Mail Bombs
Julia Ann Poff, 48, of Brookshire, Texas was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison for sending a mail bomb to former President Barack Obama and other officials, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Houston said.
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Trump Outstripping Obama on Pace of Executive Orders
It wasn’t too long ago that Donald Trump derided presidential executive orders as “power grabs” and a “basic disaster.”
Read moreTexas Woman Pleads Guilty to Mailing Bombs to Obama and Others
A Texas woman charged with mailing a homemade bomb in 2016 to then-President Barack Obama, implicated when FBI agents matched a hair that was found on the package’s address label to her cat, pleaded guilty Monday.
Read moreObama Library
A federal judge threw out a challenge by Protect Our Parks to the construction of the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago’s Jackson Park.
Read moreObama Boulevard
The city of Los Angeles announced Tuesday it will rename a 3.5-mile section of Rodeo Boulevard from Culver City to midtown Obama Boulevard to honor the 44th U.S. president.
Read moreJudge Allows Lawsuit Over Obama Library to Proceed
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a lawsuit over the construction of former President Barack Obama’s presidential library in a Chicago park will proceed, denying in part a city attorneys’ motion to dismiss the suit.
Read moreLawsuit Means Chicago Obama Library Plan No Sure Thing
Odds may still favor the eventual construction of former President Barack Obama’s $500 million museum and library in a public park along Chicago’s lakeshore, but it’s no longer a sure thing in the face of a formidable legal challenge by a parks advocacy group.
Read moreFired for Tweets
A former history teacher at Huntington High School claims in a federal complaint that she was fired for using her personal Twitter account to tweet and retweet anti-Muslim comments, including calling President Obama a “Muslim douchebag” and calling Muslims “the enemy.”
Read moreJudge Keeps Obamacare in Place During Appeal
A Texas federal judge who controversially invalidated the Affordable Care Act two weeks ago agreed late Sunday to allow the law to stand while his ruling is appealed, citing “great uncertainty” for those seeking health care coverage.
Read moreFederal Judge Rules Affordable Care Act Unconstitutional
A Texas federal judge ruled Friday night that the Affordable Care Act is invalid due to last year’s tax cuts removing the individual mandate tax penalty, handing Republican critics their largest victory yet against the controversial law.
Read moreFederal Judge Rules Obamacare Unconstitutional
A federal judge in Texas ruled President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act “invalid” Friday, the eve of the sign-up deadline for coverage next year.
Read moreObama Stumps for Democrats at Tense Florida Midterm Rally
Fighting through rancor-filled heckles, former President Barack Obama made a final push for Florida’s Democratic candidates during a Friday speech that decried nationalist rabble-rousing and touted the Affordable Care Act.
Read moreMultiple Suspicious Packages Sent to Democrats, Journalists
Suspicious packages and devices discovered Wednesday by federal and state law enforcement were mailed to former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and CNN’s offices in New York.
Read moreExplosive Devices Sent to Obama, Clintons; CNN Evacuated
The U.S. Secret Service has intercepted a bomb that was addressed to Hillary Clinton and also discovered a possible explosive that was sent to former President Barack Obama.
Read moreObama Pushes Simple Message at Ohio Rally: Vote
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 moreObama Stumps in California to Take Back House in November
Former 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 moreObama Issues Scathing Critique of Trump, ‘Politics of Fear’
Former 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 moreTrump Wants DOJ to Hunt Down ‘Resistance’ Writer
President 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 moreDC Circuit Rules EPA Dropped Ball on Coal Ash Storage Rules
In 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 moreSouth Africa, Obama Mark Mandela Centennial With Charity
By ANDREW MELDRUM JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans along with former U.S. President Barack Obama were marking the centennial of
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