BARACK OBAMA

Former President of the United States, Barack Obama, addresses the Nordic Business Forum business seminar in Helsinki, Finland on September 27, 2018. (Photo by Jussi Nukari / Lehtikuva / AFP) / Finland OUT (Photo credit should read JUSSI NUKARI/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Barack Obama Brutally Shuts Down People's Lame Excuses For Not Voting
By Lee Moran
"You can’t use Google to figure out which candidates on your local ballot think that the earth is flat and climate change is a hoax?"
FILE - In this May 21, 2017 file photo, released by the Saudi Press Agency, from left to right, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, Saudi King Salman, U.S. First Lady Melania Trump and President Donald Trump, visit a new Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Qatar's answer to a list of demands from four countries lined up against it may be shrouded in secrecy, but the message it delivered this week was clear enough: it is not about to roll over. (Saudi Press Agency via AP, File)
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POLITICS
Trump And His Supporters Seem Primed To Accept Saudi Denials Over Jamal Khashoggi
By Akbar Shahid Ahmed
The president's enemies are exploiting the alleged murder to embarrass him and damage his relationship with Saudi Arabia, conservatives claim.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - OCTOBER 09: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a campaign rally at the Mid-America Center on October 9, 2018 in Council Bluffs. Iowa The rally is one of several Trump has scheduled recently in support of Republican candidates running in the upcoming midterm election. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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MEDIA
Twitter Users Taunt Donald Trump As Old Hurricane Tweet Comes Back To Haunt Him
By Ed Mazza
Another old Trump tweet isn't aging well.
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder addresses the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) dinner in Washington, U.S., September 15, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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POLITICS
Eric Holder Revises Michelle Obama’s Famed Quote: 'When They Go Low, We Kick Them'
By Carla Herreria
The former attorney general said he wasn't suggesting doing “anything illegal” to Republicans but “we have to be tough.”
WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 01: Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler testifies before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee August 1, 2018 in Washington, DC. Wheeler testified during the committee's hearing titled 'Examining EPA's Agenda: Protecting the Environment and Allowing America's Economy to Grow.' (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler Engaged With Racist, Conspiratorial Posts On Social Media
By Alexander C. Kaufman
Exclusive: The agency head brushed off his interactions with a Pizzagater and said he doesn’t remember liking a racist picture of the Obamas.
U.S. President Donald Trump waves from the steps of Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., upon his return to Washington from Kansas, October 6, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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POLITICS
Trump's Columbus Day Statement Again Fails To Mention Suffering Of Native Americans
By Marina Fang
Obama's 2016 statement on the holiday noted "the pain and suffering reflected in the stories of Native Americans who had long resided on this land."
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POLITICS
Mitch McConnell Refuses To Rule Out Senate Confirming A Supreme Court Pick In 2020
By Hayley Miller
The Senate majority leader appears to have revised his reasoning for blocking Merrick Garland's nomination to the Supreme Court.
NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 05: Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and former U.S. president Bill Clinton greet supporters greet supporters during a Super Tuesday primary campaign rally in the Grand Ballroom of the Manhattan Center February 5, 2008 in New York City. Clinton is facing off with rival contender Sen. Barack Obama on the biggest 'Super Tuesday' in American history. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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ENTERTAINMENT
Broadway Show About Hillary And Bill Clinton To Star Laurie Metcalf, John Lithgow
By Cole Delbyck
The play is set during the 2008 Democratic presidential race that she lost to Barack Obama.
US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) is seen with his wife Michelle in a family snapshot from their October 18, 1992 wedding day released by Obama's US presidential campaign, February 4, 2008. Obama, now a 46-year-old first-term U.S. senator from Illinois who would be the first black US president if elected, heads into Super Tuesday's slate of 22 Democratic state primaries and caucuses in a tight race with Hillary Clinton to become the party's presidential nominee. REUTERS/Obama For America/Handout (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA). EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.
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POLITICS
Barack and Michelle Obama Tweet Their Love On Their 26th Anniversary
By Carla Baranauckas
The former president says his wife is his "favorite person to see the world with."
VIDEOS
Happy 26th Anniversary, Barack & Michelle Obama
Barack and Michelle Obama are still #relationshipgoals. Barack tweeted today at Michelle: “For 26 years, you’ve been an extraordinary partner, someone who can always make me laugh, and my favorite person to see the world with.”
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 01: U.S. President Donald Trump calls journalists 'loco,' which is Spanish for crazy, during a press conference to discuss a revised U.S. trade agreement with Mexico and Canada in the Rose Garden of the White House on October 1, 2018 in Washington, DC. U.S. and Canadian officials announced late Sunday night that a new deal, named the 'U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement,' or USMCA, had been reached to replace the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Trump's 'New' Canada-Mexico Trade Deal Has All Kinds Of Improvements? Thanks, Obama.
