Obama pardons 78, commutes others
December 20, 2016
President Barack Obama has pardoned 78 people and shortened the sentence of 153 others convicted of federal crimes, the greatest number of individual clemencies in
Obama threatens Putin with cyberattacks
December 17, 2016
President Barack Obama has put Russia’s Vladimir Putin on notice that the U.S. could use offensive cyber muscle to retaliate for interference in the U.S.
Obama: ‘We will retaliate’ against Russia
December 16, 2016
President Barack Obama is promising that the U.S. will retaliate against Russia for its suspected meddling in America’s election process, an accusation the Kremlin has
Trump & Obama: Now buddies?
December 8, 2016
Did anyone see it coming, the apparent new rapport between President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump? Just a few months ago they were regularly
Obama leaves Trump expanded war powers
December 6, 2016
After eight years as a wartime president, Barack Obama is handing his successor an expansive interpretation of the commander in chief’s authority to wage war
Trump’s planned rollbacks not easy
November 29, 2016
Once sworn into office, Donald Trump will be in a strong position to dismantle some of President Barack Obama’s efforts to reduce planet-warming carbon emissions.
Health care: A lesson for Tump?
November 28, 2016
President Barack Obama took on the problems of a lack of access to health care and high cost, but he and Democrats paid a political
Obama issues his last turkey pardon
November 24, 2016
President Barack Obama got the holiday mood started at the White House on Wednesday with the traditional pardoning of the national Thanksgiving turkey, this time
Obama: ‘I’ll push back on Trump’
November 21, 2016
President Barack Obama said Sunday he doesn’t intend to become his successor’s constant critic — but reserved the right to speak out if President-elect Donald
Obama meeting with Trump
November 10, 2016
President Barack Obama is set to welcome his successor, Donald Trump, to the White House, extending an olive branch to a man he has blasted