Trump has the benefit of Republican Senate majority, just as Obama had the advantage of Democratic-led Senate during his first two years office. ..…

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a letter to Congress on Thursday that Trump, who campaigned on repealing the law and nearly did so his first year in office, approved the legal strategy. . Donald Verrilli Jr., President Barack Obama’s top Supreme Court lawyer who defended the law,..…

, supposedly the basis for killing/ droning hundreds of thousands of Arabs in all these “Muslim nations”, it is only prudent to vet all supposed refugees applying for entry into the US (Obama abolished NSEERS his last month in office, the major vetting/ tracking system for immigrants..…

The current mood stands in stark contrast to January 2009, before Barack Obama took office. ... (For more on trends in Obama’s approval ratings over the course of his presidency see: Obama Leaves Office on High Note, But Public Has Mixed Views of..…

When they had opportunities during President Barack Obama’s first two years in office to significantly alter the American campaign finance structure through legislation, they didn’t. . ..…

Televangelist Rick Joyner, last seen bragging about the raincloud that formed inside his church, now says people. ..…

The attack that killed al-Awlaki was the first military action taken by Trump after taking office. Before that, Barack Obama ordered the operation that killed al-Awlaki's 16-year-old brother Anwar in 2010. . ..…

For a guy who doesn’t like these anti-government protests, he sure was silent when President Obama was in office. . ..…

US President-elect Donald Trump meets with US President Barack Obama during update on transition planning in Oval Office at White House Washington DC, United States, on November 10, 2016 On Tuesday, Trump stunned the world by defeating Democratic Hillary Clinton in the US presidential..…

Smoke rises from reported militant fire from buildings in eastern government-held neighborhood of Syrian of Aleppo on October 20, 2016 as clashes erupted in area designated as corridor for civilians to leave the embattled city Embed.. ..…

With seven of the eight years of his term completed, Barack Obama’s average approval since taking office stands at just 14% among Republicans, while his average approval among Democrats is 81%. ... Bush’s and Obama’s polarized job approval ratings stand in contrast to public..…

Barack Obama took office promising to end the perceived lawlessness of the Bush administration, manifested most vividly in the torture of detainees at CIA black sites. ... When Obama took office, 242 prisoners remained. Some were already cleared for release, or likely to..…

Early President Barack Obama's first term, White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives established task force for religious organizations to address the effects of climate change on the environment and American population. ..…

When Obama took office, the Circuit, based Richmond, Va., had 11 sitting judges, and four vacancies.. ..…

One of the problems with President Obama's Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships is that it helps the government money to religious groups that do charity work even if they proselytize along the way and even if they discriminate against LGBT people in their hiring.. ... ..…

All but three have been introduced since President Barack Obama took office. . ..…

Their plight and how they are viewed and treated will remain the same after Obama takes office. A President Obama won't change that.' . This article first appeared at SocialistWorker.org in January, 25, 2008. . . . . ..…

PRESIDENT OBAMA Well, I want to welcome Prime Minister Netanyahu and Israeli delegation back to White House, back to Oval Office.. ..…

This is not change we can believe in, yelled woman into microphone outside Obama's campaign office.. ... One of the protestors, member of WAMM spoke to the campaign staff in the office. ..…

Muslim Americans clearly see a friend in Obama, who came into office in 2009 pledging to improve relations with the Muslim world. ..…

President Barack Obama signs Budget Control Act of 2011 in Oval Office, Aug 2, 2011 .. ..…

When Obama took office in January 2009, however, Congress’s attitude changed.  Many members of Congress reacted negatively to Obama’s stated goal of closing Guantanamo, and, since that time, Congress has imposed various ever tighter restrictions on the release and transfer of..…

Despite talk in the press of 'withdrawal,' ThinkProgress.com notes that even if active-duty troop 'reductions are carried out as planned, the United States would still have far more troops in Afghanistan than it did when Obama came into office and more than at any point during former..…

During his campaign, Obama said he would remove one to two combat brigades each month and have all U.S. combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months of taking office. Compare McCain and Obama . Poverty . In the Illinois Senate, Obama helped author the state earned income tax credit, which..…

She has not pushed the issue while in office. . Compare McCain and Obama . ... Compare McCain and Obama . Faith-Based Initiatives . As governor of Alaska, Palin increased the role and authority of the Alaska Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, which had been..…

In a dramatic government turnabout, the federal civilian workforce has grown for 13 consecutive months, and is now slightly larger than when President Obama first took office in early 2009, in the depths of the recession. . ... Obama, for instance, took office in 2009..…

Elsewhere in his remarks, Clapper referring to the fight against Daesh Takfiri group, said Iraqi of Mosul, was not likely to be freed before Obama leaves office. .. By collapsing its two power centers in, Obama administration has made freeing Mosul known Obama's last year of..…