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Obama administration suspends Pacific trade deal vote effort

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Barack Obama 's administration has suspended its efforts to win congressional approval for his Asian free-trade deal before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, saying on Friday that TPP's fate was up to Trump and Republican lawmakers.
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Publish Date:12/November/2016 | 06:12
These are the three big areas the Republican president-elect may attack first.

How Trump Can Unravel Obama’s Climate Change Legacy

EghtesadOnline: The makeup of the U.S. Senate defined President Barack Obama ’s limited ability to enact energy and environmental policies. The same may be true, though to a lesser extent, for Donald Trump.
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Publish Date:10/November/2016 | 11:38

U.S. spy agencies to begin top secret Trump briefings within days

EghtesadOnline: U.S. intelligence agencies will soon begin giving President-elect Donald Trump the same top secret national security briefings they give President Barack Obama , current and former intelligence officials said Wednesday.
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Publish Date:10/November/2016 | 07:10

Final reckoning approaches for Obama's high court nominee

EghtesadOnline: Several intriguing scenarios could unfold after Tuesday's U.S. election to break the deadlock over filling a Supreme Court vacancy that has provoked a bitter nine-month standoff between President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans.
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Publish Date:07/November/2016 | 05:40

Fate of Obama legacy initiatives in hands of courts, successor

EghtesadOnline: When President Barack Obama leaves office on Jan. 20 after eight years, several of his major initiatives will still hang in the legal balance, meaning the U.S. courts and his successor will play a major role in shaping his legacy.
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Publish Date:06/November/2016 | 05:03

Obama shortens prison sentences for 98 convicts: White House

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Barack Obama shortened the prison sentences for 98 convicts serving time for drug-related offenses in his latest round of commutations, including for 42 people serving life sentences, the White House said on Thursday.
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Publish Date:28/October/2016 | 15:32

Obama rallies Obamacare troops at 'critical time' for program

EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama on Thursday urged more than 25,000 volunteers and advocates who dialed in to a White House conference call to pull out the stops to boost the number of people signing up for Obamacare health insurance plans.
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Publish Date:28/October/2016 | 15:29

Obama trolls Trump over 'mean tweet' on late night TV

EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama on Monday trolled Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump - known for his prolific use of Twitter to settle scores - making Trump the punch line for jokes on ABC's late-night show "Jimmy Kimmel Live."
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Publish Date:25/October/2016 | 08:54

Obama turns focus to U.S. Congress as he campaigns for Clinton

EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama on Sunday campaigned in the battleground state of Nevada for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate he wants to succeed him in the White House - but he spent most of his time talking about the state's Senate race.
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Publish Date:24/October/2016 | 08:55

Obama Expects ‘Difficult Fight’ for Islamic State-Held Mosul

EghtesadOnline: An offensive by Kurdish and Iraqi fighters to retake Mosul from Islamic State will be a “difficult fight” but will ultimately end in a victory for the Iraqi government, President Barack Obama said on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:19/October/2016 | 08:48

Congressional Republicans want to talk Tehran, not Trump

EghtesadOnline: Republican U.S. congressional candidates worried that Donald Trump's struggling White House bid will damage them too have seized on one of President Barack Obama 's signature foreign policy initiatives to try to ward off Democrats in the Nov 8 elections.
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Publish Date:19/October/2016 | 07:35

For U.S. and Obama, Mosul campaign is calculated risk

EghtesadOnline: Iraq and the United States have launched a crucial battle to liberate the city of Mosul without determining how its volatile region will be governed once Islamic State militants are ejected, U.S. and other officials said.
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Publish Date:18/October/2016 | 05:39

U.S. top court denies Obama request to rehear major immigration case

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to rehear a bid to revive President Barack Obama 's plan to spare from deportation millions of immigrants in the country illegally, a case in which the justices split 4-4 in June.
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Publish Date:04/October/2016 | 08:18

Obama power plant rules face key test in court

EghtesadOnline: The centerpiece of President Barack Obama 's climate change strategy faced a key test on Tuesday as conservative appeals court judges questioned whether his administration overstepped its legal authority under an air pollution law to make sweeping changes to the U.S. electric sector.
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Publish Date:28/September/2016 | 05:19

U.S. says some 360,000 refugee spots pledged at United Nations

EghtesadOnline: A summit hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama garnered pledges from dozens of countries to resettle or allow the lawful admission of some 360,000 refugees, doubling the number of slots that were available last year, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said.
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Publish Date:21/September/2016 | 10:59
He glossed over his own role spreading the conspiracy theory, which was central to his rise in the Republican Party.

Why Donald Trump's Reversal Won't Put 'Birtherism' Behind Him

EghtesadOnline: Delivered at the tail end of an event unveiling the endorsements of several military veterans, including one with birther views, Donald Trump's reversal on his years-long campaign of doubting the birthplace of President Barack Obama sent mixed signals to his base and the skeptics he's trying to win over.
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Publish Date:18/September/2016 | 10:13

Obama enlists Republican Kasich to push for TPP trade deal

EghtesadOnline: Ohio's Republican governor, John Kasich, took over the White House briefing lectern on Friday to praise the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership, an unusual move that shows how hard President Barack Obama will push for the trade deal's approval.
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Publish Date:17/September/2016 | 08:26