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When President Obama left the White House for the final time on January 20, he tweeted the following. Hi everybody! Back to the original handle. Is this thing still on? Michelle and I are off on a quick vacation, then we’ll get back to work. — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 20, 2017 It was a short trip. In light of President Trump's recent executive order freezing refugee admission from seven different countries, countries originally identified by the Obama administration as terror hot spots, former President Obama is chiming in. From POLITICO: Kevin Lewis, spokesman for Obama in his post-presidency, said...

The Obama administration signed a law-enforcement agreement with Cuba Monday that doesn’t call for the return of U.S. fugitives, including former Black Panther Joanne Chesimard, who is wanted for killing a New Jersey police officer. The pact was signed by Jeffrey DeLaurentis, the de facto U.S. ambassador in Havana, and the Cuban Interior minister Julio César Gandarilla. It covers a broad range of law-enforcement topics, such as counternarcotics operations. Also present at the signing was White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes, who played a key role in forging Mr. Obama’s policy of restoring diplomatic ties with Cuba in...

(CNSNews.com) - President Obama is welcoming the Chicago Cubs, the 2016 World Series champions, to the White House on Monday. He also plans to join a service project to mark Martin Luther King, Jr. day, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Friday. "On Tuesday, the president will attend meetings at the White House," Earnest said. "On Wednesday, the president of the United States will host his final news conference as president of the United States here in the briefing room."

Well, here’s a new declaration from outgoing President Obama. He’s declared himself to be the “father of the Tea Party.” In an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, the anchor (and former Clinton operative) asked the president what sentence would describe him. Stephanopoulos cited the quote by the late Congresswoman Clare Booth Luce, who said “the greater the man, the easier it is to describe him in a single sentence.” Luce uttered this in 1962 when asked by then-President Kennedy what was on her mind. The 44th president said of himself, “President Obama believed deeply in this democracy and the...

Here’s why neo-Nazis are praising Ann Coulter’s ‘14’ tweet Conservative host Ann Coulter tweeted out a simple number Thursday that had neo-Nazis praising her online. Coulter’s “14!” tweet is a popular white supremacist code, according to the Anti-Defamation League.