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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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President Barack Obama will meet with the governors of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and Rhode Island on Wednesday to discuss minimum wage. (Associated Press)

New England governors, Obama to push minimum wage

Brushing aside a recent report that raised red flags about the impact of raising the federal minimum wage, President Obama intends to step up the effort on behalf of one of his top domestic priorities by enlisting four Democratic governors from New England to pressure Congress.

March 2, 2014
President Barack Obama speaks at Union Depot in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, about a $300 billion transportation infrastructure plan. Obama spoke at Union Depot rail and bus station with a proposal asking Congress for $300 billion to update the nation's roads and railways, and about a competition to encourage investments to create jobs and restore infrastructure as part of the President’s Year of Action. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama outlines creation of rare black-focused program

After years of proclaiming his policies are color-blind, President Obama is establishing a program Thursday specifically to help young black men, whose fortunes have worsened since he took office.

February 27, 2014
Then-President Barack Obama walks with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on the tarmac upon his arrival at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on May 29, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama announces federally funded Chicago high-tech hub

The Chicago hub will receive $70 million for a Pentagon-led institute that focuses on high-tech digital manufacturing and design. But Obama seemed eager to dispel any suspicions that hometown favoritism might have played a role in awarding Chicago one of the manufacturing centers.

February 25, 2014
FILE - In this May 19, 2013, file photo President Barack Obama speaks during a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) event in Atlanta. Candidates in U.S. Senate races this year collectively raised more than a half-million dollars a day in 2013, suggesting a spate of never-ending campaign ads, mail and phone calls to come before November’s elections. The DSCC raised nearly $53 million in 2013 and the National Republican Senatorial Committee nearly $37 million. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Obama takes credit for GOP governors’ success

President Obama said Thursday night that Republican governors are taking credit for improving their states' economies when it's really his administration's policies that have helped growth.

February 20, 2014
White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Carney answered questions including ones on Syria and North Korea. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House mum on damning North Korea report

The White House declined an opportunity Tuesday to jump on a stinging United Nations report documenting mass crimes against humanity by the regime in North Korea, despite its past criticisms of Pyongyang.

February 18, 2014
** FILE ** In this Feb. 6, 2014, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Minimum wage hike would kill a half-million jobs: CBO

Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour will cost the U.S. economy a half-million jobs by 2016 but will substantially boost wages for most low-income workers, according to a Congressional Budget Office report released Tuesday that adds a significant hurdle to Democrats' push for an increase.

February 18, 2014
With a map of the United States on a truck in the background, President Barack Obama speaks about how having a fuel-efficient truck fleet can boost the economy and help combat climate change, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, at the Safeway Distribution Center in Upper Marlboro, Md. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama orders up new mileage standards for big rigs

President Obama's visit to suburban Maryland on Tuesday to announce new fuel-efficiency standards for trucks was anything but efficient, as the commander-in-chief took a 15-vehicle caravan on an hour-long round trip just to deliver a 17-minute speech at a local Safeway distribution center.

February 18, 2014
**FILE** President Barack Obama speaks to reporters on Air Force One shortly after landing in Springfield, Ill., Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama to order the EPA to issue new auto fuel standards

As part of his efforts to combat climate change, President Obama will order the EPA Tuesday to issue a new round of regulations by March 2016 requiring auto manufacturers to boost fuel efficiency in medium and heavy-duty vehicles, a White House official said.

February 18, 2014