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In this June 15, 2012 file photo, young demonstrators participate in a rally in support of President Barack Obama after the president announced that the U.S. government will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives. WASHINGTON D.C. -- Young Hispanic and Asian-Americans who are immigrants or have an immigrant parent are more likely to be liberal in their views on politics and immigration than those with families who have been in United States longer, a new GenForward poll shows.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton confronted their key weaknesses in a televised national security forum, with the Republican defending his preparedness to be commander in chief despite vague plans for tackling global challenges and the Democrat arguing that her controversial email practices did not expose questionable judgment. Trump also renewed his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his disdain for President Barack Obama , saying that the Russian enjoyed an 82 percent approval rating.
Donald Trump declared on Wednesday that Russia's Vladimir Putin had been a better leader than U.S. President Barack Obama, as the Republican presidential nominee used a televised forum to argue he was best equipped to reassert America's global leadership. Trump suggested at the event in which he and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton made back-to-back appearances that U.S. generals had been stymied by the policies of Obama and Clinton, who served as the Democratic president's first secretary of state.
With Congress back at work, small-business owners are watching to see whether some of their concerns such as tax changes and health care get some attention. Most of the focus this fall will likely be on the presidential race and other elections.
US Defence Secretary Ash Carter has accused Russia of sowing seeds of global instability and questioned whether Moscow genuinely wants a viable cease-fire in Syria. In a hard-hitting speech at Britain's Oxford University on Wednesday, Carter emphasised deep scepticism about Russian intentions in Syria, even as US Secretary of State John Kerry prepared to fly to Geneva for more talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Yonden Lhatoo takes a closer look at the Filipino leader's spat with the US president, and argues that Rodrigo Duterte is not exactly calling people nasty names The Philippines' notoriously foul-mouthed president bit off more than he could chew this week when he insulted his American counterpart. But did Rodrigo Duterte really hurl abuse at Barack Obama and his mother? His exact words were: "You must be respectful.
The Dallas Morning News has long been considered one of the most conservative newspapers in the country. So its endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president was unexpected.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton addressed questions Wednesday on issues from the Iraq War and veterans' health to Clinton's email use and Trump's statements about Vladimir Putin and sexual assault in the military, during an NBC forum. One audience member asked Trump: "As president, what specifically would you do to support all victims of sexual assault in the military?" "And the best thing we can do is set up a court system in the military.
The Smithsonian Institution says President Barack Obama will speak at the opening ceremony of the National Museum of African American History and Culture this month. First Lady Michelle Obama, former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will also be attending the Sept.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg says she thinks "cooler heads will prevail" in the Senate where Republican leaders are refusing to consider President Barack Obama's high court nominee.
A stunning new CNN poll came out this week, showing Donald Trump in the lead against Hillary Clinton, 45-43 percent. Naturally, the release of this new survey coincided with my own Rolling Stone feature describing Trump in a "freefall," having "lost his mojo."
America's intelligence chief on Wednesday said Russia hacks US computer networks "all the time," while also seeking to reassure the public the transition to a new president would "be OK." US agencies, companies and individuals are frequently targeted by overseas hackers, and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign has accused Moscow of hacking into Democratic National Committee emails.
The House will vote as early as next week on a conservative effort to impeach IRS chief John Koskinen. But congressional GOP leaders still must decide how to avert a federal shutdown and finance federal efforts to contain the Zika virus, even as the approaching elections pressure them to avoid riling voters.
Congress' Republican leaders face decisions on averting a federal shutdown, containing the Zika virus and impeaching the head of the IRS, with approaching elections pressuring the GOP to avoid doing anything that could damage its standing with voters. House Republicans were meeting behind closed doors Wednesday to hash out strategy on those and other issues.
Fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces prepare to fire a mortar shell towards positions held by Islamic State fighters in northern province of Raqqa, Syria, May 27, 2016. Turkey would be ready to join any future operation proposed by the United States to liberate the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
President Barack Obama's administration acknowledged Tuesday that its transfer of $1.7 billion to Iran earlier this year was made entirely in cash, using non-U.S. currencies, as Republican critics of the transaction continued to denounce the payments.
President Barack Obama says Americans can get "lazy" and insular, and he hopes his presidency has helped broaden their worldview. Speaking to a group of young leaders from across Southeast Asia, Obama says the U.S. "is and can be a great force for good in the world."
President Barack Obama's former senior policy adviser, David Axelrod, warned against the dangers of presidential candidate Donald Trump's rhetoric in feeding an ugly nationalist undercurrent in America on Tuesday night as a speaker in the Sondermann Presidential Symposium at Colorado College. "We have seen the emergence of a Republican candidate in Donald Trump who has exploited fear and resentment and anger to become the Republican nominee," Axelrod said to a large crowd in the Kathryn Mohrman Theatre at a free event.
It was their last, best chance at a big, bipartisan deal: President Barack Obama and congressional Republican leaders all agreed on free trade. Just a little more than a year ago, that philosophical alignment looked like enough for Obama's signature trade deal and centerpiece of his Asian pivot policy - the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership - to clear Congress.
Decades after U.S. planes waged hundreds of thousands of bombing runs over Laos, President Barack Obama acknowledged that secret war and pledged $90 million in additional aid Tuesday to help clear unexploded bombs still strewn across the country. "Given our history here, the U.S. has a moral obligation to help Laos heal," said Mr. Obama, the first U.S. president to visit this struggling Southeast Asia nation.