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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.

Articles by Dave Boyer

President Obama speaks about the Baton Rouge, La., shooting of police officers from the briefing room of the White House in Washington on July 17, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama tells police ‘we grieve with you’

Stung by criticism that he doesn't show enough support for police, President Obama told the nation's law enforcement officers Tuesday that Americans "depend on you." Published July 19, 2016

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Monday, July 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House calls for cooler rhetoric after Baton Rouge shootings

With Donald Trump accusing President Obama of dividing the nation racially, the White House Monday called for a lowering of "supercharged rhetoric" in the wake of a black gunman murdering three police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Published July 18, 2016

Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan said previous estimates of the nation's deficit were too low. U.S. debt has climbed to $19.3 trillion during President Obama's term, up from $10.6 trillion when he took office in 2009. (Associated Press)

National debt nearly doubles under Obama

The White House predicted Friday that the federal government's budget deficit for the current fiscal year will hit $600 billion, an increase of $162 billion over last year's and a final sour note on President Obama's watch. Published July 17, 2016

From left: Sherillyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and Terry Cunningham, president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, look to President Barack Obama as he speaks to media at the bottom of a meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington on July 13, 2016, about community policing and criminal justice with a group made of activists, civil rights, faith, law enforcement and elected leaders. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama briefed on murders of officers in Baton Rouge

President Obama was briefed Sunday on the shooting deaths of three police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana --the second major attack on law enforcement officers in the U.S. in 10 days. Published July 17, 2016

People stand near a makeshift memorial for the victims killed in an attack where a truck mowed through revelers in Nice, southern France, Friday, July 15, 2016. A large truck mowed through revelers gathered for Bastille Day fireworks in Nice, killing more than 80 people and sending people fleeing into the sea as it bore down for more than a mile along the Riviera city's famed waterfront promenade. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Obama offers condolences to Hollande over attack in Nice

President Obama called French President Francois Hollande Friday to offer condolences on the latest horrific terrorist attack, and the White House struggled to explain why such attacks are multiplying even as the administration is claiming success in the fight against the Islamic State. Published July 15, 2016

President Barack Obama greets people in the audience after participating in a town hall with ABC news anchor David Muir, officers, parents, students, community leaders and families on trust and safety in communities, Thursday, July 14, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Dan Patrick presses Obama to show more support for police

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick challenged President Obama at a town hall meeting on race relations Thursday to "strongly condemn" violence against police officers, a move that appeared to irritate the president. Published July 14, 2016

President Barack Obama speaks to media at the bottom of a meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, July 13, 2016, about community policing and criminal justice with a group made of activists, civil rights, faith, law enforcement and elected leaders. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Daughter of man killed by police disrupts Obama event

A town hall meeting with President Obama on police-minority relations was disrupted Thursday by the daughter of a man killed by police, screaming that she wasn't allowed to question the president. Published July 14, 2016

Reporters and photographer wait for comment from Republican congressmen who are meeting with President Obama regarding the government shutdown and debt ceiling at the West Wing at the White House in Washington on Oct. 10, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

White House journalists blast Trump, Clinton

A group representing White House journalists said Thursday that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are threatening freedom of the press with their behavior in the presidential campaign. Published July 14, 2016

President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, to talk about the breakthrough in the Iranian nuclear talks. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Obama marks one-year anniversary of Iran nuclear deal

President Obama patted his administration on the back Thursday on the one-year anniversary of the Iranian nuclear deal, calling the agreement a triumph of "principled diplomacy." Published July 14, 2016