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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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Emergency personnel walk near the scene of a deadly train wreck, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Philadelphia. Federal investigators arrived Wednesday to determine why an Amtrak train jumped the tracks in Tuesday night's fatal accident. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Philadelphia Amtrak derailment: ‘My Philly Lawyer’ already soliciting victims

Dean Weitzman, managing partner of the Philadelphia firm Silvers, Langsam & Weitzman, P.C., who also goes by the name "My Philly Lawyer," sent out a press release Wednesday afternoon touting his availability "to provide representation for victims and injured persons in last night's Amtrak derailment in North Philadelphia."

May 13, 2015
President Obama points to the audience as he departs after speaking at the Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit on Overcoming Poverty at Gaston Hall at Georgetown University in Washington on May 12, 2015. (Associated Press)

House Democrats mount opposition to Obama trade deal

A day after Senate Democrats dealt an embarrassing setback to President Obama on free trade, House Democrats said Wednesday they are also gaining momentum to stop the administration's proposed deal.

May 13, 2015
President Barack Obama points to the audience as he departs after speaking at the Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit on Overcoming Poverty at Gaston Hall at Georgetown University in Washington, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. The president said that "it's a mistake" to think efforts to stamp out poverty have failed and the government is powerless to address it. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

White House threatens veto on defense bill

The White House issued a veto threat Tuesday night on the annual House defense policy bill, citing objections to sequestration spending levels and lawmakers' refusal to close the Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention center.

May 12, 2015

Obama pressed to raise human-rights abuses in Gulf nations

Human-rights activists said Tuesday there's growing doubt that President Obama is "tough enough" to raise human-rights concerns such as persecution of Christians with leaders of Persian Gulf states at a summit this week.

May 12, 2015
President Obama is pressing for fast-track powers now so that he can finalize an Asian trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, that he's negotiating with 11 other countries. A European trade deal could also be on the horizon. (Associated Press)

Democrats filibuster Obama’s trade bill

Senate Democrats filibustered Tuesday to stop the first major free trade deal vote in years, administering an embarrassing setback to President Obama, who had pleaded with his own party to back him on his top domestic priority for his final years in office.

May 12, 2015
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, talks with President Barack Obama following a statement with Richard Cordray, the new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Progressive group blasts Obama on free trade

A progressive group blasted President Obama Tuesday for being tougher on liberal Sen. Elizabeth Warren than he is on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over free trade.

May 12, 2015
President Obama is greeted by new Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz as the president and first lady Michelle Obama arrive on Air Force One at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Jan. 27, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Saudi king not snubbing Obama, White House says

The Obama administration tried to save face Monday over President Obama's crumbling summit with leaders of Persian Gulf nations, a meeting that four of six key rulers are skipping amid concerns about the U.S. nuclear talks with Iran.

May 11, 2015
FBI crime scene investigators document evidence outside the Curtis Culwell Center, Monday, May 4, 2015, in Garland, Texas. Two men opened fire with assault weapons on police Sunday night who were guarding a contest for Muslim Prophet Muhammed cartoons. A police officer returned fire killing both men. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)

White House raises ‘lone wolf’ scenario in Texas attack

The White House said Wednesday that the shooting in Texas for which the Islamic State has claimed responsibility was consistent with a lone-wolf attack, while a terrorism watch group said the violence may have been inspired by an al-Shabab extremist from Minnesota who is wanted by the FBI.

May 6, 2015
A major trade deal could be a capstone legacy for President Obama's second term in office — if he can deliver the votes. (Associated Press)

Obama takes fire from all sides for free-trade proposal

President Obama's proposed Asian free-trade deal was crumbling on the left and right Tuesday, with progressives denouncing his decision to promote the pact at a firm with a history of exploiting sweatshop labor, and a rift widening with Speaker John A. Boehner over the White House's inability to muster Democratic votes for the deal.

May 5, 2015