Barack Obama
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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…
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Trump Relied on Breitbart to Claim Obama Tapped His Phones
EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump relied on conservative media sources to make his explosive claim that former President Barack Obama had the then-candidate’s phones tapped during the 2016 election…
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Penguin Random House lands book deal with Obamas
EghtesadOnline: Penguin Random House has landed a deal to publish two forthcoming books by former U.S. President Barack Obama and the former first lady, Michelle Obama, with one volume to be…
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Netanyahu Heads to U.S. Seeking to Reset Ties After Obama Years
EghtesadOnline: The Obama years sprang some unwanted surprises on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu -- like secret nuclear talks with Iran.
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Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Trump, tells Obama team that modernizing government tech is a “mission critical task.”
Obama’s Tech Surge Is One Effort Trump May Not Reverse
EghtesadOnline: As Silicon Valley girds for a possible rollback of net neutrality, the H-1B visa program and other prized policies, here’s a bit of potentially favorable news: The administration…
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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…
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Obama extends national emergency on Iran
EghtesadOnline: US President Barack Obama has declared the continuation of his country’s national emergency against Iran, claiming that despite full commitment to its nuclear deal with the six…
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Senate approves measure launching Obamacare repeal process
EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Senate on Thursday took a first concrete step toward dismantling Obamacare, voting to instruct key committees to draft legislation repealing President Barack Obama's…
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In final address, Obama touts values and prods Trump
EghtesadOnline: With a final shout of his campaign mantra "Yes We Can," President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Americans to stand up for U.S. values and reject discrimination as the country…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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With one bill, Republicans fast track plan to undo Obama regulations
EghtesadOnline: The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday giving Congress the power to kill dozens of recently enacted rules in one fell swoop, as Republicans charged…
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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…
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Obama to deliver farewell address in Chicago on January 10
EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver a farewell address on Jan. 10 to reflect on his time in office and say thank you to his supporters, he said in an email statement released…
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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…
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Trump Praises Putin for Rejecting In-Kind Response to Obama
EghtesadOnline: President-elect Donald Trump praised Vladimir Putin as “very smart” after the Russian leader ruled out a tit-for-tat retaliation for the Obama administration’s expulsion of 35…
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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,…
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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…
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Abe Answers Obama’s Hiroshima Visit With Pearl Harbor Trip
EghtesadOnline: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Pearl Harbor on Tuesday, the first Japanese leader in decades to tour the site of the surprise attack that drew the U.S. into World…
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Obama says he would have outrun Trump, but Trump says, 'No way!'
EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Monday that he would have won most Americans' support if he had been able to run against Donald Trump for a third…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Obama Bans Oil Drilling on Millions of Acres of Ocean
EghtesadOnline: Outgoing US President Barack Obama has permanently banned offshore oil and gas drilling in the "vast majority" of US-owned northern waters.
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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…
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Obama says made specific suggestions to Trump during 'cordial' conversations
EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama said on Friday his conversations with President-elect Donald Trump have been cordial and in some cases he made specific suggestions and offered thoughts…
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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…