By Paul Owen The Guardian Barack Obama has broken his silence on his successor’s presidency after only 10 days, issuing a short statement that attacks Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban. “The president [Obama] fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion,” a spokesman for Obama said. Related: US … Continued
By Max Greenwood The Hill The Obama administration sent $221 million to the Palestinian Authority on Friday, as President Obama prepared to leave the White House for the last time, The Associated Press reports. The outgoing administration formally notified Congress of the decision just hours before President Trump was inaugurated. Congress had initially approved the … Continued
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer As President Barack Obama completes his second term in office, his legacy and impact become clearer among his constituents. While campaigning for the position, President Obama made several promises that he was unable to keep, such as closing Guantanamo Bay and bringing home all troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. He was … Continued
By Brendan Gauthier Salon.com The Obama administration’s recent less-than-entirely-submissive relationship with Israel may have cost the outgoing president a free locker at a swanky Maryland country club. The U.S. delegation’s abstention in a U.N. vote to halt Israeli settlements in the West Bank last month effectively ruined Obama’s chance of taking advantage of what was originally intended to be a “back-door thing … Continued
By Jeffrey Heller and Michelle Nichols Reuters U.S. President-elect Donald Trump echoed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in urging the Obama administration on Thursday to veto a U.N. Security Council draft resolution that calls for an immediate halt to settlement building on occupied land Palestinians seek for a state. Netanyahu took to Twitter in the … Continued
By David Goodman and Ron Nixon The New York Times The Obama administration is dismantling a dormant national registry program for visitors from countries with active terrorist groups — a program that President-elect Donald J. Trump has suggested he is considering resurrecting. The registry, created after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has not been … Continued
Earlier this week, the Obama administration decided not to oppose the release on parole of Jonathan Pollard, an American arrested in 1985 and sentenced to life in prison for spying for Israel. He will go free in November. Pollard’s release, long demanded by Israel, has been staunchly opposed, almost unanimously, by the US political-military establishment. … Continued
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