Obama's Kenyan Homecoming

The United Nations is in the midst of selecting its next Secretary-General — and the race to succeed António Guterres just got more interesting. Last week, the Security Council held a straw poll to test the viability of the eight women and men vying to become Secretary-General in ...  Show more

Kelsey Norman is a Fellow for the Middle East and Director of the Women's Rights, Human Rights, and Refugees Program at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. Her new book, Aiding Autocrats: Migration Management, Governance and Repression in Africa, examines how wea ...  Show more

It’s been a big week for Kenya’s new president William Ruto. On Tuesday he was sworn in and immediately started reversing some of his predecessor’s policies. Straight after the ceremony he appointed six new judges – who’d been rejected by the former president Uhuru Kenyatta. He a ...  Show more

Barrack and Michelle Obama make their first joint return to the White House for the unveiling of their official portraits. Presidential historian Jon Meacham joins to discuss the speeches they gave which included: why traditions like this matter, the importance of a peaceful tran ...  Show more

President Barack Obama returned to the White House today for a celebration of the Affordable Care Act, even as Democrats brace for potentially difficult 2022 midterm elections. CNN Chief National Affairs Correspondent Jeff Zeleny explains how far the ACA has come since it was fir ...  Show more

Within ten days of being sworn in as Kenya’s 5th president, William Ruto found himself attending two of the largest global events this year with other heads of state - Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral and the UN General Assembly (UNGA) - a gathering of leaders and NGOs and activists ...  Show more