Barack Obama

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…

Sources reveal ABC and its affiliates were fearful of how the Trump administration would retaliate. September 18, 2025 3:30pm Barack Obama & Jimmy Kimmel Kristina Bumphrey/WWD via Getty Images; Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images Countless people are outraged after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel and his eponymous show off the air…

Barack Obama has spoken out strongly after hearing that Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show was suspended. The former president expressed frustration over the decision and warned that it reflected a broader, more troubling trend of political interference in the media. The controversy began when Kimmel mocked Donald Trump’s response to the…

Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday condemned the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the spate of political violence that has gripped the country while rebuking President Donald Trump and his allies' for politicizing the shooting and not doing more to unite the country. Speaking in Erie, Pennsylvania, at the Jefferson…