Activists to Obama: Speed Up the Clemencies, Please!
Fears that a Trump administration will not be as merciful.
Barack Obama
How Much Credit Should Obama Get for Shrinking the Federal Prison Population?
Bipartisan sentencing reforms and falling crime rates have played a much bigger role than commutations or DOJ policy.
Obama, Merkel Blame Social Media For Being Politically Disruptive
Merkel suggests finding the right kinds of policies that would control that.
Trump Wants To Deport As Many Undocumented Immigrants As Obama Already Has
The upside: the number of undocumented immigrants with criminal records is less than Trump's stated goal of over two million deportations.
Does Trump's Commitment to NATO Preclude Rethinking Relationships?
Based on everything seen on the campaign trail, no it doesn't.
'I've Got a Pen and I've Got a Phone': Obama's Executive Overreach Becomes Trump's Executive Overreach
The dangers of unchecked executive power.
Trump Regulatory Rollback: Auto Fuel Efficiency Standards
Activists howl in outrage and frustration
Commuted Sentence Shows Injustice of Crack Penalties and 'Three Strikes' Provision
Donald Graham got one year for each of the two drug offenses he committed as a teenager, then life at 30.
President Obama Sticks Up For Free Speech Rights Of Trump Supporter
It was a small, but meaningful gesture.
Obama Administration Approaches 1,000 Commutations
Today, 72 federal drug war prisoners get sentences reduced.
Watch Obama Mildly Throw the Palest of Shade at Comey's Clinton Letter!
There's a norm, people! A norm!
Obama Commutes Sentences of 98 Drug Offenders, Including 42 Lifers
He could still surpass Nixon in percentage of petitions granted.
In Wired President Obama Praises Progress: But Does Not Know How It Happens
The president is right that it is the greatest time to be alive, but fails to understand how progress occurs.
Captured, Tortured, and Left to Rot at Gitmo
Sanad al-Kazimi hoped for justice. Twelve years later he's still waiting.
The Countries Clinton and Trump Mentioned in the Debates So Far
And some of the countries they didn't but should in the final debate.
Paris Agreement Climate Change
Paris Climate Agreement Comes Into Effect
U.S. not on track to meet Obama's promised greenhouse gas cuts
Congress May Have Transformed US-Saudi Relations While Overriding Obama's Veto
Bill allows 9/11 families to sue Saudi government, might be beginning of the end of U.S.' "special relationship" with the Kingdom.
Hillary Clinton Just Made the Same Point About Obama Not Ending the Iraq War That Romney Did in in 2012
What the 2012 Democratic nominee took credit for the 2016 nominee blames on Bush.
Obama's Anti-Profit Crusade Targets Colleges
The administration imposed a death penalty on ITT technical colleges, which had not been convicted of any wrongdoing.
NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden Suggests that Obama Pardon Him
It's a good idea and the right thing to do.
Obama 'Swan Song' in Philly Technically a Campaign Stop for Hillary Clinton
Term limited president gets more enthusiasm than the nominee long packaged as his inevitable successor.
If the US Is Serious About Pot Prohibition, We Will Bar Justin Trudeau From Entry
Canadian prime minister has openly admitted to using the drug (just like President Obama). So he should be barred from entering US.
Obama and Xi 'Ratify' Paris Climate Change Agreement
But remember, the Paris Agreement is NOT a treaty!
Obama Will Issue Thousands of Commutations If He Keeps This Month's Pace
The president might even surpass Richard Nixon's commutation rate.
Whole Foods' John Mackey on Veganism, Gary Johnson, and How Regulation Is Stunting Innovation
"We'll look back on the factory-farm era with the same kind of ethical revulsion that we look back on slavery."
New York Times' Analysis of 'The Obama Era' Focuses on All Those Oppressive New Rules
His legacy will include hundreds of new federal regulations.
America's Summer 2016 Election Playlist
Obama, Biden release summer playlists while Trump releases one for Hillary.
Malia Obama Allegedly Smoking Pot Isn't a Big Deal, President Obama's Foot-Dragging on Marijuana Reform Is
Misdemeanor drug convictions can still ruin young people's present and cripple their future.
The Lies From Trump, Clinton, and Obama That We Choose To Believe
"We don't pay ransom for hostages" and other obvious falsehoods from the past week.
Matt Welch Talks Trump, Clinton, Iran, and Obama-Commutations on Tonight's Kennedy
Fox Business Network broadcast at 8 p.m. ET also includes discussion of Clint Eastwood and the benefits of drinking while married
This Is Not What Non-Intervention Looks Like
The absurd argument that America is withdrawing from the world
Obama's Record-Breaking Commutations Leave Much Work to Do
In raw numbers, the president has far surpassed his recent predecessors, but his petition approval rate is only middling.
Obama's Biggest Commutation Announcement Yet Will Help More than 200 Imprisoned in Drug War
Justice Department still expects more before presidency ends.
How Race Relations Got Worse
How did we end up in a place where a Fox News host is defending slavery?
Obama's Right: We Don't "Look to Be Ruled." So Stop Ruling Us Already!
Democrats refuse to understand how telling people and businesses what they can and can't do is also authoritarianism
