Barack Obama

A new controversy aggravating already strained relations between Washington and Caracas threatens to destabilise relations with other South American countries.

Orders prosecutors to remove any reference to quantities of illicit drugs that trigger mandatory minimums and to apply provision to pending cases.

The Republicans are attempting to use these administrative processes to revoke or neutralize duly enacted legislation, and perhaps to hijack the governance process in other ways as well.

The insensitive timing, indeed the provocation of these tests, is remarkable.

The American republic and worldwide republicanism, not to mention global peace and justice, once again hangs in the balance.

Will President Obama dare meet with Iran's newly elected, pragmatic, pro-diplomacy President Hassan Rouhani at the United Nations Tuesday?

Republicans in the House are like a bunch of 3-year-olds playing with matches, which means President Obama has to be the disciplinarian in this dysfunctional family.

McKibben argues that Obama's pending decision on whether to approve or reject the Keystone XL's construction is a historic opportunity.

In this parody of Star Wars, Episode 4, A New Hope - It is a period of class war.

There isnu2019t a single u201cmovementu201d against war, but an informal, multifocal opposition from across the political spectrum.