Barack Obama

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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…

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…