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Trump turned 70 on Tuesday. We'd like to think that with age comes wisdom, but Trump has clearly demonstrated that is not case.

The first daughter is growing up fast. 17-year-old Malia Obama is graduating high school today in Washington D.C.

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Underscoring his calls for criminal justice reform, President Barack Obama on Friday commuted the prison sentences of 42 people who were locked up as non-violent drug offenders, reports AFP. The harsh prison terms were doled out under “outdated and unduly harsh sentencing laws,” the White House said in a statement. Most were “small-time drug dealers […]

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The Obama administration on Tuesday announced new rules that will increase paychecks for low-and-middle-income workers by making millions of Americans eligible for overtime pay, reports USA Today: While some businesses welcome the measure, many say it will simply force them to reshuffle salaries to get around the regulation. Others fear it will mean demoting white-collar workers […]

The president, speaking to a crowd of more than 50,000 in the school’s football stadium, said the world is becoming ever more interconnected and “building walls won’t change that."