Barack Obama

About eight hours by direct flight from the seen-and-be-seen restaurants and red carpets of Hollywood is a resort on a remote speck of a private island. It was there that Barack Obama wrote his post-White House memoirs, where Kim Kardashian threw her controversial pandemic-era 40th birthday bash (to the tune…

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President Joe Biden got out of bed the day after the 2024 election convinced that he had been wronged. The élites, the Democratic officials, the media, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama—they shouldn’t have pushed him out of the race. If he had stayed in, he would have beaten Donald Trump. That’s…

Barack Obama gushed over his wife, Michelle Obama, in a sweet Mother’s Day post after she shut down divorce rumors. “Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing moms and mother-figures!” the former president wrote on X Sunday, alongside a photo of Michelle with their daughters, Malia, 26, and Sasha, 23. “@MichelleObama,…

President Donald Trump has fired the first woman congressional librarian, Dr. Carla Hayden, after nearly a decade in the position, the Associated Press (AP) reports—and she was also the first Black person to hold the Senate-confirmed post. Newsweek reached out to the Library of Congress via email Thursday night for…

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This article was produced in partnership with The Oregonian/OregonLive. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. In May 2015, President Barack Obama gave a big speech about dropping trade barriers with other nations. He delivered it on a sunny day at…

American painter Kehinde Wiley stands in front of a portrait of Alpha Condé, former president of Guinea, during the opening of his exhibition A Maze of Power.   -   Copyright © africanews Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Last updated: 02/05 - 18:44 Morocco American artist Kehinde Wiley unveiled…

Michelle Obama issued a veiled threat to husband Barack amid rumors that their marriage is imploding - and one day after Tucker Carlson claimed she 'obviously' hates him.  Michelle set the record straight after speculation over the former first couple's recent public appearances during a podcast with entrepreneur and investor Steven Bartlett.  'If I…

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…