Progressivism in the United States

Serbian president speaks with U.S. counterpart

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and U.S. President Barack Obama spoke on Monday in New York during a reception organized by Obama.

The reception is organized on the occasion of the UN General Assembly session.

President Barack Obama framed climate change as the toughest and most pressing challenge of our time on August 3, as he unveiled the first ever limits on US power plant emissions.

"No challenge poses a greater threat to our future and future generations than a change in climate," Obama said, warning: "There is such a thing as being too late."  

Barack Obama on July 28 condemned African leaders who refuse to give up power and urged the continent to end "the cancer of corruption", in the first ever address to the African Union by a US president.

The White House on July 27 said that more than a dozen of America's biggest companies have pledged to tackle climate change, backing President Barack Obama ahead of a global summit.

U.S. President Barack Obama told the BBC in an interview excerpt that aired on July 23 that Britain must remain in the European Union to maintain its global influence.

Britain's EU membership "gives us much greater confidence about the strength of the transatlantic union," Obama said, adding the EU had "made the world safer and more prosperous." 

From U.S. President Obama to Syria's al-Assad, here is our compilation of reactions after world powers reached a historic nuclear deal with Iran.

US President Barack Obama probably expected a better-behaved crowd during his speech before the LGBT community in the White House, yesterday.

During the event, which took place in the “East Room”, to honor the LGBT month, President Obama was rudely interrupted many a time by voices heckling him from the crowd.

US President Barack Obama said on Monday that Greeks need to make some ?tough political choices? and embrace difficult economic reforms to win a debt deal with their country's international creditors.

U.S. President Barack Obama said on May 15 that Washington would help Gulf allies face conventional military aggression but also get them to work more in their own defence against any unconventional menace, such as destabilising Iranian actions in the region. 

One of America's most liberal senators, Vermont's Bernie Sanders, said April 29 that he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination, presenting a challenge to Hillary Clinton from the party's left flank.