Senior administration officials say the U.S. will keep 9,800 troops in 2016 for its missions of counterterrorism and to train Afghan forces. The president had planned on a smaller presence.
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Amid Tensions, China’s President Heads To The U.S.
On his first state visit, President Xi Jinping will meet with tech CEOs in Seattle before going to Washington, where he aims to allay U.S. concerns over cyber-security, human rights and other issues.
Obama Orders Federal Contractors To Provide Paid Sick Leave
“This will give about 300,000 working Americans access to paid sick leave for the first time,” President Obama said after signing an executive order.
Obama unveils plan for community ‘climate resilience’ in Kotzebue
As a regional hub for 10 remote villages about 30 miles above the Arctic Circle, Kotzebue is where Obama came closest to actually seeing the communities he’s touted throughout his trip as being imperiled by climate change.
Transcript: Obama’s closing remarks at the GLACIER conference
The president, secretary of state and leaders from around the world are in Anchorage to discuss climate change.
Fact Check: Is It Obama’s Fault That Poverty Has Grown?
Jeb Bush is (mostly) right when he says the number of people in poverty increased by 6 million under Obama. But that statistic is more complicated than you might think.
Pell Grants For Prisoners: An Old Argument Revisited
The Obama administration is expected to announce a new program Friday that would once again allow some prisoners access to federal college funding.
Obama Orders Development Of Supercomputer To Rival China’s ‘Milky Way’
It is hoped that the new supercomputer, expected to go online by 2025, would be the first “exascale” machine — some 20 times faster than today’s fastest machine, called Tianhe-2 (Milky Way-2).
Just How Green Are State Governments?
States have employed a host of energy-saving programs, green-purchase requirements, building efficiency standards and financial incentive arrangements to meet those goals. So how are they doing in meeting targets they have set for themselves?
Obama Mourns Charleston Victims, But Laments ‘Politics’ Of Gun Control
After a shooting at a Charleston, S.C., church left nine dead, President Obama noted, “Mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries,” but tighter gun controls in the U.S. were unlikely.