Dave Boyer

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.

Articles by Dave Boyer

Gwyneth Paltrow aide blocks journalist from taking her photo at White House event

An aide to Gwyneth Paltrow tried to prevent a journalist from taking a photo of the actress — and unabashed Obama fan — at a party at the White House Wednesday night.

December 18, 2014

Obama pardons 12, commutes drug sentences

President Obama commuted lengthy prison sentences Wednesday for eight people convicted of drug offenses, and issued pardons to 12 other federal convicts.

December 17, 2014

Hillary Clinton wants to go to Cuba

The White House wouldn't say Wednesday whether President Obama will go to Cuba, but former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is on record as hoping to go.

December 17, 2014

Obama hails ‘new chapter’ in diplomatic relations with Cuba

Reversing more than 50 years of U.S. policy, President Obama Wednesday announced the resumption of diplomatic relations with Cuba, hailing it as "a new chapter" with the Communist-controlled nation.

December 17, 2014

Obama withdraws Bristol Bay from mining

President Obama declared a swath of Alaskan coastline off-limits to oil and gas leasing Tuesday, in a move the White House said would protect fisheries and wildlife but which brought a muted complaint from the state's Republican senator over how the decision was made.

December 16, 2014

Obama to sign bill imposing more Russia sanctions

The White House said Tuesday that President Obama will sign a bill imposing further sanctions on Russia for its aggression in Ukraine.

December 16, 2014

Obama condemns terrorist killings at Pakistan school

President Obama condemned the "horrific" Taliban attack on a school in Pakistan that killed at least 126 people on Tuesday.

December 16, 2014

Obama to Dick Cheney: You’re dead ‘wrong’ on enhanced interrogations

The White House said Monday that former Vice President Dick Cheney is "wrong" in his view that the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects saved lives.

December 15, 2014

Obama to mark end of combat mission in Afghanistan despite warning signs

President Obama said Monday that America has reached a "turning point" in deploying troops overseas, with the U.S. combat mission ending in Afghanistan and most troops having returned home from the war on terrorism.

December 15, 2014

Obama says Putin not holding ‘good cards’

President Obama said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin "does not have good cards" in the high-stakes feud with the West over Moscow's aggression in Ukraine.

December 11, 2014

Obama urges big labor to accept free-trade deal with Asia

In a plea to big labor and Democrats opposing a free-trade deal with Asia, President Obama said Thursday the "horse is out of the barn" on America losing jobs overseas and that his proposed agreement would create a more fair trading system.

December 11, 2014

Trey Gowdy, chair of Benghazi probe, vows to keep investigating security lapses

The chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi vowed Wednesday to "keep asking questions" about security failures that contributed to the deaths of four Americans in a terrorist attack in Libya in 2012.

December 10, 2014

China: Torture report undercuts U.S. on rights

There were no immediate reports of violence, but America's image took a hit overseas nonetheless Tuesday with the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee's findings on torture and the treatment of detainees by the CIA in the post-9/11 global war on terror.

December 9, 2014