Official White House photographers offer glimpses into the life of the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama.
Trump on Wednesday said in a tweet that he was "ready, willing and able to mediate" between the two countries.
The White House on Wednesday released its annual collection of some of the most interesting photographs of President Barack Obama and his family.
United States President Barack Obama came away with "renewed confidence" from his 90-minute meeting with his successor Donald Trump, the White House has said, adding that the emphasis of the discussions was on ensuring smooth transition to the next administration.
"Daley gave his letter of resignation to the president in a private meeting in the Oval Office last week, recounting the administration's successes of his one year on the job and saying it was time for him to return to his hometown of Chicago," said The Chicago Tribune, which was the first one to break the news.
Leading Muslim groups in Washington who attended the event under previous administrations said Trump's continued targeting of Islam and its followers made engagement with his administration a futile, if not impossible task.
'Disagreements between reporters and the White House has always been there, but this is the most tense I have seen it since I have been there.'
We all know United States President Donald Trump's preferred way of communicating directly with his fellow Americans is through tweets. And to celebrate 'The Donald's' tweets, the people at The Daily Show With Trevor Noah have put together the Donald J Trump Presidential Twitter Library -- a kind of museum dedicated solely to Trump tweets. The pop-up museum was free to enter, and ran from June 14-16. Its Washington, DC debut was timed to coincide with the US president's 73rd birthday. The pop-up installation has already been shown in Miami, Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and New York City. Take a glimpse.
The former first lady urged those who did not come out to vote in 2016 to make their vote count this time.
The news media, he said, follows him "like never before".
'India should not be taken by surprise if the Biden administration seeks China's cooperation at some point,' alerts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Tillerson, 64, who was confirmed by the Senate in a 56-43 vote, was administered the oath of office by Vice President Mike Pence.
The dropping of the F-bomb and a monologue on bipolar disorder, a new plane that Trump should consider as his next Air Force One and living in a household dominated by females given his marriage to reality TV star Kim Kardashian West. That's how one can summarise the meeting between American rapper-turned-entrepreneur Kanye West and US President Donald Trump. Here are the highlights of their meeting.
Trump fears that he would be "accused of nepotism" if he selected her Ivanka to replace Nikki Haley.
"The President is pleased that he has found a partner in Prime Minister Modi to extend and strengthen the relationship," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said.
Barack Obama will still be in the Oval Office till the morning of January 20, but gosh, we are already beginning to miss him.
Describing India as a 'great power', the United States has said it has deepened its ties with New Delhi, including through the extraordinary trip of President Barack Obama to the country in November last year. "We fully embraced India's rise as a great power and a great partner for the United States," US National Security Adviser Tom Donilon said. Donilon said the US so far has been under-involved in Asia and Obama is all set to correct that.
United States President Barack Obama endorsed all the praise showered on Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai a day earlier by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defence Secretary Robert Gates.
The war-ravaged nation of Afghanistan has offered to try and help bring about a rapprochement between the United States and Iran, even as Washington continues its campaign to isolate Teheran over its alleged nuclear weapons programme in violation of its nonproliferation obligations.
Trump and the White House has described this as an impeachment hoax. White House asserted that the president has done no wrong.
Obama said that both Biden and Harris have the experience needed to get things done and they have concrete policies that will turn their vision of a better, fairer, stronger country into reality.
Chinese President Hu Jintao has acknowledged that a lot needs to be done in his country on human rights, an issue that was candidly and strongly raised by US President Barack Obama when the two leaders met at the White House.
Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, which has one of the largest Indian-American population in a US state, has launched his bid for president, joining the already crowded presidential race of his Republican party.
'Any normal human being, even if he is the American president, will find it hard, at least in the initial stages, to get over the gnawing feeling that Modi is Trump's man.' 'Modi should not be surprised if India and its requirements are treated as of low priority by Joe Biden,' warns B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
Senior US administration sources and law enforcement officials have told rediff.com that it was President Barack Obama's "personal interest" in the David Coleman Headley case that led to the speedy indictment of the Chicago-based Pakistan American and also the dispatching of a team to New Delhi to brief India sleuths.
The coronavirus has infected 1.2 million Americans and killed more than 73,000.
Kavya Shivashankar, winner of the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee and the India Abroad Young Achiever Award, was invited to meet President Obama this month.
The president said the European Union has "failed to take the same precautions" as his administration had implemented to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
As the United States formally ended its combat mission in Iraq, President Barack Obama said restoring the country's economy is his most urgent task.
President Barack Obama has issued orders to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan, the White House said without specifying the exact numbers.
Nawaz Sharif was the last Pakistani prime minister to visit the US on an official trip in October 2015.
United States President George W Bush with Sameer Mishra, 14, the 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion.
'After a ten year search, the so-called 'mastermind' of the Mumbai Terror attacks has been arrested in Pakistan. Great pressure has been exerted over the last two years to find him!' said Trump who is scheduled to meet Khan at his Oval Office on Monday, July 22.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said if 'you look at the totality of our ties and we will look at where we have strong economic synergies, where we have strong technology promptings, these are really based on the flow of talent.'
The bear hug in which the Prime Minister loves to smother Western VIPs might strike as theatrical, boastful and, above all, unhygienic, in these stricken times, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
Democratic Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi condemned Trump's reported habit of affecting an Indian accent to imitate Modi.
Indian-American Raja Krishnamoorthi, running for office of the Illinois Comptroller in 2010, has got a piece of advice from "close friend and mentor" President Barack Obama-- to "campaign honourably" for the post! Krishnamoorthi met Obama a fortnight ago in the Oval Office and informed him about his decision to run for the office of Comptroller, the state's chief fiscal officer.
"It would be wonderful if they (India and Pakistan) get along," Trump said.
Berman's bill -- which is in all respects similar to the Senate Committee's Bill that the government of India has found objectionable and offensive -- contains the additional proviso that in the event of a nuclear test by India, which leads to the automatic termination of the deal, the presidential waiver of this termination could be limited.
In a missive to Bush, USCIRF chair Felice D Gaer urged him to 'ask Prime Minister Singh to ensure the immediate security of Indian citizens -- security that is undermined by recurrent attacks on religious minorities and communities.'
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