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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

Republicans make repealing Obamacare 'first order of business'

EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama exhorted fellow Democrats on Wednesday to preserve his legacy-defining healthcare law as Republicans moved ahead with their long-sought bid to scrap it in what Vice President-elect Mike Pence called the "first order of business" of Donald Trump's administration.
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Publish Date:05/January/2017 | 04:50

U.S. Republican senator introduces Obamacare repeal resolution

EghtesadOnline: Republican U.S. Senator Mike Enzi introduced on Tuesday a resolution allowing for the repeal of President Barack Obama 's signature health insurance program, which provides coverage to millions of Americans, Enzi's office said in a statement.
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Publish Date:04/January/2017 | 05:06

Trump Must Choose Between Obama Sanctions and Putin Detente

EghtesadOnline: Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin are forcing Donald Trump to pick sides: undo sanctions the U.S. just imposed on Russia for hacking e-mails before last month’s election or set aside a campaign vow to improve relations with Moscow.
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Publish Date:31/December/2016 | 04:41

Netanyahu Looks for Fresh Start With Trump After Obama Years

EghtesadOnline: Strained U.S.-Israeli ties reached another low as Secretary of State John Kerry and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traded blame over the stalled Middle East peace process, with President-elect Donald Trump vowing a fresh start when he takes office on Jan. 20.
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Publish Date:29/December/2016 | 18:25

Obama Said to Ready Sanctions on Russian Officials for Hacking

EghtesadOnline: The Obama administration will announce sanctions against Russian officials and state institutions in retaliation for hacking Democratic Party e-mails in an attempt to interfere with the 2016 presidential election, according to people familiar with the process.
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Publish Date:29/December/2016 | 18:23

Netanyahu seeks to rally Israelis around him in anti-Obama assault

EghtesadOnline: Benjamin Netanyahu has been unrelenting in his criticism of the Obama administration over what he condemned as its "shameful" decision not to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a halt to Israeli settlement-building.
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Publish Date:26/December/2016 | 15:02

Netanyahu Says ‘No Doubt’ U.S. Behind UN Vote on Settlements

EghtesadOnline: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped up his broadside at the U.S. government after the UN Security Council declared Israel’s settlements illegal, saying President Barack Obama ’s administration “initiated and stood behind” the resolution.
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Publish Date:26/December/2016 | 14:39

Obama Staged ‘Shameful Ambush’ of Israel, Netanyahu Says

EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama ’s administration staged a “shameful ambush” by allowing the UN Security Council to pass a resolution declaring Israel’s West Bank settlements illegal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his first public comments since Friday’s vote.
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Publish Date:25/December/2016 | 10:52

Obama signs defense spending bill, criticizes Guantanamo policy

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law an annual defense policy bill, but in a lengthy statement he raised objections to parts of it, including policies blocking him from closing the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Publish Date:24/December/2016 | 14:51

Here’s how Obama can hit back at Putin over hacking

EghtesadOnline: The verdict is unanimous: President Barack Obama and every U.S. intelligence service agree that Russian President Vladimir Putin has run a sophisticated intelligence operation designed to disrupt American democracy and elect Donald J. Trump. The lone dissenter? Trump himself.
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Publish Date:19/December/2016 | 21:41

Obama says China would not take change in U.S. policy on Taiwan lightly

EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama said on Friday it was fine for President-elect Donald Trump to review Washington's "one-China" policy toward Taiwan, but he cautioned that a shift could lead to significant consequences in the U.S. relationship with Beijing.
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Publish Date:17/December/2016 | 08:18