Dave Boyer
Articles by Dave Boyer
White House won’t light up blue to honor Dallas cops
The head of a national law enforcement group said the White House is dealing a "slap in the face" to police by refusing to illuminate the president's house in blue to show support for law enforcement after the assassination of five officers in Dallas. Published July 13, 2016
Obama deploys troops to South Sudan
President Obama notified Congress Wednesday that he has deployed more than 200 U.S. troops to South Sudan to protect U.S. embassy staff who are facing a "deteriorating security situation." Published July 13, 2016
White House laughs off Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s comments on Donald Trump
The White House dismissed with a joke Wednesday the incendiary comments by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg about Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Published July 13, 2016
Obama files new trade complaint against China with WTO
In a move that could impact the presidential campaign, the Obama administration leveled a new trade complaint against China Wednesday at the World Trade Organization, accusing Beijing of failing to eliminate export duties on nine raw materials. Published July 13, 2016
Obama hosts meeting with police, civil-rights leaders
President Obama hosts a meeting at the White House Wednesday to seek common ground between police and civil-rights leaders, a day after he spoke out in support of black protesters at a memorial service for five slain police officers in Dallas. Published July 13, 2016
Obama defends Black Lives Matter protests at police memorial in Dallas
President Obama defended the Black Lives Matter movement Tuesday at a memorial service for five slain Dallas police officers, saying bigotry remains in police departments across the U.S. Published July 12, 2016
Obama calls the families of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, two black men shot by police
As he flew to Dallas Tuesday to pay tribute to five slain police officers, President Obama called the families of two black men who were shot and killed by police last week. Published July 12, 2016
Obama tells police that Dallas shooting was hate crime
On the eve of a memorial service for five slain Dallas police officers, President Obama said the black sniper who killed the white officers would have been prosecuted for a hate crime if he were still alive. Published July 12, 2016
Obama to address shootings of minorities at service for slain Dallas officers
President Obama plans to address the shooting deaths of minorities by police as well as attacks on officers at a memorial service Tuesday for the five Dallas police officers killed in an ambush by a black sniper. Published July 11, 2016
Obama returns to U.S. to deal with Dallas shooting aftermath
President Obama cut short a trip to Europe Sunday night and returned to the U.S., hoping to calm tensions from the assassinations of five police officers in Dallas, to address multiplying protests in major cities over police shootings of minorities and to salvage his legacy on race relations. Published July 10, 2016
Obama to speak at memorial service for slain police officers in Dallas
President Obama will speak Tuesday at a memorial service in Dallas for the five police officers who were killed by a sniper last week. Published July 10, 2016
Obama scolds attackers of police, notes risk of losing ground in legal reforms
President Obama said Sunday that people who attack police do a "disservice" to efforts to reform the criminal justice system's bias against minorities. Published July 10, 2016
Obama blames State Dept. email problems on ‘massive influx’ of data
President Obama indirectly excused Hillary Clinton's careless handling of classified material Saturday by saying the State Department is overwhelmed daily by a "massive influx of information" due to improvements in technology. Published July 9, 2016
Obama says motives of Dallas cop killer Micah Xavier Johnson ‘hard to untangle’
President Obama said Saturday it's hard to "untangle the motives" of the shooter who killed five Dallas police officers, despite the gunman telling police he wanted to kill white police officers. Published July 9, 2016
Biden calls on Americans to unite over killings of police and minorities
With the nation in turmoil over the ambush murders of police officers and police killings of minorities, Vice President Joseph R. Biden urged Americans Saturday to stand together. Published July 9, 2016
Obama to travel to Dallas
President Obama is cutting short his trip to Europe and will travel to Dallas next week in the wake of anger and unrest over the ambush murders of five police officers. Published July 8, 2016
Obama calls Dallas police chief, attorney general
President Obama called Dallas Police Chief David Brown Friday from Poland in the wake of shootings that left five police officers dead and seven others wounded. Published July 8, 2016
Obama to deploy 1,000 troops to Poland as warning to Russia
President Obama said Friday that the U.S. is sending an additional 1,000 U.S. troops to Poland as part of a NATO effort to show strength against Russian aggression. Published July 8, 2016
Obama condemns ‘vicious’ killings of Dallas police officers
President Obama on Friday condemned the "despicable" murders of five police officers in Dallas, saying there's no justification for the shootings. Published July 8, 2016
Obama ‘troubled’ by Louisiana, Minnesota police shootings
President Obama injected himself Thursday night into the fatal police shootings of two black men, saying "all Americans should be troubled" by the incidents in Louisiana and Minnesota. Published July 7, 2016