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Today, it seems as if that "detention facility" will have a far longer life than I ever imagined and that it, and everything it represents, will become a true, if grim, legacy of twenty-first-century America. It appears that we just can't escape the perpetual pendulum of the never-ending war on terror as it invariably swings away from the rule of law and the protections of the Constitution.
Stepping into the political spotlight for the first time since leaving the White House in January, Mr Obama did not mention President Donald Trump in two campaign speeches, but he did tell crowds that they could send a message to the rest of the country in forthcoming elections. He told a rally in Virginia in front of several thousand supporters: "Why are we deliberately trying to misunderstand each other, and be cruel to each other and put each other down? That's not who we are."
President George W. Bush gave a speech, and instead of just analyzing the speech Newsmax , which has been Anti Trump and moving left, called it a stinging rebuke of Trump. They are right there with the NYT, MSNBC, CNN in their analysis.
President Trump and his defenders blame the ongoing flap over a soldier's widow on the "Fake News Media." Perhaps because Trump has been a Democrat most of his life, he doesn't realize how futile and irrelevant this criticism is.
Trump is repeating his predecessors' mistakes but in the opposite ideological direction, failing to address the concerns that led to his election and in the process rehabilitating the political forces he opposes. Maybe President Trump can bring peace to the Middle East after all.
George W. Bush and John McCain this week gave speeches calling for Americans to rekindle their ideals and reject racism. Former president George W. Bush warns against politics of 'bigotry or white supremacy' George W. Bush and John McCain this week gave speeches calling for Americans to rekindle their ideals and reject racism.
President Donald Trump denied Wednesday that he told the widow of a U.S. serviceman killed in an ambush in Niger that "he knew what he signed up for, but I guess it still hurt." Rep. Frederica Wilson, made the claim Tuesday night, saying she was present when the call took place.
President Donald Trump, though often acting as a champion of the military, has at times politicized the sacrifice of those who paid a terrible price in the nation's wars in a way that few of his predecessors would have countenanced. He clearly reveres America's fighting men and women.
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It was in 1916, in the midst of World War I, that Britain and France made their infamous Sykes-Picot agreement . In grand imperial style, they used this agreement to divide up the Middle East between them.
For U.S. presidents, meeting the families of military personnel killed in war is about as wrenching as the presidency gets. President Donald Trump's suggestion Monday that his predecessors fell short in that duty brought a visceral reaction from those who witnessed those grieving encounters.
In this Aug. 22, 2017 photo, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Deputy Chief of Staff Kirstjen Nielsen speak together as they walk across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. President Donald Trump is expected to nominate Kirstjen Nielsen as his next Secretary of Homeland Security.
The federal government ran a $668 billion budget deficit for the just-completed 2017 fiscal year. That's $82 billion more red ink than the government produced last year, according to the Congressional Budget Office, based on preliminary Treasury reports.
Some of President Trump's staunchest allies have lost confidence in the administration's ability to fill several high-level vacancies that remain within the government, already casting doubt on whether the White House will decide on replacements for Tom Price at Health and Human Services and John Kelly at the Department of Homeland Security by the end of the year. Price resigned last month after his penchant for taxpayer-funded private planes over commercial flights was revealed in a series of reports.
During George W. Bush's eight years in office, the federal debt roughly doubled. It doubled again under Barack Obama, a dubious fiscal record forever linking our two previous presidents, one a Republican, the other a Democrat.
Opinion: Of all of the things that are having a comeback in 2017 , TV show Will and Grace is by far my favourite. When I was a kid I got to watch TV for half an hour every night after homework was done.
When it comes to social media, Kentucky coach John Calipari has more than one eye getting the lowdown on what he thinks. That's before his thoughts land on Twitter, Facebook or any other social media platform.
Seated before the grounded space shuttle Discovery, a constellation of Trump administration officials used soaring rhetoric to vow to send Americans back to the moon and then on to Mars. After voicing celestial aspirations, top officials moved to what National Intelligence Director Dan Coats called "a dark side" to space policy.