In his annual State of the Union Address to Congress and the nation Tuesday, President Donald Trump said “the state of our union is strong.” But an honest assessment of the current political state of the union appears uncertain and fraying. In the wake of Trump’s speech, members of both U.S. political parties are […]
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]HITE HOUSE — Despite being strongly discouraged by House speaker Nancy Pelosi from delivering a State of the Union speech next week to both chambers of Congress, the White House is moving ahead with plans for President Donald Trump to deliver a televised nationwide address on the evening of Jan. 29. In anticipation of a […]
JOHANNESBURG — South Africans engaged in charity events Wednesday to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela, the nation’s first black president. Barack Obama, the first black U.S. president, met in Johannesburg with young leaders from across Africa to mark the occasion. A day earlier, Obama delivered what might have been the strongest […]
WASHINGTON — Former U.S. president George W. Bush on Thursday spoke against the country’s political divisiveness, saying that “at times it can seem like the forces pulling us apart are stronger than the forces binding us together.” Bush, the country’s 43rd president, a Republican who served two terms in office from 2001 to 2009, never mentioned […]