Skip to content

Dive Deeper

WATCH: How Charlie Kirk touched the lives of his friends and family

TRENDING:
Donald Trump
Advertisement

Dave Boyer

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.

Articles by Dave Boyer

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh (right) met Wednesday on Capitol Hill with Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, who called him "a very fine man." (Associated Press)

Brett Kavanaugh’s opponents seek sex harasser link

Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh met with more senators Wednesday in his bid to win confirmation, while liberal opponents tried to link the nominee to a serial sexual harasser and even poked fun at his name. Published July 11, 2018

Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican, said the administration's tariffs are "like shooting ourselves in both feet" because they raise prices for consumers while reducing revenue, profits, wages and jobs. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump gets trade, immigration rebukes in Congress

Congress delivered twin rebukes to President Trump on Wednesday, with senators demanding a larger role in setting trade policy and a key House panel voting to spank him over family separations at the border. Published July 11, 2018

In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Critics fear foreign government favors to Trump businesses have become business as usual. Ethics watchdogs say apparent quid-pro-quo deals are not being stopped by a Republican-led Congress or the courts. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Donald Trump hits China with $200 billion in new tariffs

The Trump administration announced Tuesday it is preparing a new package of tariffs targeting Chinese exports valued around $200 billion, the latest escalation in the trade war with Beijing. Published July 10, 2018

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, right, walks past the press following a photo opportunity with Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 10, 2018. Kavanaugh is on Capitol Hill to meet with Republican leaders as the battle begins over his nomination to the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearing must come after Robert Mueller probe ends, Democrats say

Conservative Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh embarked on a round of courtesy calls Tuesday with key Republican senators who control his Supreme Court nomination, while frustrated Democrats argued for a postponement of the confirmation hearing until special counsel Robert Mueller completes the Russia investigation that they hope could damage President Trump. Published July 10, 2018

President Donald Trump greets Judge Brett Kavanaugh his Supreme Court nominee, in the East Room of the White House, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Brett Kavanaugh is Donald Trump Supreme Court nominee

President Trump nominated federal appeals court Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court Monday night, setting up a furious partisan confirmation battle as he seeks to move the high court firmly under conservatives' control for decades to come. Published July 9, 2018

FILE - In this April 26, 2018, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt listens to questions as he testifies before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Trump tweeted Thursday, July 5, he accepted the resignation of Pruitt. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump says Scott Pruitt ‘didn’t want to be a distraction’

President Trump said that embattled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, resigned Thursday because he "didn't want to be a distraction." "He came to me and he said 'I have such great confidence in the administration -- I don't want to be a distraction'," Mr. Trump said. "And I think Scott felt that he was a distraction." Published July 5, 2018

In this May 16, 2018, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appears before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump’s Cabinet offers its members broad opportunities to reshape the government and advance a conservative agenda. But that comes with everyday doses of presidential adulation, humiliation, perks and pestering. Sometimes all at roughly the same time. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Scott Pruitt resigns as head of EPA

Scott Pruitt resigned Thursday as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, ending a rocky 15-month tenure after fulfilling a number of top conservative goals while battling myriad scandals over his personal behavior in office. Published July 5, 2018