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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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Shinzo Abe to visit Pearl Harbor with Obama

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Pearl Harbor with President Obama later this month, becoming the first Japanese leader to visit the site of the attack 75 years ago that killed more than 2,300 U.S. servicemen and thrust the U.S. into World War II.

December 5, 2016

Matteo Renzi to resign after referendum defeat in Italy

Italian Premier Matteo Renzi says he is resigning after a stinging defeat on a constitutional reforms referendum that he staked his premiership on.

December 4, 2016

White House says Obama will sign law extending Iran sanctions

President Obama is expected to sign into law a measure extending sanctions against Iran for 10 years, the White House said Friday.

December 2, 2016

Russian tampering in election gets Obama look

The White House said Thursday that it would review a request by Democrats on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to make public new information pointing to Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election, but it hasn't changed the administration's view that Donald Trump's victory was free of tampering.

December 1, 2016

Obama to meet with special forces and give speech on counterterrorism efforts

President Obama will meet with U.S. special-operations forces in Florida Tuesday and give a speech summarizing his administration's fight against terrorists, the White House said Thursday.

December 1, 2016

China joins U.S., allies in sanctions on North Korea

The U.N. Security Council unanimously pushed through a harsh slate of sanctions against North Korea on Wednesday -- even winning support from China to slash coal imports from its nuclear-armed neighbor -- a day after the Obama administration sought to ease regional concerns over a political crisis gripping South Korea.

November 30, 2016

VA says Christmas tree being removed was in a box

The Philadelphia regional office of the Veterans Affairs Department said Wednesday that a Christmas tree being removed from its office is in a box, not on display.

November 30, 2016

U.N. hits North Korea with new round of sanctions over nuclear program

The United Nations Security Council imposed fresh export sanctions on North Korea Wednesday in response to Pyongyang's fifth and largest nuclear test.

November 30, 2016

Obama finalizes regulation to ‘ban the box’ on hiring job applicants with criminal records

The Obama administration finalized a regulation Wednesday to prevent the federal government from asking job applicants about criminal records until a job has been offered, part of a series of actions that the White House said is aimed at reforming the criminal justice system.

November 30, 2016

Cost of federal student loan program doubled beyond estimate: Watchdog

Taxpayers will pay at least $74 billion for a federal program to reduce student loan repayments, more than twice the amount expected during President Obama's tenure, a government watchdog said Wednesday.

November 30, 2016

Bob Dylan turns down Obama’s invitation for White House meeting

His answer may be blowin' in the wind, but for whatever reason, Bob Dylan turned down an invitation to meet President Obama at the White House Wednesday.

November 30, 2016

White House sniffs at Trump helping to save Carrier jobs in U.S.

The White House threw a little shade Wednesday on President-elect Donald Trump's apparently successful effort to keep 1,000 manufacturing jobs in Indiana, saying it's nice but pales in comparison to the jobs created under President Obama.

November 30, 2016

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in jeopardy under Donald Trump

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the powerful five-year-old agency that President Obama hopes will be regulating businesses on behalf of consumers long after he leaves office, could be gutted and its director removed soon after President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated in January.

November 29, 2016