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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.

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Obama enlists business, labor in spending push

A day after enlisting veterans to help him fight congressional Republicans for a second economic stimulus plan, President Obama joined forces with big labor and big business Wednesday to pressure lawmakers for more spending on federal construction projects.

August 31, 2011

Obama’s proposed regs would cost billions annually

In a preview of a battle likely to be waged throughout the fall, President Obama told GOP House Speaker John A. Boehner in a letter Tuesday that the administration is considering seven regulations that would each cost the U.S. economy more than $1 billion per year.

August 30, 2011

Obama presses Congress on jobs for veterans

President Obama on Tuesday told veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that they have "have earned their place among the greatest of generations" and that Congress has a duty to find more jobs for returning service members.

August 30, 2011

Multiple disasters put FEMA in a funding bind

The Obama administration is giving itself high marks for its emergency response to Hurricane Irene, except for one problem — the government's disaster fund is going broke.

August 29, 2011

Obama picks Krueger for economic adviser

A week away from delivering a major speech on jobs and renewing a battle with congressional Republicans on the economy, President Obama on Monday named labor economist Alan B. Krueger of Princeton University to lead his depleted economic team.

August 29, 2011

Obama’s campaign muddled in name game

President Obama's re-election campaign has appropriated for its voter-registration operation the name of an existing group, Project Vote, that has been the target of voter-fraud complaints tied to the much-criticized and now-defunct activist group ACORN.

August 28, 2011

Democrats get secret donors to ease out school chief

Philadelphia's Democratic machine is under fire after officials arranged for private, anonymous cash payments to buy out the contract of the unpopular school superintendent in the nation's eighth-largest public school district.

August 23, 2011

Sentences meted out in Philly ‘flash mob’ melee

The leader of a Philadelphia teen "flash mob" that assaulted people at random and provoked the mayor to lecture black youths of personal responsibility has been sentenced to confinement in a juvenile detention facility.

August 19, 2011

U.S. tightens sanctions on Syria

President Obama and other world leaders ramped up pressure Thursday on Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, but the authoritarian regime responded by accusing the West of inciting more violence.

August 18, 2011

On digital battleground, Obama is armed and dangerous

President Obama holds the early advantage in the digital campaign for re-election, but his Republican challengers aren't ceding any ground in the race to gain an edge through social media and other online strategies.

August 17, 2011

Obama calls for ‘shared sacrifice’

President Obama wrapped up his three-day bus tour of the Midwest on Wednesday by previewing his renewed plans for deficit reduction involving what he called "shared sacrifice."

August 17, 2011

Obama: Tea-party GOP blocking U.S. recovery

A day after clashing with a tea party activist, President Obama Tuesday told crowds in Iowa that it was "a faction in Congress" that was to blame for blocking economic progress.

August 16, 2011

Tea party activist takes on Obama during town hall meeting in Iowa

President Obama was confronted by a tea party activist Monday night who wanted to know how Mr. Obama can call for compromise with Republicans while Democrats accuse the tea party of being "terrorists."

August 15, 2011

Obama calls for tax hikes, blasts GOP

President Obama launched a Midwestern bus tour devoted to the economy Monday by again calling for tax increases and accusing Republicans who oppose his plans of failing to put the "country first."

August 15, 2011

Obama embarks on ‘economic bus tour’ of Midwest swing states

President Obama embarks on a taxpayer-funded bus tour of Midwestern swing states Monday, trying to make the case to voters that Republicans are blocking his efforts to create jobs for the middle class.

August 14, 2011

Philadelphia mayor talks tough to black teenagers after ‘flash mobs’

Mayor Michael A. Nutter, telling marauding black youths "you have damaged your own race," imposed a tougher curfew Monday in response to the latest "flash mob" — spontaneous groups of teens who attack people at random on the streets of the city's tourist and fashionable shopping districts.

August 8, 2011