If everything seems to be the same and no distinctions are made, then we won't know what to protect. We won't know what to fight for.

Long before being nerdy was cool, there was Leonard Nimoy.

More broadly, Prime Minister Lee [Hsien Loong] and I will work to advance the US-Singapore partnership across the board. We're committed to sustaining the dynamism of our economies with the Trans-Pacific Partnership - the highest-standard trade agreement ever - which will support trade and innovation in both our countries.

Ensuring that the US continues to lead the world in science and technology will be a central priority for my administration.

I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.

Not much happens in Russia without Vladimir Putin.

There's no question that a lot of Americans on both the right and the left are expressing some fears and frustrations about the dislocations brought on by globalisation. Many of those frustrations are legitimate and they need to be addressed.