BARACK OBAMA

VIDEOS
Don Excuses Vlad
Ahead of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump says the U.S. and the Mueller investigation are to blame for poor relations between Moscow and Washington.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam November 11, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
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OPINION
Trump Is Doing Putin Another Huge Favor With Summit
By Yana Gorokhovskaia, Guest Writer
There’s only one possible winner in Helsinki.
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a dinner at the Parc du Cinquantenaire during the NATO Summit in Brussels, Belgium July 11, 2018. Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Pool via REUTERS
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POLITICS
Trump Responds To New Mueller Indictments
By Lydia O'Connor and Sara Boboltz
The president referenced the "deep state" conspiracy theory and pointed the finger at Obama.
Former President Barack Obama speaks to Obama Foundation Fellows gathered on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at Stony Island Arts Bank in Chicago. Obama met with several Democrats considering running for president in 2020. (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Barack Obama's Summer Reading List Features Some Of Africa’s Best Writers
By Jenna Amatulli
The former president suggested books like "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Journalist Spars With Piers Morgan, Shouts 'I'm A Communist, You Idiot'
By Jenna Amatulli
The conversation got heavy on "Good Morning Britain" during a discussion of protests against Trump in England.
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CULTURE & ARTS
Obama Photographer Pete Souza's New Book Cover Brings The Shade
By Jenna Amatulli
“If ‘OBAMA: An Intimate Portrait’ is a coffee table book, then SHADE is an every table book," Souza said.
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POLITICS
Obama Explains Why Gerrymandering Is Terrible For Democracy
By Ryan Grenoble
More equitable maps means less extreme partisanship.
UNITED STATES - MAY 15: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., conducts a news conference after the Senate Republican Policy luncheon in the Capitol on May 15, 2018. Also pictured are, Sens. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, and John Barrasso, R-Wyo. President Donald Trump attended the lunch. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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POLITICS
Mitch McConnell To Democrats: Treat Trump's SCOTUS Pick 'Fairly'
By Jennifer Bendery
This is the same guy who denied a hearing and a vote to President Barack Obama's nominee, Merrick Garland.
US President Donald Trump confers with the media upon arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, July 8, 2018 prior to boarding Air Force One following a weekend in Bedminster, New Jersey. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Donald Trump Tweets Video Of People Saying He Would Never Win Election
By Ron Dicker
"They just didn't get it, but they do now!" he wrote.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Field Office Director Jorge Field (L), 53, arrests an Iranian immigrant in San Clemente, California, U.S., May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson SEARCH "NICHOLSON ARREST" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.
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POLITICS
Latest ICE Data Details Increasingly Indiscriminate Arrests
By Roque Planas
Under Trump, the agency is returning to a pattern abandoned by the Obama administration.
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 26: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during the Senate Democrats' news conference at the Capitol with disability advocates to oppose the Republicans' Graham-Cassidy health care bill on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
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POLITICS
For The First Time, Democrats Are Outspending Republicans On Obamacare Ads
By Amanda Terkel
Democrats have always been on the defensive about the health care law. Not anymore.
WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 02: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and U.S. President Barack Obama wait for the arrival of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore and his wife Ho Ching on the North Portico of the White House August 2, 2016 in Washington, DC. The Obamas are hosting the prime minister and his wife for an official state dinner. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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RELATIONSHIPS
Barack Obama Said This Is How You Know You’ve Found ‘The One’
By Brittany Wong
He has some great experience from his relationship with Michelle Obama to pull from.
US Representative Diane Black of Tennessee of Illinois, at the Congress of Tomorrow Joint Republican Issues Conference, at the Loews Hotel, in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 25, 2017. (Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
GOP Congresswoman's Stimulus Plan: Give Women Money To Buy 'Shoes And Clothes'
By Jennifer Bendery
Holy stereotypes, Rep. Diane Black!
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 08: EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Road to Majority Policy Conference, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, on June 8, 2018 in Washington, DC. Pruitt is facing mutiple ethics scandals from his actions since taking over the agency. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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ENVIRONMENT
This Mine Threatens America’s Largest Wild Salmon Run
By Paul Greenberg, Mother Jones
Both the mining camp and the salmon camp are wondering where EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt stands.
Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during an unveiling ceremony for portraits of himself and former First Lady Michelle Obama at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, U.S., February 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
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U.S. NEWS
Obama Chides GOP Values: 'A Fundamental Contrast Of How We View The World'
By Michelle Lou
The former president repeated his call for gun reform at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser.
US President Donald Trump (L) listens while Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy speaks during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House April 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Hey, Democrats: Pack The Court
By Zach Carter
'Eleven Justices' is the next 'Abolish ICE.'
United States Supreme Court Building in Washington DC, USA.
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OPINION
Fuck Civility
By Michelangelo Signorile
Look where it's gotten us.
US President Barack Obama announces his Supreme Court nominee, federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland during an announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, March 16, 2016. Garland, 63, is currently Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The nomination sets the stage for an election-year showdown with Republicans who have made it clear they have no intention of holding hearings to vet any Supreme Court nominee put forward by the president. / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Democrats Regret Not Fighting Harder For Obama's Supreme Court Pick
By Igor Bobic, Amanda Terkel, and Jennifer Bendery
They got steamrolled by Mitch McConnell. But they could have done more to prevent him from stealing the seat.
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POLITICS
The Surprising Origins Of What Could Be The ‘Medicare For All’ Of Climate Change
By Alexander C. Kaufman
Insurgent progressives are reclaiming a term used, then forgotten, by centrists who seem more concerned about balanced budgets than rising seas.
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 17: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders conducts the daily news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House May 17, 2018 in Washington, DC. Sanders faced questions about Michael Cohen, upcoming talks with North Korea, why the president called some immigrants non-people and animals and other inquiries. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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VIDEOS
Ex-Ethics Chief: Sanders’ Tweet Was Illegal
Sarah Huckabee Sanders violated federal law, according to the former head of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, Walter Shaub.
Former U.S. president Barack Obama speaks at a conference during his first visit to France since he left the White House, Paris, France December 2, 2017. The session, organized by an association called "Les Napoleons" is hosted by Orange CEO Stephane Richard. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
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POLITICS
Obama Breaks Silence On Immigrant Family Separations
By Lydia O'Connor
The former president calls out "the cruelty of ripping children from their parents’ arms."
VIDEOS
Ex-ICE Director: Immigrant Families 'May Never Reunite'
As President Obama’s former immigration head warns some of the separated migrant families will never reunite, President Trump maintains his hands are tied and only Congress can act.
Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during an unveiling ceremony for portraits of himself and former First Lady Michelle Obama at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, U.S., February 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
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POLITICS
Barack Obama Gets School Named For Him In Former Confederate Capital
By Marina Fang
A Richmond, Virginia, elementary school that was named after a Confederate general will be renamed Barack Obama Elementary School.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during the second day of the first Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
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POLITICS
Michelle Obama Seconds Laura Bush's Criticism Of Child Separation Policy
By Michelle Lou
Sometimes, former first ladies see it the same way.
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 14: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders conducts a White House daily news briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House June 14, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
How To Discredit A Government In 8 Words
By Zach Carter
"It is very biblical to enforce the law."
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POLITICS
Migrant Children Detained In U.S. Facility See Mural Of Trump Quote About Evicting Tenants
By Sebastian Murdock
Reporters on the tour were asked to smile at the kids because they "feel like animals locked up in cages being looked at," an employee said.
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