What Trump Wants From the International Order
We're all familiar with "slippery slope" arguments. Allow Casual Fridays, and soon enough everyone will be coming to work in shorts and T-shirts.
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Inaugural speech is Trump’s time to rise to the moment
In this Thursday, July 21, 2016 file photo, Republican Presidential Candidate, Donald Trump, speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Tradition suggests it's time for Trump to set aside the say-anything speaking style that got him elected and rise to the inaugural moment.
Obama’s Foreign-Policy Legacy: The Limits of American Restraintby…
Obama thought America could achieve its goals through doing less in the world. It didn't work out that way.
Remembering the Obama years
By Rotimi Fasan HE was young and good-looking. He was also confident and his rousing rhetoric got everyone eager to be part of his train.
Trump tweets about Lewis again, says he’s boycotted prior inaugurations
Donald Trump said Rep. John Lewis is "wrong" to suggest that the President-elect's inauguration is the first he will boycott such an event, citing the Georgia congressman also protested the first inauguration of George W. Bush. "John Lewis said about my inauguration, 'It will be the first one that I've missed.'
Nation-Now 27 mins ago 12:56 p.m.Attacked by Trump, Lewis…
APRIL 09: Rep. John Lewis makes a few remarks on Arts Advocacy Day sponsored by Ovation at Cannon House Office Building on April 9, 2013 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump reignited his feud with John Lewis on Tuesday, citing news reports that the Georgia congressman and civil rights icon also boycotted George W. Bush's inauguration 16 years ago.
In Trump, man elected by Americans is president theya ll get
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In Trump, man elected by Americans is president they’ll get
After 10 weeks, dozens of tweets and one rollicking news conference, Donald Trump's transition into the White House has left little doubt that the man Americans elected in November is the president they'll get. The immense responsibilities of the office and the daunting decisions that await Trump when he takes office Friday have not appeared to change the confrontational, divisive Republican.
The Peace Prize Winner Who Waged War
When he was first elected president, many observers, up to and including the Norwegian Nobel Committee, believed Barack Obama would represent a substantive departure from the foreign policy of his predecessor, George W. Bush. On the campaign trail, the then-senator from Illinois promised to bring the Iraq War to an end within 16 months.
John Lewis Is A Civil Rights Icon But It Doesn’t Insulate Him From Criticism
There is no denying the impact John Lewis had on the civil rights movement. As one of the people who took part in the Selma to Montgomery marches, Lewis was the victim of a beating at the hands of the Alabama State Police on March 7, 1965, also known as 'Bloody Sunday.'
Here are all the lawmakers boycotting Trump’s inauguration
It looks like A-list celebrity performers may not be the only ones skipping President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. While several political figures, including George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton will be in attendance when Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on January 20, a number of lawmakers who oppose Trump are refusing to show up.
Claycord – Talk About Politics
Scandal has consumed the final four years of every two-term president in modern history - George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon. Barack Obama's administration is the exception.
Poll reflects political polarization during Obama’s tenure
As U.S. President Barack Obama prepares to leave office after eight years, 47 percent of Americans say he will be remembered as an "outstanding" or "above average" president, while 35 percent rate him as "below average" or "poor," a Gallup Poll released Thursday showed. Along those lines, 84 percent of Democrats rate Obama as outstanding or above average, while 69 percent of Republicans say he will be remembered as a below average or poor president, according to Gallup.
New York financier to land White House adviser role
In this Dec. 5, 2016, file photo, Anthony Scaramucci arrives at Trump Tower in New York. A prominent New York financier is set to be named a top White House adviser to President-elect Donald Trump.
Obama prepares for a busy retirement, more freedom
For Barack Obama, there's a presidential library to build, hundreds of millions of dollars to raise, causes to champion and a book to write. And don't forget that long-promised vacation with his wife.
Obama calls on supporters to renew fight f…
In his farewell address to the nation Tuesday night, a tearful President Obama called on Americans to keep working on income equality, racial healing and bipartisan cooperation - the same goals he was unable to achieve over the past eight years. With 10 days remaining in his presidency, Mr. Obama traveled to Chicago to deliver his valedictory speech to about 20,000 supporters and urge them to renew the fight for liberal values in the upcoming administration of Republican Donald Trump.
A-G choice opposed law banning waterboarding
US President-elect Donald Trump's candidate for attorney general said on Tuesday he was against banning Muslims from entering the country and would enforce a 2015 law that outlawed waterboarding terrorism suspects, even though he had opposed the law. During the 2016 election campaign Trump said waterboarding, which simulates drowning and is widely regarded as torture, was an effective technique and vowed to bring it back and make it "a hell of a lot worse."
What to Expect from President Obama’s Farewell Address
In an email announcing the speech to supporters last week, Obama said the speech would be "a chance to say thank you for this amazing journey and to offer some thoughts on where we all go from here." In giving a final speech, Obama is continuing in a tradition first started by the President George Washington in 1796 and continued by many outgoing presidents since.
McConnell to Democrats Who Want More Time to Vet Trump Cabinet: a Grow …
Donald Trump's cabinet picks present a unique challenge for the independent federal agency tasked with preventing ethical conflicts. In addition to being the wealthiest presidential Cabinet in history, some nominees have yet to complete the required financial disclosure paperwork.
McConnell: Trump’s Russia hopes will quickly be dashed
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell predicted Sunday that any hopes President-elect Trump has to get along with the Russians and President Vladimir Putin will be "dashed pretty quickly" into his first term in office. Appearing on "Face The Nation," McConnell argued that it is not unusual for a new president to seek an improved relationship with the Russians, citing former President George W. Bush's efforts upon taking office in 2000.