In making the announcement Sunday, Penguin Random House publishers’ chief executive Markus Dohle called Obama “one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era”
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The Obamas selected artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald for the paintings, which take their place in the National Portrait Gallery’s collection of presidential portraits
Trump linked his message to a Justice Department press release regarding a complaint to revoke the resident status of a visa lottery program recipient who funded global terrorist activities.
It is the first shutdown ever to happen while the same party, the Republicans, controls Congress and the White House
Àccording to a poll by the Gallup organisation, Obama edged out [President] Donald Trump by 17 per cent to 14 per cent, while Clinton edged out Michelle Obama by nine per cent to seven per cent.
Obama said in an interview with Britain’s Prince Harry, broadcast on BBC radio on Wednesday, that social media should promote diverse views in a way that “doesn’t lead to a Balkanisation of our society”.
Born to a Nigerian father and an African American mother, the background of his paintings reference African cloth patterns, snaking through the composition to give further clues on his subject
The demands were quickly denounced by Democratic leaders in Congress who had hoped to forge a deal with President Trump to protect younger immigrants, known as “dreamers,” who were brought to the United States illegally as children
According to various reports, the Senator’s declared opposition to the bill effectively made it a still-born, as it appears it has no chance of passing in the Senate
The Republican president had met with Democratic congressional leaders on Wednesday to discuss the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Washington state’s attorney general, Bob Ferguson, called it part of a “dark time for our country”
In a statement on Tuesday afternoon, Obama conceded that immigration is a complicated and controversial topic over which people of goodwill can have reasonable disagreements
The spokesperson of the US Department of State, Heather Nauert, said in a statement on Thursday that the move was to achieve parity in diplomatic missions
The move on the sale, which included thousands of bombs and rockets and was originally agreed by former President Barack Obama’s administration, was announced by the Pentagon’s Defence Security Cooperation Agency.
The tweet was posted after Heather Heyer, a 32-year-old paralegal, who was protesting the white nationalist rally in the city of Charlottesville, was killed when a driver slammed into a crowd of demonstrators
The Defence Security Cooperation Agency delivered their certification of the foreign military sale to Congress, as required by law, on August 2, according to United Press International
In recent times however we may start with Joseph Desire Mobutu who having helped the Belgian Monarch and the CIA to murder Africa hero Patrice Lumumba assumed the unmerited leadership of the Congo. And as soon as he found himself on the elevated seat of power he displayed unprecedented buffoonery in that region of Africa by changing his name to a song: Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga! What a mouthful. He followed suit by wearing zany attire made of animal skin. He was a laughing stock even though he ruled with iron hand and became a dreaded monster.
These leaders will include Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and the two Bushes, George Jnr and his father
Voting in the early hours, three Republican Senators – John McCain, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski – crossed party lines to join Democrats in a dramatic 49 to 51 vote to reject a “skinny repeal” bill that would have killed some parts of Obamacare.
Former US President, Barack Obama, temporarily lifted sanctions for six months in January, suspending a trade embargo, unfreezing assets and removing financial sanctions.