Afghanistan vet celebrates end of military’s transgender ban
Staff Sgt. Patricia King said she was celebrating Friday's news that the Pentagon will formally open the ranks to transgender troops.
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Obama previews stump speech; says no time for ‘charlatans’
Delayed from hitting the presidential campaign trail, President Barack Obama previewed his 2016 stump speech Friday for an incumbent governor instead, using a fundraiser here to hit Republicans for dividing the country and lambasting "charlatans" who seek personal gain from exploiting fears. Declaring GOP rhetoric a detriment to progress, Obama even borrowed Hillary Clinton's campaign slogan of "stronger together" to argue for unity in the country.
Democrats reject platform proposal opposing trade deal
Democrats on Friday voted down an amendment to the party's platform that would have opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, avoiding an awkward scenario that would have put its statement of values at odds with President Barack Obama. Members of a Democratic National Convention drafting committee defeated a proposal led by Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., that would have added language rejecting the Pacific Rim trade pact, which has been opposed by presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
From this side of the Atlantic, Brexit looks like a slice of Trump
Many people see striking similarities between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Great Britain's vote to leave the European Union. One of those people is Donald Trump.
US President Barack Obama is flanked by…
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Barbara Boxer , both California Democrats, join other members of Congress on Wednesday as President Obama signs into law the first update of the Toxic Substances Control Act.
President Obama on the UK Referendum
President Barack Obama: "The people of the United Kingdom have spoken, and we respect their decision. The special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom is enduring, and the United Kingdom's membership in NATO remains a vital cornerstone of U.S. foreign, security, and economic policy.
Here’s what Britain’s vote to leave the EU tells us about the US presidential election
The Britons who voted to take their country out of the European Union were predominantly white, working class, older and deeply upset about immigration.
Panama Papers are available. Why hasna t U.S. asked to see them?
In Panama City, a sign on the Arango Orillac Building lists the Mossack Fonseca law firm, which created offshore accounts for clients and has come under scrutiny from several countries. Nearly three months after the revelations from the Panama Papers exposed politicians, drug cartels and the wealthy hiding millions behind offshore companies, the U.S. Justice Department has yet to ask its Panamanian counterpart for access to seized records.
Obama moves to quell US market uncertainty after Brexit vote
US President Barack Obama issued a statement just before the stock exchange opened for the day's trading, saying the US respects the UK's decision and talking up the fact that Britain will remain in NATO. His statement ended on the impending negotiations for the new relationship, voicing the hope that they would "ensure continued stability, security and prosperity for Europe, Great Britain and Northern Island and the world".
A Little Brit StrongerThe war for Britain’s independence didn’t…
The war for Britain's independence didn't involve muskets and cannons, but ballots. And last night, the U.K. cast plenty of them in favor of leaving the suffocating authority of the European Union .
Companies Find Hiring Those On The Spectrum Has Vast Benefits
The official autism diagnosis came more than a year later, along with the whirlwind of figuring out schools and therapies. Not until his son, Hayden, reached high school and Williams glimpsed him as an adult did a fresh wake-up call hit.
Joe Biden warns of ‘xenophobia, nationalism’
Instability in Europe and beyond is providing "fertile terrain for reactionary politicians and demagogues," Vice President Joe Biden will caution during remarks in Ireland on Friday. Listing global irritants like mass migration, terrorism, climate change, Biden will say those factors are leading to leaders "peddling xenophobia, nationalism, and isolationism."
House Speaker Ryan proposes simpler tax code
House Republicans led by Speaker Paul Ryan unveiled a plan for a simpler tax code, the sixth and last installment of a GOP agenda designed to be a policy counterpoint to the personality-driven campaign of Donald Trump. Ryan and other Republicans announced the plan at a news conference Friday morning.
President Barack Obama
The White House Thursday promised that President Barack Obama would veto the long-delayed response of the Republican-controlled Congress to the president's request for fighting the Zika virus , saying it provided too little money and contained too many partisan provisions. The $1.1 billion measure had already appeared sure to die in the Senate next at the hands of filibustering Democrats backing Obama's $1.9 billion request and opposing spending cuts that House Republicans added to the measure.
PM Cameron resigns as UK votes to leave EU
He refused to give an exact time table for his departure, but said that he wanted a new leader to be in place by October when his Conservative Party holds its annual conference. In his statement, delivered outside the front door of 10 Downing St., he said that "the British people have voted to leave the EU and their will must be respected... the will of the British people is an instruction which must be delivered."
Obama A Loser in Brexit Vote, Too
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Brexit voters ignored Obama’s plea for unity
In deciding to quit the European Union, British voters spurned President Barack Obama's plea to stay and put new strains on their nation's "special relationship" with the U.S. on issues from trade to defense. "Obama, with his great status in Europe -- if he couldn't sway it, it's an indication things have changed," said Conor McCann, a Dublin-based political affairs analyst with Massif Global.
The Latest: Trump says Britain has taken back independence
Bernard Lafayette was all smiles as he watched his civil rights comrade John Lewis commandeer the floor of the U.S. House for an old-fashioned, marathon sit-in over gun legislation. Mike Simpson cried as his wife was sentenced to life in prison for killing their children in their South Carolina home.
Where in the World Was Trump?
Foreign trips are not unusual for presumptive presidential nominees. In 2008, Barack Obama went to Israel and Afghanistan before heading to Europe to receive rock-star-like adulation.
Brits spurn Obama’s plea, despite ‘special relationship’ with U.S.
In deciding to quit the European Union, British voters spurned U.S. President Barack Obama's plea to stay and put new strains on their nation's "special relationship" with the U.S. on issues from trade to defence. "Obama, with his great status in Europe - if he couldn't sway it, it's an indication things have changed," said Conor McCann, a Dublin-based political affairs analyst with Massif Global.