Barack Obama

David Axelrod, Barack Obama's chief strategist, tried to downplay interest in the president's first "100 days". He said it is just a "hallmark holiday", meaning that the date is of little interest to those who make a point of remembering milestones such as greeting card manufacturers. That did not prevent…

People have been surprised after finding out the difference between Donald Trump’s and Barack Obama’s education levels, and opinions are all over the place. Obama was president for two full terms, from 2009 to 2017. Trump didn’t manage to get reelected right after his first term  Joe Biden won instead …

US President Donald Trump has claimed that Crimea, which is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, will “remain with Russia”. The POTUS even claimed that the disputed territory was “handed” to Russia by ex-US President Barack Obama. “Crimea will stay with Russia,” Trump said in a Time magazine interview published…

Megyn Kelly has a lot of strong opinions about Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s marriage. The journalist, 54, said she doesn’t think the former president and former first lady are a good match. “Every word she says about Barack Obama is negative,” Kelly said on her “The Megyn Kelly Show”…

Barack Obama has once again spoken out strongly against Donald Trump, this time criticizing a recent move by the Trump administration involving Harvard University. Trump’s administration decided to pause $2.3 billion in federal funding for Harvard after the university refused to go along with a list of demands. These demands…

Oh, now Barack Obama is concerned. He wasn't concerned when Joe Biden was throwing the borders open to who-knows-who from who-knows-where, a mess that the Trump administration is trying to clean up. He wasn't concerned when our federal government was turning the money printers on High and cranking out trillions…

Barack Obama has called on US citizens to resist Donald Trump’s political agenda, and warned Americans to prepare to 'possibly sacrifice' in support of democratic values. The former US president was speaking at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, on Thursday Barack Obama calls on Americans to defend democratic values…

Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. As the Trump administration threatens universities, the former president suggested schools shouldn’t be intimidated. But he also offered a critique of campus…

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Former President Barack Obama said he is "deeply concerned" with some of the actions that President Donald Trump and his administration have taken and seemed to call out the Republican Party for not pushing back on them. Obama rebuked Trump without explicitly naming him over the federal government's threats against…