Dave Boyer
Articles by Dave Boyer
Obama to announce micro-chip benefit cards Friday
President Obama will visit the headquarters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Friday where he's expected to announce a new change for those on the government dole — benefit cards currently embedded with a magnetic strip will likely switch over to a microchip. Published October 16, 2014
A GOP-led Senate could mean more Obama executive orders
If you're enjoying President Obama's year of escalating executive actions, you'd love the final two years of his presidency with a Republican Senate. Published October 15, 2014
Pennsylvania legislator exchanges gunfire with robbery suspect
A Pennsylvania legislator exchanged gunfire with a man attempting to rob him Tuesday night near the state Capitol. Published October 15, 2014
White House details efforts to find kidnapped Nigerian girls
Six months after terrorists kidnapped more than 270 schoolgirls in Nigeria, the White House on Tuesday detailed the administration's unsuccessful efforts to find them. Published October 14, 2014
Obama signs order creating national monument in California
Portraying his action as an effort to open up federal lands for minorities to enjoy, President Obama signed an executive order Friday designating more than 340,000 acres of the San Gabriel Mountains in southern California as a national monument. Published October 10, 2014
Obama’s speechmaking on same level as George W. Bush: study
President Obama's oratory, once thought to be his greatest strength, turns out to be about as sophisticated as former President George W. Bush's speechmaking, according to a study. Published October 10, 2014
GOP slams report of Obama mulling move of Gitmo detainees to U.S.
Congressional Republicans reacted angrily Friday to a report that President Obama is weighing options to re-write federal law and move terrorists housed at Guantanamo Bay to the U.S. Published October 10, 2014
Obama to designate another national monument by executive order
Over the heated objections of some local residents, President Obama will sign an executive order Friday afternoon designating nearly 350,000 acres in the San Gabriel Mountains of southern California as a national monument. Published October 10, 2014
Obama blames GOP for stagnating wages
President Obama told young entrepreneurs Thursday that Republicans in Congress are holding back the economy and preventing wages from growing faster. Published October 9, 2014
Ebola bumper stickers greet Obama’s arrival in southern California
President Obama's arrival in southern California Thursday was greeted by a ripple of discontent about the administration's handling of the Ebola epidemic. Published October 9, 2014
U.S. commander warns of Ebola threat at Mexican border
While the Obama administration plans to start checking travelers from West Africa for Ebola at five U.S. airports, the commander of the U.S. Southern Command is warning that West Africans already are entering America illegally at the porous southern border. Published October 9, 2014
Pennsylvania porn wars rock governor’s race
The porn wars in the Pennsylvania governor's race are escalating. Published October 9, 2014
White House: Obama doesn’t want immigration reform to be ‘casualty’ of election
The White House said Wednesday that President Obama delayed his decision on immigration reform until after the midterm elections because he didn't want Republicans to win on the issue and become emboldened by it. Published October 8, 2014
White House: New fight against Islamic State hampered by lack of ground troops
As President Obama held a high-stakes meeting with military advisers at the Pentagon Wednesday, the White House acknowledged that U.S. airstrikes aren't likely to stop the new offensive of Islamic State militants in northern Syria. Published October 8, 2014
U.S. to conduct Ebola screening at 5 airports, including Dulles
The White House said Wednesday the administration will implement heightened Ebola screening at five airports in the U.S., including Washington Dulles International airport, after Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan died of the disease at a Dallas hospital. Published October 8, 2014
Under fire, White House finds someone to praise Obama
As President Obama gets criticized from all sides, the White House has found someone to say nice things about the president: liberal economist Paul Krugman. Published October 8, 2014
Michelle Obama stumping ‘as a citizen, not a wife’
Campaigning for Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, first lady Michelle Obama tried to persuade voters Tuesday that the economy has improved under her husband, saying she was "talking as a citizen, not as a wife." Published October 8, 2014
Leon Panetta is the latest former adviser to take shots at Obama
Unlike Hillary Rodham Clinton, former Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta probably won't be settling his differences with President Obama with a hug. Published October 7, 2014
Obama meets with rich Democratic donors, warns about ‘interests of billionaires’
President Obama raised money Tuesday from wealthy Democrats who have benefited from his policies and warned supporters in an email that if Republicans win both houses of Congress in the midterm elections, "the interests of billionaires will come before the needs of the middle class." Published October 7, 2014
Obama still has confidence in Biden despite gaffes: White House
The White House said Monday that President Obama still has confidence in Vice President Joseph R. Biden despite an escalating series of public gaffes that forced Mr. Biden to apologize over the weekend to key Arab allies in the fragile U.S. coalition fighting Islamic State terrorists. Published October 6, 2014
