A security scare during a high-profile Washington event has triggered strong reactions from top US leaders. The incident has once again raised concerns about growing political tensions and threats in the country.
The annual Washington event was disrupted after a gunman allegedly breached security, fired shots and was subdued as top US leaders were evacuated.
Mori was eight years old when the US dropped atom bomb on Hiroshima dueing World War II.
The offensive clip triggered outrage across the political spectrum before being deleted after hours of backlash. The White House blamed a staff error, but Trump later said he personally passed the video along for posting.
Former US President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama on Sunday strongly condemned the killing of a US citizen in Minneapolis by federal agents, calling it a "heartbreaking tragedy" and warning that core American values are "increasingly under assault."
Modern-day vice presidents like Pence and Harris have had to appear utterly loyal to the president.
Obama simply saw no percentage in promoting policies against stiff opposition from his campaign donors. If the measure of a presidency is the failure, and indeed disinclination, to meet the high expectations one generates, Obama should go down as the most disappointing president in American history.
Every reader ought to notice that Barack Obama has gone out of his way in his biography to say how much of his childhood years he spent listening to the episodes in the Ramayana and Mahabharata. This of course, implies his appetite for spiritualism as well as his interest.
Obama says he had never been to India before his Presidential visit in 2010, but the country had 'always held a special place in my imagination'.
The Congress has bumbled from crisis to crisis after its momentous loss in the 2014 parliamentary election.
