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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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Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, said, "A handful of people are trying to decide to very badly damage or possibly destroy the Trump presidency." (Associated Press/File)

Glenn Beck accuses Grover Norquist of ties to Islamists

Longtime Republican Party icon Grover Norquist defended himself Thursday on an hourlong television show against accusations by conservatives that he has ties to people who've worked for Muslim Brotherhood front groups.

March 26, 2015
President Barack Obama walks out of the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 26, 2015, to board Marine One on the South Lawn for a short trip to Andrews Air Force base Md., before traveling to Lawson State Community College in Birmingham to speak about the economy. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Obama pushing new rules on payday loan industry

President Obama will push for new regulations on the $46 billion payday loan industry Thursday and will criticize congressional Republicans for trying to undermine the federal agency that enforces consumer laws.

March 26, 2015
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 9, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

VA director’s relocation bonus far above average

The $288,000 relocation bonus paid to Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Director Diana Rubens was about $275,000 more than the agency's average relocation award, The Washington Times has learned.

March 26, 2015
Sen. Charles Schumer, New York Democrat said of the Medicare language, "is it as severe as the provision in the trafficking bill? No, so we'll see where we come out." The Medicare bill would repeal an outdated budget tool that Congress overrides each year, anyway, through a so-called "doc fix," even when the formula calls for a cut to doctors' pay. (Associated Press)

Democrats may not sink House bill on doctors’ pay

Senate Democrats said Wednesday there is daylight between a pro-life provision they opposed in an anti-trafficking bill and abortion language tucked into a House deal to overhaul Medicare, signaling their objections may not torpedo long-sought reforms to how the health program pays doctors.

March 25, 2015
The seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington is seen here on June 21, 2013. The number of military suicides is nearly double that of a decade ago when the U.S. was just a year into the Afghan war and hadn't yet invaded Iraq. While the pace is down slightly this year, it remains worryingly high. The U.S. military and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) acknowledge the grave difficulties facing active-duty and former members of the armed services who have been caught up in the more-than decade-long American involvement in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Philly VA director got $288K ‘relocation’ bonus

The Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed Wednesday that it paid a senior manager $288,000 in "relocation payments" when it reassigned her from Washington last year to become director of the agency's problem-riddled Philadelphia office.

March 25, 2015
President Barack Obama speaks on the fifth anniversary of his healthcare law, Wednesday March 25, 2015, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama taunts GOP on fifth anniversary of Obamacare

On the fifth anniversary of Obamacare, after the botched website rollout, the infamous broken promise about keeping your health care plan if you like it, the staggering midterm election losses for Democrats and persistent doubts among consumers, President Obama had a proud message for his critics Wednesday: I told you so.

March 25, 2015
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (Associated Press) **FILE**

Bobby Jindal blasts new FEMA rule on climate change

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Tuesday blasted the Obama administration's new rule that could make it harder for governors who deny climate change to obtain emergency preparedness funding from Washington.

March 24, 2015
In this Jan. 26, 2015, file photo, Secret Service officers search the south grounds of the White House in Washington after an unmanned aerial drone was found on the White House grounds during the middle of the night. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

New videotape shows Secret Service bungling bomb threat at White House

A House watchdog blasted the Secret Service Tuesday for bungling a bomb threat at the White House on March 4, airing a previously undisclosed police videotape of the incident that shows a suspect depositing a suspicious package near a security checkpoint before allegedly intoxicated agents blundered onto the scene 30 minutes later.

March 24, 2015

Philadelphia VA facing inquiry of its management

Just as President Obama was hoping to put one Veterans Affairs scandal behind him, another is brewing in the agency's Philadelphia office, where officials opened a formal probe Monday into accusations ranging from mismanagement to lost benefits claims.

March 23, 2015
President Barack Obama speaks at The City Club of Cleveland, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, in Cleveland. Obama visited Cleveland, in the all-important presidential battleground state of Ohio, delivering a speech focusing on middle-class economics and to draw contrasts with Republicans over federal spending. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Obama urges Iran to accept ‘historic’ nuke deal

President Obama addressed the Iranian people directly in a video message Thursday night, saying the U.S. and Iran have "an historic opportunity" to resolve Tehran's nuclear issue peacefully.

March 19, 2015