For Obama and Netanyahu, a Final Clash After Years of Conflict
By Google News For Obama and Netanyahu, a Final Clash After Years of Conflict New York Times JERUSALEM – When President Obama and Prime Minister…
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Was Barack Obama Bad for Democrats?
By Google News Was Barack Obama Bad for Democrats? New York Times President Obama will be remembered as a thoughtful and dignified president who led…
Kellyanne Conway, ‘Trump Whisperer,’ Will Be Counselor to President
By Google News Politico Kellyanne Conway, ‘Trump Whisperer,’ Will Be Counselor to President New York Times Kellyanne Conway, the Republican pollster and strategist who…
Obama Bans Drilling in Parts of the Atlantic and the Arctic
By Google News Obama Bans Drilling in Parts of the Atlantic and the Arctic New York Times President Obama announced on Tuesday what he…
Obama Heads to Golf Course After Receiving Reports on Berlin Attack and Russian Ambassador Death
By Justin Baragona for Mediaite. Well, this is what one would call bad political optics. With the dual breaking news events surrounding potential terrorism and a foreign…
Donald Trump Wins Enough Electoral Votes to Become President Electoral vote proceeds with no sign of major defections
By BYRON TAU for the Wall Street Journal. Donald Trump was easily affirmed the winner of the 2016 election after the Electoral College met in state…
GOP Congress ranks low in productivity: analysis
By CRISTINA MARCOS and JORDAIN CARNEY for The Hill. Congressional productivity during the GOP’s first two years controlling both chambers of Congress falls behind historical averages, according…
The only thing standing in the way of Donald Trump becoming US president now could be Joe Biden
By Heather Timmons for Quartz. The United States’ 538 Electoral College members voted mostly as expected on Dec. 19, paving the way for Donald J. Trump to…
Book Deal for Pantsuit Nation, Facebook Page Supporting Hillary Clinton
By ALEXANDRA ALTER for The New York Times. Pantsuit Nation began in late October as a secret Facebook group for supporters of Hillary Clinton (and pantsuit…
Obama grants clemency to 231 individuals, largest single day act
By Allie Malloy for CNN. President Barack Obama on Monday granted clemency to 231 individuals, the largest single day act of his presidency and totaling…
Michelle Obama: Presidential Election Was ‘Challenging’ to Watch
By CHRIS FUCHS for NBC News. Michelle Obama in a candid interview with Oprah Winfrey opened up for the first time publicly about the 2016 presidential…
Obama Expected to Ban Offshore Drilling in Some Federal Waters
By CORAL DAVENPORT for The New York Times. WASHINGTON — President Obama is expected to announce as soon as Tuesday that he will use his…
Trump’s Election Leaves Scientists In A Climate Of Uncertainty
By CHRISTOPHER JOYCE for National Public Radio. Thousands of Earth scientists are in San Francisco this week to talk about climate change, volcanoes and earthquakes. And another…
Harry Reid: The Trump Campaign ‘Was In On’ Russia’s Election Hacking
By Sam Stein for the Huffington Post. Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with WikiLeaks in the runup to the presidential election to damage Hillary Clinton, outgoing Senate Minority…
Barack Obama On ‘Daily Show’ Warns Against “Flying Blind” Without Intelligence Briefings
By Greg Evans for Deadline Hollywood. Making his first and last appearance on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Trevor Noah as President of the United States,…
What Will Trump’s Twitter Strategy Be When He Becomes President?
By SAM SANDERS for National Public Radio. Since winning this year’s presidential election, Donald Trump has given the American public no shortage of outbursts, public disputes and…
U.S. intelligence officials say Russian hacks ‘prioritized’ Democrats
By Greg Miller and Adam Entous for the Washington Post. The CIA assessment that Russia waged a cyber-campaign to help elect Donald Trump is based in…
Senate and House Leaders Call for Inquiry of Russian Hacking in Election
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER for The New York Times. WASHINGTON — The top two Republicans in Congress said on Monday that they supported investigations into possible Russian…
America to Trump: Stop Tweeting; President-Elect Heads to Military Town, as Does Actual President
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS for The New York Times. ■ Hello, Fayetteville: President-elect Donald J. Trump will be in North Carolina,…
Supreme Court Considers Race, Politics And Redistricting In 2 Cases
By NINA TOTENBERG for the National Public Radio. The U.S. Supreme Court has made clear over the past quarter century that racial gerrymandering is an unconstitutional no-no,…