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On the eve of his final full day in office, Barack Obama used his executive power one last time to commute the sentence of Chelsea Manning, who fed classified documents to Wikileaks. Senior Republicans denounce Manning as a traitor, while his supporters tout him as a whistleblower. Will this affect Obama’s somewhat tainted legacy as concerns security and surveillance?
Eight years after his famous speech in Grant Park, the 44th president of the United States returns to his home city for his final major speech in office. The list of new policies that his successor has vowed to unravel runs long: banking regulation, Obamacare, the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris climate change agreement. What'll be left of Obama's legacy? Will the most enduring part of Barack Obama's tenure be the man himself?
The United States head into the next step of the presidential electoral process: the Electoral College’s vote. Donald Trump, the President elect, is set to become President, unless the Electoral College, against expectations, decides to vote otherwise. There has been a push in recent weeks for members of the Electoral College to disregard usual procedure. Is it possible? It is ethical? And is it even legal?
Today in The World This Week our panel analyses Donald Trump’s latest cabinet picks, and what some see as a dangerous cozying up to Vladimir Putin. As Barack Obama wraps up his final European trip, the outgoing president warns of growing threats to democracy in the age of post-truth social media, France holds its final right-wing primary and Indians struggle under Prime Minister Modi’s cash clean-up operation.
In keeping with tradition, U.S. President Barack Obama has today hosted president-elect Donald Trump at the White House, a first public step towards the transition of power. Trump was a champion led the "birther" movement and has pledged to overturn the outgoing president's signature policy achievements. What the mood was like at their meeting is anybody's guess but in front of the cameras the language was courteous.
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