The Obama Presidential Center opened Friday after controversies including costs ballooning to $850 million, unpaid contractors, and displacement concerns.
Yesterday’s opening of Obama’s Presidential Library was, as expected, a trainwreck. The post Obama Opens His Library at Last – Another Total Mess Added to His Legacy appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
The securing of a U.S.-Iran agreement, and its emphasis on the full reopening of the Strait, has offered some reassurance, but significant obstacles remain, analysts tell TIME.
83-year-old Joe Biden was abandoned by his wife and former boss on stage at the Barack Obama Presidential Center opening ceremony in Chicago on Friday, left staring aimlessly into the crowd. The confused Biden was left behind as Obama danced off the stage, and Jill Biden followed him, forgetting about her husband. The post WTH? Biden Shouts “Where’s My Granddaughter?” After Jill Biden Leaves Him Alone and Confused on Stage at Obama Center Opening (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Former president nevertheless said in an interview that he was happy to see a ceasefire with Iran and hopes it holdsAnalysis: Iran peace deal makes clear how far US has been forced to retreat since 2025Barack Obama has said that after 15 weeks of war with Iran, the US is now “worse off” than before the conflict started in February.“We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse off,” the former US president told NBC News in an interview that aired on Friday. Continue reading...
Iran issued the Trump administration a fierce ultimatum that could collapse the tentative peace deal just a day after it was signed, Drop Site News reported Friday.The demand was related to Lebanon, which Israel invaded in March and has since killed nearly 4,000 Lebanese and sparked a humanitarian crisis affecting millions. Included in the memorandum of understanding agreed to by Washington and Tehran was a provision that Israel terminate its military operations in Lebanon.Israeli officials, however, have stated clearly they do not intend to cease military operations in Lebanon, and would maintain their occupation of their northern neighbor. More attacks took place Thursday night.“Regarding Lebanon, we have warned both the mediators and the American side that if the regime fails to comply with the existing agreement, Iran will respond with substantial military measures without prior public notice,” said a senior Iranian official, speaking with Drop Site News on the condition of anonymity.“Should the United States intervene, conditions, particularly those related to the Strait of Hormuz, could rapidly revert to a wartime environment.”
In reality, former President Obama’s deal was not working, and Obama knew it.
A document from the Department of Homeland Security outlines plans to issue local police facial recognition technology used by federal immigration agents, a move that will expand the scope of ICE surveillance.
The announcement of an end-of-hostility deal between the United States and Iran has done little to shift investor expectations that the Federal Reserve will hold or even raise interest rates this year, even as oil prices fall in response to the apparent diplomatic breakthrough. President Donald Trump recently announced the planned signing of the ceasefire […]