Tag: Barack Obama

Biden Extends ‘National Emergency’ Due to ‘Extraordinary Threat’ Over Russia-Ukraine Conflict

President Joe Biden issued a continuation of an executive order that declared a “national emergency” in the United States linked to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to a White House notice. Signed in March 2014 by then-President Barack Obama, Executive Order 13660 declared “a national emergency” amid the “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security…


Biden Extends ‘National Emergency’ Due to ‘Extraordinary Threat’ of Russian Actions in Ukraine

President Joe Biden has extended an executive order that declared a “national emergency” in the United States because of Russian actions in Ukraine that conflict with U.S. interests, according to a White House notice. Signed in March 2014 by then-President Barack Obama, Executive Order 13660 declared “a national emergency” amid the “unusual and extraordinary threat…


No Time for Thumb-Twiddling in the Face of Beijing’s Military Build Up

Commentary The Defence White Paper published by the Australian government in 2016 was the most far-reaching, comprehensive of its type. Projecting forward for 20 years, the paper, and its accompanying Defence Industry White Paper, proposed a major program of defence acquisitions to ensure the nation’s security. It also pegged the Defence expenditure base to at…


Most Former Presidents, Vice Presidents Say They Turned Over Classified Documents

Most living former presidents and vice presidents are asserting they turned over all materials with classified markings when they left office but won’t say if they will conduct fresh searches after documents with such markings were found at the homes of President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, and former Vice President Mike Pence. All…


LIVE 10:30 AM ET: Biden’s Classified Docs Scandal Sparks Debates On Hypocrisy, Weaponized Justice, and Impeachment

President Joe Biden is being accused of illegally taking classified documents, allegedly while he was vice president under former President Barack Obama. The developing scandal is sparking debates on his hypocrisy over former President Donald Trump also storing classified documents and the Mar-a-Lago raid, and whether the justice system has been weaponized as a political…


LIVE NOW: Biden’s Classified Docs Scandal Sparks Debates On Hypocrisy, Weaponized Justice, and Impeachment

President Joe Biden is being accused of illegally taking classified documents, allegedly while he was vice president under former President Barack Obama. The developing scandal is sparking debates on his hypocrisy over former President Donald Trump also storing classified documents and the Mar-a-Lago raid, and whether the justice system has been weaponized as a political…


Biden’s Classified Docs Scandal Sparks Debates On Hypocrisy, Weaponized Justice, and Impeachment

President Joe Biden is being accused of illegally taking classified documents, allegedly while he was vice president under former President Barack Obama. The developing scandal is sparking debates on his hypocrisy over former President Donald Trump also storing classified documents and the Mar-a-Lago raid, and whether the justice system has been weaponized as a political…


LIVE 1/16, at 10:30 AM ET: Biden’s Classified Docs Scandal Sparks Debates On Hypocrisy, Weaponized Justice, and Impeachment

President Joe Biden is being accused of illegally taking classified documents, allegedly while he was vice president under former President Barack Obama. The developing scandal is sparking debates on his hypocrisy over former President Donald Trump also storing classified documents and the Mar-a-Lago raid, and whether the justice system has been weaponized as a political…


DOJ to Monitor Voting in Georgia During Runoff Election

As Georgians head to the polls again on Dec. 6 to decide who will claim the last U.S. Senate seat, the Justice Department (DOJ) will be monitoring the polls in four counties for compliance with federal voting laws. “For this election, the Civil Rights Division will monitor for compliance with the federal voting rights laws…


Obama Campaigns for Warnock in Georgia Senate Race

Former President Barack Obama, campaigning in Atlanta on Thursday for Sen. Raphael Warnock, told the crowd they had to go out and do it “one more time.” He paid homage to those who struggled in previous generations, like the late Georgia Rep. John Lewis, and that struggle needed to continue even when victories seemed to…