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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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President Donald Trump prepares to sign an Executive Order on hiring American workers, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump weighs executive action to stop evictions

President Trump is considering an executive action to halt evictions in federally backed housing if the White House can't reach a deal soon with congressional Democrats on another round of coronavirus aid.

August 3, 2020
President Donald Trump pauses to point while walking to board Air Force One for a trip to Midland, Texas to visit Double Eagle Energy Oil Rig, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Jeff Lyash blasted by Trump for laying off American workers

President Trump on Monday called for the ouster of Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Jeff Lyash, the nation's highest-paid federal employee, noting that he received more than $8 million last year while moving to replace U.S. workers with foreigners.

August 3, 2020
In this Dec. 12, 2019, photo Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., listens during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Rubio says Rep. Bass would sympathize with Cuba as Biden’s veep

Trump campaign surrogates in Florida on Saturday attacked Rep. Karen Bass, a potential running mate of Democrat Joseph R. Biden, as a communist sympathizer who would try to bring the U.S. closer to the socialist governments of Cuba and Venezuela.

August 1, 2020
President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with leaders of some of the national law enforcement organizations in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, July 31, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says New York’s mail-in voting mess should be warning for November

President Trump on Friday pointed to the still-undecided election results in New York's 12th Congressional District, which was inundated with absentee ballots on June 23, as an example of the chaos looming if states rely on universal mail-in voting in the November presidential election.

July 31, 2020
A man walks past a retail store that is going out of business due to the coronavirus pandemic in Winnetka, Ill., Tuesday, June 23, 2020. More than 1.4 million laid-off Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, reported Thursday, July 30, further evidence of the devastation the coronavirus outbreak has unleashed on the U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

GDP shrank by record 32.9% in second quarter during coronavirus shutdowns

The U.S. economy suffered its worst collapse ever during the coronavirus shutdowns in the second quarter and, while the report was expected, it added pressure Thursday on negotiators in Washington to reach a deal on another round of emergency federal aid for businesses and tens of millions of unemployed workers.

July 30, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks at a press conference ahead of House votes on H.R. 7027 - the Child Care Is Essential Act and H.R. 7327 - the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Nancy Pelosi rejects Trump offer for short-term deal to extend benefits

White House negotiators and congressional Democrats reported no progress Wednesday in talks for a new round of coronavirus relief, with Democratic leaders rejecting President Trump's offer of a short-term deal to extend federal unemployment benefits set to expire Friday.

July 29, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Washington. Trump is en route to Texas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump mulling nomination acceptance speech from White House

President Trump said Wednesday he might give his nomination acceptance speech from the White House next month, after he pulled the plug on part of the GOP convention in Jacksonville, Florida, due to coronavirus concerns.

July 29, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House, Tuesday, July 28, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump says he plans to ‘take care’ of people with expiring unemployment benefits

President Trump said Tuesday that negotiators will "take care" of people whose $600-a-week unemployment benefits expire this week, as the White House sought common ground with Democratic leaders on another trillion-dollar coronavirus relief package and conservatives braced for the president to pile on more election-year spending to record deficits with help mostly from Democrats.

July 28, 2020