Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama have signed with Penguin Random House for the publication of their next respective books. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Financial Times reported that the bidding for the rights surpassed $60 million. The current record […]
President Barack Obama issued 209 commutations and 64 pardons on Tuesday with only days left in his Administration. The majority affected had committed nonviolent drug crimes. President Obama made reforming the nation’s drug laws a priority during his second term. The highest profile commutation went to Army Private Chelsea Manning […]
In one of his final acts as President, President Barack Obama awarded Vice President Joe Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction. Biden is only the fourth person to get the added Distinction level since the George H.W. Bush Administration. The other three are Pope John Paul II, President […]
As part of larger sanctions and punishments on the Russian government, President Obama announced that Russian diplomats and government employees will no longer be able to access two compounds owned by the Russian government, effectively closing the properties. The sanctions come as a result of the Russian government’s interference in the […]
With President Obama in his final days and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau still early in his term, the two took steps on Tuesday to curb the amount of drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans. President Obama’s action used the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act which allows presidents to […]
