Susan Crabtree
Articles by Susan Crabtree
White House ‘open’ to targeted fix for FAA furloughs and flight delays
White House spokesman Jay Carney Tuesday said President Obama would consider a congressional attempt to fix flight delays caused by sequester cuts to the Federal Aviation Administration but blamed the traveling inconvenience on Republicans for letting the budget cuts take place. Published April 23, 2013
Fake AP tweet about White House explosions causes stock drop
A hacker has broken into The Associated Press' Twitter account, sending out a false message that there were two explosions at the White Hosue Tuesday afternoon and President Obama was injured. As a result, the stock market fell more than 150 points, but then quickly recovered when the hoax was uncovered. Published April 23, 2013
Obama to keynote Planned Parenthood fundraiser
Amid new concerns about the brutality of illegal forms of abortions, President Obama plans to deliver the keynote address at Planned Parenthood Federation of America's annual fundraising dinner Thursday. Published April 23, 2013
Attack on Boston puts Obama’s anti-terrorism policy to the test
Despite President Obama's best efforts to focus the country on top domestic priorities, the Boston bombings have thrust the war on terrorism back to the top of his agenda, and the renewed focus on protecting the homeland will test his national security team and their reliance on the criminal justice system in handling terrorism suspects. Published April 22, 2013
Boston Marathon bombing suspect charged with using weapon of mass destruction; not enemy combatant
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Monday the Boston bombing suspect will not be tried as an enemy combatant, throwing cold water on a heated partisan debate over how to handle his interrogation and prosecution. But he will be charged with using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction. Published April 22, 2013
FBI missed Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s Russia trip because of misspelling, Sen. Lindsey Graham says
The FBI did not know that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the older Boston Marathon bombing suspect who was killed in a firefight last week, took a six-month trip to Russia because his name was misspelled, according to Sen. Lindsey Graham. Published April 22, 2013
Republicans want Boston bombing suspect treated as enemy combatant, sparking Miranda debate
Key Republicans are calling on the Obama administration to declare captured Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old suspect in the bombings at the Boston Marathon, an enemy combatant subject to the laws of war so intelligence officials can continue to interrogate him for as long as they deem necessary. Published April 20, 2013
FBI had interviewed bombing suspect two years ago
With the dramatic daylong manhunt over for the younger suspect in the bombing of the Boston Marathon, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has launched an intense investigation into both suspects' ties to Chechnya and extremist groups, and they have a good starting point. Published April 20, 2013
House impatient with VA’s disability backlog
President Obama touts veterans care as a top priority of his presidency, but lawmakers increasingly weary of the long waits and hassles that veterans face in receiving disability benefits are pressuring Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinsheki to produce results. Published April 18, 2013
Michelle Obama touts Maryland jobs-for-vets law
First lady Michelle Obama visited the Naval Academy and the State House in Annapolis Wednesday to bring national attention to a Maryland law aimed at helping veterans gain professional credentials. Published April 17, 2013
Obama on Boston explosions: Those responsible will ‘feel full weight of justice’
President Obama denounced the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday and vowed to find out who is responsible and bring them to justice. Published April 15, 2013
Obama pledges support to Boston in wake of explosions
President Obama has been briefed about the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon and his administration is in contact with state and local authorities, a White House official said Monday. Published April 15, 2013
Obama piggybacks Texas fundraiser onto Bush library dedication
When President Obama travels to Texas later this month to help dedicate the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, he will spend the night before at a fundraiser in Dallas, a move that significantly cuts the cost of the travel for the Democratic Party as it builds its 2014 campaign war chest. Published April 15, 2013
Landlord Joe Biden pocketed $26,400 in 2012 renting cottage to the Secret Service
Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, took in $26,400 in 2012 by renting a cottage on the property of their Delaware home to the Secret Service, tax records released by the White House revealed. Published April 12, 2013
Obamas paid 18.4 percent tax rate for 2012
With his book sales down in 2012, President Obama made roughly $180,000 less than the previous year and reported the lowest income since taking office in tax returns made public Friday. Published April 12, 2013
Obama awards Medal of Honor to Korean War’s Emil Kapaun, the ‘Soldiers’ Chaplain’
President Obama posthumously awarded Emil Kapaun the Medal of Honor for his "extraordinary heroism" Thursday, delivering an emotional tribute to the Army Catholic chaplain who saved hundreds of soldiers during the Korean War before a room filled with Kapaun's family, military chaplains and a handful of his surviving Army comrades. Published April 11, 2013
Obama advisers to blame sequester if budget numbers don’t add up
President Obama's latest budget is built on the assumption that the economy will rebound strongly, but his advisers said if they can't halt the sequester their numbers won't add up this year. Published April 10, 2013
GOP says Obama’s budget blows chance of ‘grand bargain’
Top congressional Republicans declared President Obama's tax-laden budget for fiscal 2014 dead on arrival Wednesday, saying its failure to cut deficits destroys any hope of a "grand bargain" to fix the federal government's fiscal crisis Published April 10, 2013
Liberal groups protest Obama’s Social Security plan
Angry over anticipated changes to Social Security in President Obama's budget, liberal lawmakers, unions and groups representing retired Americans protested outside the White House on Tuesday, one day ahead of the the budget's scheduled release. Published April 9, 2013
Ending tax loophole for private jets will hurt more than help, foes say
Over the past two years of Washington budget battles and now with the "sequester" cuts taking effect in earnest, President Obama repeatedly has called for closing tax breaks on corporate jets as a way to help solve the nation's budget woes. Published April 8, 2013
