Obama presses Trump not to back away from clean energy

WASHINGTON >> President Barack Obama cast the adoption of clean energy in the U.S. as “irreversible,” putting pressure Monday on President-elect Donald Trump not to back away from a core strategy to fight climate change. Obama, penning an opinion article in the journal Science, sought to frame the argument in a way that might appeal to the president-elect: in economic terms.

Streep, Trump trade barbs amid actress’ Globes speech

Meryl Streep's acceptance speech after receiving a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes turned out to be the opening volley in a war of words with President-elect Donald Trump. The actress never mentioned Trump by name, but it was clear who her target was in pointedly saying that a performance from the past year that stunned her came from the campaign trail.

George Will: Obama’s unforced errors on foreign policy

When Barack Obama moves two miles from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., to 2446 Belmont Road, in Washington's Kalorama neighborhood, he will live half a mile from 2340 S Street, where Woodrow Wilson spent his three postpresidential years. Wilson's embittering foreign-policy failure was the Senate's rejection of the U.S. participation in the embodiment of Wilsonian aspirations, the League of Nations.

Trump’s team examines records of undocumented immigrants

United States President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly taken the first step towards confirming one of the worst fears of undocumented Caribbean and other immigrants who have taken advantage of a programme that grants them temporary stay in the US. According to New York's Vice News , a US Department of Homeland Security memo, the president-elect's team is "poking around the agency" for information about recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as DACA.

Obama warns NATO allies of Russian interference in national elections

Outgoing US President Barack Obama warned European NATO allies yesterday of an "accelerating" threat of Russian interference in their elections. Last week, a US intelligence report said Russian President Vladimir Putin directed a campaign, including cyber attacks, to hurt Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's bid and boost Donald Trump.

Partial list of winners at the Golden Globe Awards

The latest from Sunday's 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California : The latest from Sunday's 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California : By The Associated Press Partial list of winners at the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards, announced Sunday in Beverly Hills, California: By The Associated Press Partial list of winners at the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards, announced Sunday in Beverly Hills, California: By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Awards are set to be presented at Sunday night's Golden Globes, where speeches about Donald Trump and wins for the Los Angeles musical "La La Land" look like the... By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer The Golden Globes got off to a rocky start Sunday, with a broken teleprompter initially stalling host Jimmy Fallon, who still managed to start the show with a... By LEANNE ... (more)

McConnell says Senate will act this week on Obamacare repeal, ‘rapid’ replacement

The U.S. Senate will take its first steps toward repealing President Barack Obama's signature health care reform act by the end of the week, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday. Speaking on CBS's "Face the Nation," McConnell said: "There ought not to be a great gap" between repealing the act and replacing it and that Republicans would be "replacing it rapidly after repealing it."

Larry Summers Warns of Financial-Crisis Risk From Trump Economic Plans

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers attacked the policy proposals of Donald Trump on several fronts, saying the president-elect's plans for deregulation were setting the stage for the next financial crisis. "The deregulation in some areas like finance is hugely dangerous," Summers said Sunday in an interview on Fox News Channel.

Senate to act this week on Obamacare repeal, McConnell says

The US Senate will take its first steps toward repealing President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform act by the end of the week, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday. Speaking on CBS's "Face the Nation," McConnell said: "There ought not to be a great gap" between repealing the act and replacing it and McConnell did not define what he meant by "rapidly."

Indo-US ties one of the great success stories of Obama administration

File Photo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Barack Obama arrives for the opening session of G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China India-US relationship is one of the "great success stories" under President Barack Obama during whose term it witnessed an unprecedented level of cooperation and bipartisan support for mutual benefit, a top presidential advisor said, days ahead of the inauguration of Donald Trump administration. Peter Lavoy, Senior Director for South Asian Affairs at the National Security Council, White House, also said that deepening and expansion of partnership with India on a whole host of issues are of critical importance to the US.