Dave Boyer

Donald Trump blames Barack Obama for failing to stop Russian interference, hindering hacking probe

President Trump appeared to concede Monday that Russia tried to help him win the 2016 election, and he blamed former President Barack Obama for not only failing to stop the foreign meddling but for obstructing an investigation into the hacking.

June 26, 2017

Obama officials hit back at Trump, GOP over Russia claims

Former Obama White House officials accused President Trump Monday of trying to distract the public from Republicans' "terrible" health-care bill by blaming President Obama for obstructing an investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential election.

June 26, 2017

Donald Trump appoints 19 people to ambassador posts

President Trump promised to shake up Washington, but he's following at least one swampy tradition by nominating wealthy political allies and campaign donors to cushy ambassador posts.

June 25, 2017

Timothy Harleth, Trump hotel employee, tabbed as new White House chief usher

First lady Melania Trump said Friday that she's hired Timothy Harleth, a top employee at Trump International Hotel in Washington, to be the new White House chief usher.

June 23, 2017

Trump’s guests at bill-signing ceremony include man who advocated shooting Hillary Clinton

Among President Trump's invited guests at a bill-signing ceremony to improve veterans services Friday was Al Baldasaro, a former Trump delegate from New Hampshire who made headlines last year for saying Hillary Clinton should be shot for treason.

June 23, 2017

Donald Trump signs VA accountability act into law, promises better care for veterans

President Trump signed a law Friday that makes it easier for the Department of Veterans Affairs to fire employees for wrongdoing and adds protections for whistleblowers in the VA.

June 23, 2017

White House correspondents’ group pushes Trump aides for more televised press briefings

The president of the group representing the White House press corps said Friday that journalists are "not satisfied" with a move by the Trump White House to scale back on the frequency of televised press briefings.

June 23, 2017

Donald Trump gives Steve Scalise’s children tour of White House at annual picnic, calls for unity

With House Majority Whip Steve Scalise still recovering in a hospital from a gunshot wound, President Trump gave his children a tour of the White House Thursday night and paid tribute to the injured lawmaker at the annual congressional picnic on the South Lawn.

June 22, 2017

Donald Trump says he has no tapes of James Comey’s conversations

President Trump said Thursday he didn't make any tape recordings of his conversations with then-FBI Director James B. Comey before firing him.

June 22, 2017

Mike Pence says Donald Trump will sign health care bill before end of summer

Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday that President Trump and congressional Republicans will complete health care legislation "before the summer is out" to repeal and replace Obamacare.

June 22, 2017

Donald Trump: Senate health care bill faces a ‘little negotiation’

President Trump said Thursday that the Senate's health care bill is in good shape but needs a "little negotiation."

June 22, 2017

Donald Trump proposes new immigration rules

At a raucous campaign rally Wednesday night in Iowa, President Trump proposed new immigration rules that would bar newcomers to the U.S. from receiving welfare benefits for five years.

June 21, 2017

Donald Trump congratulates new Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman

President Trump spoke Wednesday with Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia to congratulate the 31-year-old on his recent elevation as next in line to the throne.

June 21, 2017

Donald Trump celebrates GOP House wins in Georgia, South Carolina

President Trump took a victory lap Wednesday after Republicans won the last two special House elections, saying the lesson for Democrats is that "obstruction doesn't work!"

June 21, 2017

Donald Trump: North Korea’s treatment of Otto Warmbier ‘a disgrace’

President Trump said Tuesday that the death of American college student Otto Warmbier after an imprisonment in North Korea was "a total disgrace."

June 20, 2017

Sean Spicer leaving White House podium for behind-the-scenes role

White House press secretary Sean Spicer is leaving the briefing room podium to take a more behind-the-scenes job managing the President Trump's communications strategy, according to officials, as a long-planned communications shake-up takes shape.

June 20, 2017

Donald Trump, Jared Kushner welcome technology executives to White House

Despite a rocky relationship with the tech world, President Trump and senior adviser Jared Kushner welcomed executives of some of America's biggest technology companies to the White House on Monday to encourage private-sector solutions to government problems.

June 19, 2017

Trump calls Otto Warmbier ‘latest victim’ of North Korea’s ‘brutality’

President Trump on Monday called Otto Warmbier, the 22-year-old American student who died Monday just days after returning from imprisonment in North Korea, the "latest victim" of Pyongyang's brutal regime.

June 19, 2017

Otto Warmbier, U.S. student freed from North Korea, dies, family says

Otto F. Warmbier, the University of Virginia student who was in a coma last week when North Korea released him after 17 months of detention, died at a Cincinnati hospital Monday, sparking outrage and accusations of "murder" lodged against the communist regime that held him.

June 19, 2017

White House to Russia: U.S. will protect our interests in Syria

The White House responded to warnings from Russia Monday by saying the U.S. will do whatever's necessary to protect America's military and its interests in Syria, where a U.S. warplane shot down a Syrian military plane.

June 19, 2017