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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.

Articles by Dave Boyer

House Speaker Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 12, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama finally invites Paul Ryan to White House

More than three months after Speaker Paul Ryan was elected to his post, President Obama will hold his first face-to-face meeting with him at the White House next week.

January 29, 2016
President Barack Obama speaks to mayors from around the country, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. They visited the White House as part of the Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington this week. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama pays tribute to American heroes of the Holocaust

President Obama paid tribute Wednesday night to Americans who saved Jews from the Holocaust during World War II, saying their example holds a lesson in today's political climate of anti-immigrant sentiment and religious intolerance.

January 27, 2016
U.S. President Barack Obama stands with Cuba's President Raul Castro before a bilateral meeting at the United Nations headquarters on Sept. 29, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama lifts more sanctions against Cuba

The Obama administration announced the additional easing of travel and export sanctions on Cuba Tuesday as part of President Obama's effort to normalize diplomatic relations with Havana.

January 26, 2016
House Speaker Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 12, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Reducing deficit falls in importance to most voters: Poll

Despite a new forecast that the government's annual budget deficits will start rising again this year, few are paying much attention to the increasing red ink. Not President Obama, not Congress, not the majority of presidential candidates. And, increasingly, not the public.

January 25, 2016
US Vice-President Joe Biden, center, poses with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, left, and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for the media prior to a meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. Biden held a trilateral meeting with Ghani Sharif to help the two neighbors co-operate and co-ordinate on counter-terrorism measures, the White House said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Biden: U.S. ‘prepared’ for a military solution in Syria

Vice President Joseph R. Biden said Saturday that the U.S. and Turkey are prepared for a military solution in Syria if a political settlement isn't possible, prompting an aide to clarify that he was referring only to the Islamic State terrorist group.

January 23, 2016
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (left) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu react after delivering a statement at the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem on March 9, 2010. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu discuss Iran nuclear deal at Davos

Vice President Joseph R. Biden discussed the Iranian nuclear deal Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Davos, Switzerland, in their first meeting since the Obama administration lifted economic sanctions against Tehran last weekend.

January 21, 2016
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday, Vice President Joseph R. Biden slammed the abuse of gay rights abroad, saying "Culture never justifies rank, raw, discrimination or violation of human rights." (Associated Press)

Joe Biden slams gay rights abuses abroad

Vice President Joseph R. Biden got visibly agitated Wednesday while discussing the importance of LGBT rights at an international conference.

January 20, 2016