A gymnasium full of adoring progressives were treated to a visit from former President Barack Obama when he arrived in Cleveland on Thursday night to stump for Richard Cordray, the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor.
Read moreFormer President Barack Obama joined Democratic candidates vying to take over key battleground California congressional districts in the November election in the hopes of gaining control of the House of Representatives.
Read moreFormer President Barack Obama delivered a scathing critique of the Trump administration Friday, telling students at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign the current president is “capitalizing on resentments that politicians have been fanning for years.”
Read morePresident Donald Trump said Friday the Justice Department should launch an investigation into identify the writer of a bitingly critical New York Times opinion piece, said to have been penned by a member of an administration “resistance” movement straining to thwart his most dangerous impulses.
Read moreIn another defeat for President Trump’s pro-fossil fuels agenda, the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday found the Environmental Protection Agency has failed for years to issue and enforce adequate rules for the storage of toxic coal ash.
Read moreBy ANDREW MELDRUM JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans along with former U.S. President Barack Obama were marking the centennial of
Read moreWithout ever mentioning President Donald Trump by name, former U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday took aim at “strongman politics” in his highest-profile speech since leaving office, urging people around the world to respect human rights and other values now under threat in an impassioned address marking the 100th anniversary of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela’s birth.
Read moreFormer U.S. President Barack Obama is set to make his highest-profile speech since leaving office, urging people around the world to respect human rights and other values under threat in an address marking the 100th anniversary of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela’s birth.
Read moreFormer U.S. President Barack Obama says Kenya is making progress in getting the government and opposition to work together.
Read moreNearly half of Americans name Barack Obama as the best or second-best president in their lifetimes, with Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan following closely behind, the Pew Research Center reported Wednesday.
Read moreA public parks activist group filed a federal lawsuit Monday to prevent the Obama Presidential Center from being built in Chicago’s historic Jackson Park.
Read moreThe Trump administration is defending an underwater monument established by former President Barack Obama to protect marine life in the Atlantic Ocean and asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit from fishermen trying to eliminate it.
Read moreA Democratic group backed by former President Barack Obama said this week it plans to invest millions of dollars in state-level elections in 11 states this year, with its heaviest focus on Ohio.
Read moreFormer President Barack Obama told Prince Harry in an interview broadcast Wednesday that people in leadership roles must be careful in their use of social media and warned against spending too much time immersed in the internet at the expense of the world outside.
Read moreThe DC Circuit ruled Friday that the Obama administration failed to follow the right procedures when it banned importing elephant hunting trophies from Zimbabwe.
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When former President Barack Obama spoke to a leadership forum in India’s capital on Friday, he never once used the words “Donald Trump” and was careful to avoid any direct reference to his successor in the White House.
Read moreFormer President Barack Obama, free of a job that forced him to move to Washington for eight years, showed up to a downtown Chicago courthouse for jury duty on Wednesday morning. Then he heard the words most prospective jurors pray for: You’re dismissed.
Read moreThe Senate overwhelming approved a former Obama nominee to a position on an Oklahoma federal court on Thursday, nearly two years after the former federal prosecutor was first tapped for the seat.
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Former President Barack Obama offered veiled criticism of President Donald Trump in Virginia on Thursday, while campaigning for the Democratic candidate for governor in next month’s election.
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