Josh Lederman

September 29, 2017 | Daily Business Review

The Trump administration is waving off U.S. tourists and evacuating 60 percent of its staff in Cuba, citing "specific attacks" on diplomats.

By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee

5 minute read

February 14, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami calls Trump administration sanctions against him "miserable and defamatory aggression."

By Joshua Goodman and Josh Lederman

10 minute read

March 31, 2016 | New York Law Journal

President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 61 drug offenders on Wednesday, including more than a third serving life sentences, working to give new energy to calls for overhauling the U.S. criminal justice system.

By Josh Lederman

8 minute read

March 14, 2016 | Daily Business Review

President Barack Obama is wagering that reforging links between the U.S. and Cuba will do more to change Cuba's single-party government and centrally planned economy than a half-century of confrontation.

By Andrea Rodriguez, Michael Weissenstein and Josh Lederman, Associated Press

6 minute read

August 28, 2014 | Daily Report Online

With impeachment threats and potential lawsuits looming, President Barack Obama knows whatever executive actions he takes on immigration will face intense opposition.

By Josh Lederman

5 minute read

July 25, 2014 | Daily Business Review

The Obama administration is weighing giving refugee status to young people from Honduras as part of a plan to slow the influx of unaccompanied minors arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, White House officials said.

By Josh Lederman and Julie Pace

5 minute read

February 14, 2013 | Daily Report Online

President Barack Obama on Thursday pitched a new plan to make preschool available to all 4-year-old children, declaring, "Education has to start at the earliest possible age."

By Josh Lederman and Philip Elliott

5 minute read

June 07, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Moving to tamp down a public uproar spurred by the disclosure of two secret surveillance programs, the nation's top intelligence official is declassifying key details about one of the programs while insisting the efforts to collect America's phone records and the U.S. internet use of foreign nationals overseas were legal, limited in scope and necessary to detect terrorist threats.

By Donna Cassata and Josh Lederman

8 minute read