattered illusions" of hope and change.

April 25, 2016
Onward: German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes President Obama to Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover during his final official trip to countries in the European Union. (Associated Press)

Obama peddles trade to skeptical Europeans

On his swan-song tour of European allies, President Obama encountered more resentment and opposition Sunday in countries that once embraced him enthusiastically.

April 24, 2016
U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron walk from 10 Downing Street, London after a meeting Friday, April, 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Obama warns British over leaving European Union

President Obama warned British voters Friday that their country's economic relationship with the U.S. could suffer if they decide in a June referendum to leave the European Union.

April 22, 2016
President Barack Obama, center left, and his wife first lady Michelle Obama, center right, pose with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, and Prince Phillip in the Oak room at Windsor Castle ahead of a private lunch hosted by the Queen, Friday, April 22, 2016 (John Stillwell/Pool)

Obama, first lady hosted by Queen Elizabeth II

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama -- who flew separately to England for some royal socializing -- had lunch Friday with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle.

April 22, 2016