Barack Obama

If Democrats had any misguided hope about their shutdown negotiations with Donald Trump, the president extinguished it Monday evening with an AI-generated video of Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer bad-mouthing his own party as House counterpart Hakeem Jeffries looked on while sporting a sombrero and handlebar mustache. “If we give…

Former President Barack Obama addresses the Obama Foundation's 2024 Democracy Forum on December 05, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson/Getty Images/File Former President Barack Obama on Friday criticized Israel’s ongoing military action in Gaza, saying that “there’s not a military rationale for continuing to pummel what is already rubble” and…

The United Nations Security Council adopted “snapback” sanctions on Iran on Saturday, due to the regime’s refusal to cooperate on nuclear monitoring, restoring sanctions to where they were before President Barack Obama’s deal. The “snapback” provisions of the deal were thought to be toothless, since it was difficult to envision…

Barack Obama arrived on stage in his trademark loping stride, like a farmer pacing land. The wave was familiar too. We’ve seen it often since he first came to prominence as a young senator, on election night in 2008, and throughout his presidency. His arrival at the 3Arena in Dublin…

Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen In the era of Donald Trump, an era of unmistakably authoritarian threat, Ezra Klein has emerged as a leading voice making the case for practical liberal politics. As a columnist and podcaster for the New York Times, Klein…

NEW YORK -- Robert B. Barnett, a powerhouse Washington attorney who became a fixture in the political and publishing worlds as the literary representative for Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton and dozens of other leaders, has died at age 79. Barnett's executive assistant, Ashley Duffy, told The…

Fourteen years ago, US president Barack Obama stepped on stage at Dublin’s College Green to a rapturous reception. The 60,000 crowd had been worked up to hysterical levels of excitement by warm-up acts including Westlife and Jedward, and sports figures Brian O’Driscoll and Katie Taylor, as well as Taoiseach Enda…

The process to select the next chief executive of Ireland’s largest employer, with a workforce of more than 148,000 full-time equivalents and a budget of €26.9 billion for this year, is moving along. Applications closed this week for the position of HSE chief executive, which comes with a salary of…

Former US president Barack Obama has accused Donald Trump’s administration of using “government coercion” to silence critics. This was after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely. The late-night host faced suspension following comments he made about the assassination of right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk. Kimmel said this about Trump’s response: “This…

Former President Barack Obama has called for freedom of speech to be protected after ABC suspended late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's fatal shooting. "This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy…