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How Europe Could Save Iran Nuclear Agreement

EghtesadOnline: Foreign ministers from Germany, France and the UK on Monday will meet with Iranian officials to save the multilateral Iran nuclear agreement strung together by former US president, Barack Obama , and breached unilaterally by US President Donald Trump.
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Publish Date:13/May/2018 | 13:38

Trump greets Japanese emperor with a handshake and nod - but no bow

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump greeted Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Monday with a genteel handshake and nod, but no bow, avoiding the pitfall of U.S. President Barack Obama who was criticized at home for his deep bow to the monarch.
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Publish Date:06/November/2017 | 14:52

What Trump’s ‘decertification’ will mean

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump has long railed against the Iran deal. His earliest known complaints date back to when he was campaigning for presidency, promising to undo everything President Barack Obama had accomplished. But it was not until recently that he really alarmingly took on the issue. He is expected to “decertify” Iranian compliance with the deal shortly.
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Publish Date:16/October/2017 | 15:22

Trump Leans on Afghanistan Tactics That Failed Under Bush, Obama

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy -- more troops, pressure on Pakistan and diplomatic outreach to the Taliban -- relies on tactics his predecessors tried without success to get out of America’s longest-running war.
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Publish Date:22/August/2017 | 05:40

Trump signs repeal of U.S. broadband privacy rules

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed a repeal of Obama-era broadband privacy rules, the White House said, a victory for internet service providers and a blow to privacy advocates.
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Publish Date:04/April/2017 | 05:06

Trump Sweeps Away Climate Rules Vowing `New Energy Revolution'

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump moved aggressively to undo his predecessor’s carbon-cutting commitments, promising "a new energy revolution" that would unleash America’s abundant fossil-fuel resources.
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Publish Date:29/March/2017 | 13:33

Pressure builds on Trump to back off wiretap accusations

EghtesadOnline: U.S. lawmakers from both parties said on Sunday they had seen no proof to support the claim by Republican President Donald Trump that his predecessor Barack Obama had wiretapped him last year, adding pressure on Trump to explain or back off his repeated assertion.
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Publish Date:19/March/2017 | 22:48

Justice Dossier Said Unlikely to Sway Lawmakers on Trump Wiretap

EghtesadOnline: A classified dossier the Justice Department sent to Congress isn’t likely to change the position of key lawmakers that there’s no evidence that President Donald Trump was placed under surveillance last year by his predecessor, according to a U.S. official.
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Publish Date:19/March/2017 | 21:58

Justice Dept. delivers documents on wiretap claim to Congress

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Justice Department on Friday said it delivered documents to congressional committees responding to their request for information that could shed light on President Donald Trump's claims that former President Barack Obama ordered U.S. agencies to spy on him.
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Publish Date:18/March/2017 | 09:15

Justice Department seeks more time on Trump wiretap evidence

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday it had asked for more time to respond to a request from lawmakers for evidence about President Donald Trump's allegation that then-President Barack Obama wiretapped him during the 2016 election campaign.
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Publish Date:14/March/2017 | 05:25

U.S. senators ask government for proof Obama wiretapped Trump

EghtesadOnline: Two senior senators asked the FBI and Justice Department on Wednesday for any information they have on President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claim that his predecessor Barack Obama wiretapped him during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.
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Publish Date:09/March/2017 | 07:55

Wall Street slips on wiretap accusation, geopolitical worries

EghtesadOnline: U.S. stocks opened lower on Monday amid losses across sectors as investors' appetite for risk was curbed by geopolitical tensions in Asia and President Donald Trump's accusation that his predecessor, Barack Obama , wiretapped him.
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Publish Date:07/March/2017 | 05:40

White House Refuses to Explain Trump's Obama-Wiretap Claim

EghtesadOnline: White House press secretary Sean Spicer refused on Monday to explain President Donald Trump’s explosive allegation that his predecessor, former President Barack Obama , had ordered surveillance against him.
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Publish Date:07/March/2017 | 05:03

Clapper Denies Trump Wiretapped as White House Demands Probe

EghtesadOnline: Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said there was no wiretap activity directed against President Donald Trump or his campaign by the Obama administration, as Trump has claimed without evidence in calling for a Congressional investigation.
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Publish Date:06/March/2017 | 05:01

Trump claims Obama wiretapped him during campaign; Obama refutes it

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump accused predecessor Barack Obama on Saturday of wiretapping him during the late stages of the 2016 election campaign, but offered no evidence for an allegation which an Obama spokesman said was "simply false".
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Publish Date:05/March/2017 | 05:24

Trump Reverses Obama's Mortgage Fee Cuts on First Day

EghtesadOnline: Soon after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, his administration undid one of Barack Obama ’s last-minute economic-policy actions: a mortgage-fee cut under a government program that’s popular with first-time home buyers and low-income borrowers.
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Publish Date:21/January/2017 | 04:48

Senate to act this week on Obamacare repeal, McConnell says

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Senate will take its first steps toward repealing President Barack Obama 's signature healthcare reform act by the end of the week, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday.
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Publish Date:09/January/2017 | 24:42

Obama says Sanders' supporters helped undermine Obamacare

EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama said on Friday that criticism from the left wing of his own Democratic Party helped feed into the unpopularity of Obamacare, his signature healthcare reform law.
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Publish Date:07/January/2017 | 15:19

U.S. to transfer four Guantanamo Bay detainees to Saudi Arabia

EghtesadOnline: The United States will transfer four detainees to Saudi Arabia from the Guantanamo Bay military prison in the next 24 hours, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, in President Barack Obama 's final push to shrink the inmate population there despite pressure from the president-elect to halt such releases.
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Publish Date:05/January/2017 | 05:04