Dave Boyer

Obama vows to release U.S. intel on Argentina 1976 coup

Hoping to build trust with Argentina's new center-right government, President Obama pledged Wednesday to declassify secret military and intelligence files on the U.S. role in the coup that installed a brutal military regime in Buenos Aires 40 years ago.

March 23, 2016

Obama: Republicans think I want to turn U.S. into Cuba

President Obama said with a grin Wednesday that Republicans think constitutional limits on his power have prevented him from turning the U.S. into communist Cuba.

March 23, 2016

Obama says he’s not ‘ashamed’ of his presidency

As he looks back at his presidency in his final year, President Obama said Wednesday he has nothing to be "ashamed" of.

March 23, 2016

Obama: Defeating ISIS is ‘number one’ priority

President Obama pledged Wednesday to "go after ISIL aggressively" in the wake of the Islamic State's attacks in Belgium that killed at least 30 people and wounded more than 230 others.

March 23, 2016

Rights groups boycotting Obama’s visit to Argentina

Argentina's top human rights groups are boycotting President Obama's visit to the country on the 40th anniversary of a military coup that lead to the deaths of thousands of people.

March 23, 2016

Obama defends decision to attend ballgame in Cuba in wake of terror attacks

If you can't watch a ballgame in Cuba, the terrorists win. That was essentially President Obama's answer for why he attended a game in Havana Tuesday between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban national team.

March 22, 2016

Obama tells Cubans he wants to end U.S. embargo

In a historic address to Cubans, President Obama said Tuesday that he wants Congress to lift the embargo against Havana to help ordinary Cubans.

March 22, 2016

Obama condemns terror attacks in Brussels

President Obama called the terrorist attacks in Brussels Tuesday "yet another reminder the world must unite" to defeat terrorism.

March 22, 2016

Obama, in Cuba, informed of terror attacks in Belgium

President Obama, in Cuba, was "apprised" of the terrorist attacks in Belgium early Tuesday morning, a White House official said.

March 22, 2016

Castro demands U.S. give back Guantanamo, lift embargo

Playing the role of a painfully polite guest, President Obama offered almost no pushback publicly Monday as Cuban President Raul Castro criticized U.S. shortcomings to his face at a press conference and demanded the return of the "illegally occupied" Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.

March 21, 2016

Obama meets Cuban President Castro in Havana

President Obama met with Cuban President Raul Castro in Havana Monday, as the two leaders began historic discussions over the course of restoring economic and cultural ties between the former Cold War adversaries.

March 21, 2016

Merrick Garland rulings consistently side with labor unions

An analysis of Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland's judicial decisions on labor disputes has found that he nearly always sides with unions.

March 21, 2016

President Obama lands in Cuba, human rights on the agenda

President Obama and his family arrived in Cuba on Sunday for a historic three-day visit filled with symbolism, but with few expectations that the president's legacy-building visit will improve human rights for Cubans under the repressive military regime of the Castro brothers.

March 20, 2016

Merrick Garland pushed for referendum on Harvard’s ROTC ban

As a student leader at Harvard University during the Vietnam War, President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court advocated for a referendum on the school's ban of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps from the campus.

March 19, 2016

Obama says blocking Supreme Court nominee could come back to haunt GOP

President Obama predicted Saturday that the next Republican president will face political payback from Democrats if Senate Republicans refuse to allow a vote on his Supreme Court nominee, Judge Merrick Garland.

March 19, 2016

Obama’s choice of white male Merrick Garland for Supreme Court sparks liberal backlash

Many liberals are expressing unhappiness that President Obama's Supreme Court nominee is a white male, as the president tries to rally grass-roots support for Judge Merrick Garland in the uphill battle to gain a confirmation hearing from Senate Republicans.

March 17, 2016

White House insists Obama didn’t predict Bernie Sanders will end campaign

The White House refuted a report Thursday that President Obama privately told Democratic donors the party's presidential primary is essentially over and Sen. Bernard Sanders would soon end his campaign.

March 17, 2016

Democrats call on Senate GOP to hold hearings for Obama’s Supreme Court nominee

Senate Democrats gathered on the steps of the Supreme Court Thursday to call on Republican leaders to hold a confirmation hearing for President Obama's Supreme court nominee, Judge Merrick Garland.

March 17, 2016

Obama won’t meet Fidel Castro during visit to Cuba

President Obama won't meet Fidel Castro during his historic visit to Cuba next week, White House aides said Wednesday.

March 16, 2016

Merrick Garland has ‘very liberal view of gun rights’

President Obama tried to tap a moderate to fill the seat of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, but he ended up picking a fight with powerful Second Amendment groups that say Judge Merrick Garland has shown antipathy toward gun rights.

March 16, 2016