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Backstreet.com reports that the B STREET BAND, a Bruce Springsteen tribute band that was scheduled to perform at the upcoming Garden State Presidential Inaugural Gala, will no longer appear at the event. The band becomes the latest act to back down from a previous commitment to perform at an Inauguration event.
In this photo taken Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, Kenyan artist Evans Yegon displays one of his paintings of Donald Trump, as a painting of President Barack Obama hangs on the wall, left, at his studio in Nairobi, Kenya. Yegon is sad to see President Barack Obama leave office.
Oman said Monday it accepted 10 detainees from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay ahead of President Barack Obama leaving office, part of his efforts to shrink the facility he promised to close. Oman's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it had accepted the prisoners at Obama's request.
Obama sad in an interview that only Airforece 1, Secret Service and communication bill were paid by the tax payers. Looking forward to getting out of the "bubble", outgoing US President Barack Obama has contradicted the general perception of him living off taxpayers' money in the White House, saying he bore all his family's expenses, including the cost of toilet paper.
Donald Trump and John Brennan criticized one another about Russia's relationship with the United States and the American intelligence community. The outgoing CIA director first said in an interview on Fox News Sunday about the incoming president: "I don't think he has a full understanding of Russian capabilities and the actions they are taking on the world."
In the days leading to his inauguration, Donald J. Trump almost certainly has not paused to consider the presidency of James K. Polk, who occupied the White House from 1845 to 1849. But there is an element of the 11th president in the 45th president, especially in the Tennessean's remark that "I intend to be myself president of the U.S." For no one doubts that Mr. Trump intends to be himself as president of the United States.
Donald Trump has pledged to work to secure a rapid trade agreement with Britain, predicting that leaving the European Union would be a "great thing" for the UK. In an interview for The Times, the US president-elect said he would be inviting Theresa May for early talks in Washington following his inauguration on Friday.
To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: President-elect Donald Trump said in a weekend interview that he is nearing completion of a plan to replace President Barack Obama's signature health-care law with the goal of "insurance for everybody," while also vowing to force drug companies to negotiate directly with the government on prices in Medicare and Medicaid.
Barack Obama has given his final television interview as President of the United States of America, ahead of the inauguration of Donald Trump. Speaking to CBS' current affairs program 60 Minutes, Mr Obama reflected on his legacy and his biggest challenges during his eight years in office during the hour-long interview.
Tribune-Star file photo/Joseph C. Garza Hay bales and hoorays: Then-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, speaks to the members of the audience during his appearance on Sept. 6, 2008, in the 4-H arena at the Wabash Valley Fairgrounds.
Former California State Librarian Kevin Starr, who is deemed the pre-eminent historian of the Golden State, has died. He was 76. Former California State Librarian Kevin Starr, who is deemed the pre-eminent historian of the Golden State, has died.
When the email lobbed in, what surprised me was not the violence of the language, but the fact that its author was Australian. Barack Obama, the man wrote, deserved to be killed with piano wire.
Donald Trump flexed power inherent in the American presidency to denounce John Lewis, declaring the Georgia congressman "all talk a no action." Lewis, beaten by an Alabama state trooper on Bloody Sunday in 1965 while leading marchers over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, couldn't be defeated by a New York billionaire's verbal lashing.
President Barack Obama listens as Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, where Obama presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. An unusually young ex-president, Barack Obama has a busy life awaiting him after he leaves the White House.
With eager anticipation, the Kremlin is counting the days to Donald Trump's inauguration and venting its anger at Barack Obama's outgoing administration, no holds barred. Careful not to hurt chances for a thaw in U.S.-Russia relations, President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials have deferred questions about their plans for future contacts with Trump and any agenda for those talks until he takes office on Friday.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch speaks during a news conference Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in Chicago. I have seen all of you: men and women of goodwill who love this country, who believe in its promise and who are working to fulfill its founding creed In her final speech as U.S. Attorney General, Loretta Lynch said the Justice Department has "measurably improved the lives of countless Americans," but equality under the law still is a work in progress.
President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly drawing inspiration for the first draft of his inaugural speech from presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan -- which may serve him well with the American people who believe those presidents' inaugural addresses were among the best. Together with our partners at SSRS survey research firm, we asked Americans which U.S. president has given the best inaugural speech.
Donald Trump has pledged to secure a rapid trade agreement with Britain as he predicted leaving the European Union would be a "great thing" for the UK. In an interview for The Times, the US president-elect said people voted for Brexit because they "want their own identity".
Outgoing CIA Director John Brennan ripped into Donald Trump on Sunday for "talking and tweeting" about possibly easing sanctions against Russia, saying the president-elect lacks a full understanding of the threat Moscow poses to the United States. "I think he has to be mindful that he does not have a full appreciation and understanding of what the implications are of going down that road," Brennan said on "Fox News Sunday," a show Trump routinely watches.
China's Foreign Ministry has rejected President-elect Donald Trump's suggestion ... Thousands of people are showing up for a rally in suburban Detroit where U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will speak in support of President Barack Obama's signature health care law. Thousands of people are showing up for a rally in suburban Detroit where U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will speak in support of President Barack Obama's signature health care law.