Obama administration
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US withdrew guidance stating federal law requires transgender students to have unfettered access to bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identity
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Coalition of charities, aid groups, unions and think tanks says refugee deal with US in ‘serious doubt’ and call for bipartisan policy to evacuate camps
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Jonathan Chait makes a stirring case for a president who reflected America as it is and will be, even after the dark and destructive Republican interregnum to come
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The outgoing president had warm words for the press corps, but let’s not forget his White House’s hard line on leaks
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A B-52 bomber and aerial drones struck a training camp in Idlib province Thursday, less than a day after Isis targeted in Libya airstrike approved by Obama
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The Obama administration’s priorities of civil rights and climate change were replaced with ‘bringing back jobs and growth’ and ‘rebuild American military’
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Gathering on the street outside the White House with a rally planned for later, Barack Obama’s fans described their gratitude: ‘I’ll miss his grace under fire’
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A final handful of detainees will be relocated to new lives overseas but the facility will not be closed, a vow that was once a key aspect of Obama’s legacy
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Numbers help tell the story of any president, so what figures best paint the presidency of Barack Obama? Here are seven
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WikiLeaks said last week that founder would agree to go to US if Chelsea Manning was freed
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The whistleblower, who has been imprisoned for six years for leaking state secrets, is now set to go free on 17 May
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Exclusive: Josefina Vidal, who has led the island’s negotiating team since 2013, says Cuba will not be cowed by the incoming president’s bluster and threats
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Dozens of rallies were held across the US on Sunday to denounce Republican efforts to repeal Barack Obama’s health care law
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Twenty-three House Democrats plan to sit out Trump’s swearing-in, including John Lewis, who the president-elect attacked over Russian hacking scandal
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British government appears to prioritise relationship with US in sending junior delegation to Paris peace conference
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The first lady’s campaigning on education took her all over the world. Here, some of those she met over the years recall her golden touch
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Jenkins was set free 12 years early on a 30-year sentence, her commutation one of a historic number issued by Barack Obama. Her story is typical of America’s ‘war on drugs’, and the failed policies that imprisoned millions
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Got a minute? Congress moves to repeal healthcare law ... Comey stays quiet on Trump-Russia inquiry ... Toby Keith agrees to headline inauguration. By Amber Jamieson
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House of Representatives passed legislation for Republicans to proceed with ‘budget reconciliation’ to end key provisions of Obama’s signature healthcare law
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Hundreds of Cuban migrants who sold everything to afford trek across Central America now have no refuge in US: ‘Obama’s decision is killing our dreams’
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DoJ investigators found that police violated both the fourth amendment of the constitution and department policy in the use of deadly force, faulting poor training and accountability systems
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Cubans will no longer be allowed to stay and become legal residents if they enter US illegally, as Obama administration negotiates with Cuba to send people back
Final US growth figures under Obama are a triumph – for Trump