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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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White House blames do-nothing GOP for Donald Trump’s rise

On the eve of potentially decisive Super Tuesday voting, the White House said anxious Republican leaders in Washington have only themselves to blame for Donald Trump's near solid grip on the party's presidential nomination.

February 29, 2016
In yet another effort to frame his legacy, President Obama and his aides are hoping to convince Americans retroactively about the merits of the oft-derided $836 billion economic recovery act of 2009. (Associated Press)

Obama says stimulus sparked economic recovery, but public remains skeptical

In yet another effort to frame his legacy, the president and his aides are hoping to convince Americans retroactively about the merits of the oft-derided $836 billion economic recovery act of 2009. While avoiding words such as "debt," they are pointing to cutting the unemployment rate in half, reducing the number of home foreclosures and helping the U.S. auto industry recover.

February 28, 2016
President Barack Obama, center, followed by Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Defense Secretary Ash Carter right, walks to a podium to speak to media after a meeting of his National Security Council (NSC) at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. The meeting focused on the global campaign to degrade and destroy ISIL as well as Syria and other regional issues. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama doubtful that Syria cease-fire will hold

A pessimistic President Obama warned Russia Thursday night to honor a negotiated cease-fire in Syria but said there are "plenty of reasons for skepticism" that fighting in the bitter civil war won't end.

February 25, 2016
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks to a closed-door GOP policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. Senate Republicans, most vocally Senator McConnell, are facing a high-stakes political showdown with President Barack Obama sparked by the recent death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Republicans controlling the Senate — which must confirm any Obama appointee before the individual is seated on the court — say that the decision is too important to be determined by a lame-duck president. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell: No hearings on Obama’s Supreme Court pick

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday there is no way that Republicans will take up President Obama's pick to fill the Supreme Court, citing an election that's already underway and Vice President Joseph Biden's decades-old protest against campaign season nominees.

February 23, 2016
President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with governors in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama says he’s not a ‘big government’ liberal

Despite submitting the first $4 trillion federal budget and breaking a record for new regulations last year, President Obama rejected the notion Monday that he is a "big government" liberal.

February 22, 2016