Dave Boyer

Trump eyeing move for White House press room as journalists’ group raises objections

The head of the journalists association covering the White House said Sunday that the group will object to any move by the incoming administration to "shield" Donald Trump from scrutiny, amid reports that Mr. Trump's advisers are considering moving the press briefing room out of the West Wing.

January 15, 2017

White House shuts down call-in line

President Obama is done listening -- at least by phone.

January 14, 2017

John Lewis says Trump is not a ‘legitimate’ president

Democratic Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, a longtime civil rights figure, says he doesn't consider Donald Trump a "legitimate" president because he believes Russia helped him to win the election.

January 13, 2017

Obama admits that transition is ‘unusual’

President Obama is admitting that the transition with President-elect Donald Trump has been "unusual."

January 13, 2017

Obama awards Biden Medal of Freedom as veep takes more shots at Trump

Vice President Joseph R. Biden is going out swinging at President-elect Donald Trump, while President Obama bestowed him Thursday with a surprise presidential Medal of Freedom.

January 12, 2017

Joe Biden knocks Donald Trump on business plans, says he could ‘sink in the swamp’

Vice President Joseph R. Biden said Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump hasn't done enough to separate himself from his business empire before he takes the oath of office next week.

January 12, 2017

Obama sanctions 18 Syrian officials for chemical-weapons use

The Obama administration sanctioned 18 Syrian government officials Thursday over chemical-weapons attacks in that country's civil war in 2014 and 2015.

January 12, 2017

Obama files trade complaint against China’s aluminum dumping at WTO

With eight days remaining in office, President Obama filed a trade complaint Thursday against China over subsidies for aluminum producers.

January 12, 2017

White House accuses Donald Trump of ‘secrecy’ as transition barbs fly

Inauguration Day can't come soon enough for the incoming Trump administration or the departing Obama team.

January 11, 2017

White House says Donald Trump’s Nazi comment ‘misguided’ in intel dispute

The White House slammed President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday for comparing U.S. intelligence agencies to Nazi Germany, saying the comparison was "deeply misguided."

January 11, 2017

Thomas Donohue, Chamber chief, calls on Trump to kill wide range of Obama regulations

The president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce called on President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican-majority Congress on Wednesday to roll back Obama-era regulations on clean power plants and health care while pursuing new trade deals and immigration reform.

January 11, 2017

Obama calls on supporters to renew fight for liberal values in farewell address

In his farewell address to the nation Tuesday night, a tearful President Obama called on Americans to keep working on income equality, racial healing and bipartisan cooperation -- the same goals he was unable to achieve over the past eight years.

January 10, 2017

Obama, in farewell address, retains hope of forming ‘a more perfect union’

President Obama will tell Americans Tuesday night in his farewell address that actively engaged citizens are the key to creating a more perfect union.

January 10, 2017

Office of Special Counsel found chronic delays for veterans at Phoenix VA hospital

A government watchdog reported Tuesday that there are still chronic delays for veterans waiting for health care appointments at the Department of Veterans Affairs facility in Phoenix, more than two years after the Obama administration pledged to fix the problems.

January 10, 2017

Susan Rice says she’s ‘available’ to give advice to Trump’s national security team

Obama national security adviser Susan E. Rice said Tuesday that she is "rooting hard" for retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who will serve in the same key role for President-elect Donald Trump.

January 10, 2017

Edward Royce urges Obama to stop Gitmo transfers, cites terrorists’ return to battlefield

Citing fresh intelligence that freed Guantanamo Bay detainees are returning to terrorism, a top House Republican called on President Obama Tuesday to halt immediately any more releases from the prison.

January 10, 2017

Sean Spicer, Trump spokesman, calls on Schumer to denounce protesters at Jeff Sessions’ confirmation

President-elect Donald Trump's spokesman called on Senate Democrats Tuesday to denounce "left-wing" protesters at the confirmation hearing for attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions.

January 10, 2017

Obama to give farewell address in Chicago amid violence, racial divisions

The weekend before President Obama's planned farewell address was a good one by Chicago's violent standards -- only one person was killed by gunfire and eight others were wounded.

January 9, 2017

White House accuses Senate GOP of rubber-stamping Trump nominees

The White House blasted Senate Republicans Monday for "rubber-stamping" the nominees of President-elect Donald Trump before the government completes ethics reviews for some of the appointees.

January 9, 2017

White House applauds Meryl Streep criticism of Donald Trump

The White House defended actress Meryl Streep's criticism of President-elect Donald Trump Monday and said President Obama has been biting his tongue to keep from unleashing similar public barbs about the Republican.

January 9, 2017