John Kerry says hea ll continue with global warming efforts

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday he will continue his efforts to implement the Paris Agreement on global warming until the day President Barack Obama leaves office on Jan. 20. Speaking in New Zealand following a trip to Antarctica, Kerry said his administration would continue to do everything possible to meet its responsibility to future generations. Kerry has long championed climate action but now his legacy is under threat.

Trump and his aides plan next moves as protests spread

Demonstrators march to Trump Tower in Chicago on November 12, 2016, as marches continue across the US against the policies of US President-elect Donald Trump. Photo: AFP President-elect Donald Trump huddled with advisers inside his Manhattan residence, plotting his next moves as thousands of demonstrators besieged Trump Tower and marched through other US cities in a fourth day of protests.

Brexit firebrand Farage is first British politician to meet Trump

The meeting will be seen by some as an embarrassment for British Prime Minister Theresa May who spoke with Trump by telephone last week, but has yet to meet him in person Leading Brexit campaigner and UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage visited US President-elect Donald Trump at his home in New York City and a Trump aide said the pair had a "very productive" meeting. "We're just tourists!" Farage joked with reporters after he was seen waiting for an elevator in the skyscraper's lobby.

a Black America Since MLKa looks at changing African American lives

President Barack Obama greets audience members after he spoke about immigration reform at Chamizal National Memorial Park in El Paso, Texas, Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Courtesy of AP Photo/Charles Dharapak What: Two-part, four-hour documentary that examines the last 50 years of African American history from Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Perhaps it's fortunate that PBS's “Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise” - a four-hour documentary that examines the past 50 years of African American history - is airing a week after the presidential election.

Trump and advisers back off major pledges, including Obamacare and the wall

Supporter holds a sign as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally Feb. 19, 2016, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Trump is campaigning throughout South Carolina ahead of the state's primary. Supporter holds a sign as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally Feb. 19, 2016, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Trump is campaigning throughout South Carolina ahead of the state's primary.

Massachusetts wrestles to adapt to post-Obama Washington

For the past eight years, Massachusetts enjoyed a special rapport with the White House, fueled by the friendship between former Gov. Deval Patrick and fellow Democrat President Barack Obama. Many political leaders in Massachusetts were among President-elect Donald Trump's fiercest critics during the campaign.

What Was the Election All About?

Even before Tuesday's voters brought a dramatic end to the political career of Hillary Clinton and served up a stunning rebuke to the presidency of Barack Obama, the chattering class had a weird spin on what was happening. "I can't identify a single issue domestic or foreign, in 2016, because no campaign in my adult lifetime has turned so little on policy and so much on character," wrote Frank Bruni in last Sunday's New York Times .

Trump’s first ME military action may target Iran

Donald Trump's ratings soar in Iranian media too In more than one campaign speech, President elect Donald Trump declared that his number priority was "to dismantle the disastrous deal" with Iran, which he said was "the worst deal ever" He was referring to the 2015 accord negotiated with Iran by the 5P+1 , which the Obama administration presented as putting the lid on Iran's nuclear weapons program. So does Tehran have more to fear from Donald Trump than from Barack Obama in the way of US military intervention? They can't be sure that he will not set out to show the world and especially the Iranians - that under his presidency, they can no longer "mess with America."

McConnell finally admits ending ‘war on coal’ might not bring back jobs

In 2013, then-Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took to the Senate floor to excoriate the Obama administration's environmental policy and its impact of coal jobs in eastern Kentucky. Noting a recent listening session in Pikeville, Kentucky, McConnell sought "to put a human face on the suffering that is being felt in Appalachia due in large part to this administration's war on coal."