By S.V. Date
The so-called "new NAFTA" is mainly what Canada and Mexico agreed to in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement -- which Trump threw out after taking office.
PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 21: Former President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf on September 21, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Midterm election day is November 6th. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Barack Obama Backs Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez In New Round Of Endorsements
By Nina Golgowski
The Democratic socialist is among 260 names endorsed by the former president ahead of the midterm elections.
US President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Colombian President Iván Duque at the United Nations in New York September 25, 2018. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Twitter Users Taunt Donald Trump After World Leaders Openly Laugh At His UN Speech
By Ed Mazza
The president used to complain the United States was a laughingstock to the world. Then the world laughed at him.
TMZ
WEDDINGS
Michelle Obama Helped A Couple Exchange Their Wedding Vows
By Andy McDonald
How is any other wedding you ever attend going to top that?
The Late Show
POLITICS
Hillary Clinton Tells Colbert ‘I Never Had To Steal A Treaty’ Off Obama’s Desk
By Andy McDonald
The former secretary of state discussed some serious topics on Stephen Colbert's show Friday.
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POLITICS
Obama Photographer Taunts Trump And GOP Senators With FBI Abbreviation Explainer
By Lee Moran
Pete Souza used an old photograph of Barack Obama and Merrick Garland to make a point about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gives a public lecture at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
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POLITICS
Hillary Clinton Slams Trump Admin’s ‘Despicable’ Acts: ‘Our Democracy Is In Crisis’
By Nick Visser
The former Democratic presidential nominee penned a lengthy op-ed for The Atlantic, published on Sunday evening.
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POLITICS
Kellyanne Conway's Husband Rips Trump's 'Ceaseless, Shameless, Witless' Lies
By Mary Papenfuss
George Conway erupts after the president goes after Barack Obama's slip of the tongue a decade ago.
CNN
POLITICS
Joe Biden: After Charlottesville, Obama And I Could No Longer Remain Silent On Trump
By Andy McDonald
"Our silence is complicity.”
Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, right, speaks during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing with Timothy F. Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. Bernanke said Europe must further strengthen its banks and that its financial and economic situation 'remains difficult' even as stresses have lessened, according to testimony prepared for delivery to U.S. lawmakers today. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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POLITICS
Ten Years After The Financial Crisis, The Contagion Has Spread To Democracy Itself
By Zach Carter
Tim Geithner, Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson dealt a catastrophic blow to public faith in American institutions.
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 07: Les Wexner (L) and Stella Maxwell pose at the 2016 Fragrance Foundation Awards presented by Hearst Magazines - Show on June 7, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Fragrance Foundation)
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POLITICS
GOP Donor Les Wexner Announces Departure From Republican Party After Obama Visit
By Sebastian Murdock
The L Brands CEO had previously condemned Donald Trump's response to Charlottesville in a speech to employees.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Anna Kendrick Finally Reveals What She Said To Make Barack Obama Laugh So Hard
By Lee Moran
The movie star's insulting and scolding of the then-president was clearly pitched perfectly.
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 02: Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) speaks at the news conference held by Congressional Democrats demanding congressional authorization before a first strike on North Korea outside the capital on November 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Barbara Lee Warned AUMF Would Create 'Open-Ended War.' And That's What Happened.
By Paul Blumenthal
The 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force has now been used to justify U.S. military efforts in more than 20 countries.
Former President Barack Obama speaks as he campaigns in support of Ohio gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, in Cleveland. Former President Barack Obama was in closely divided Ohio to campaign for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray, running mate Betty Sutton, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and the party’s statewide slate.(AP Photo/David Dermer)
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POLITICS
Barack Obama Tells Democrats: 'I Need You To Come Through' In November
By Nick Visser
“Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes," the former president said at a rally in Cleveland.
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POLITICS
Trump Administration Rushes To Lease Federal Lands
By Alexander Nazaryan, Yahoo News
The Department of Interior is quietly preparing to offer hundreds of thousands of acres of public land for leasing to energy companies.
(GERMANY OUT) Ansicht von Süden; links das World Financial Center, i.d.M. die Zwillingstürme des World Trade Center (Photo by Hohlfeld/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
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U.S. NEWS
Joe Scarborough Pens Op-Ed For 9/11: Trump Is Worse For U.S. Than 'Foreign Adversary'
By Jenna Amatulli
The "Morning Joe" host asks voters to decide if they want to move forward or continue supporting a president who has "damaged" the American dream.
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