Barack Obama

Former President Barack Obama, 63, remains one of the most well-known people in the world since leaving office in 2017, and although he maintains a hands-off approach to intra-party disputes, he is also a fixture of national Democratic Party politics today. In the past eight years, he has pursued a…

By Devlina Sarkar is a Newsweek contributor based in New Delhi, India. Her focus and passion is all things golf, as well as film. Devlina has been with Newsweek since February, 2025 and previously wrote for The Indian Express and iTV Network. Devlina is a graduate of Delhi University having…

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Michelle and Barack Obama are in their producer era. The couple has moved into the entertainment space since leaving the White House almost ten years ago, and in that time, have already earned an Academy Award. The former president and first lady founded Higher Ground Productions in 2018, when they…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In 2008, as the Great Recession was starting to take hold, my travels reporting on Barack Obama’s presidential campaign took me to one American city after another that…

Colvin Scott, the influential reggae artist who performed as Cocoa Tea, has died. The singer’s wife, Malvia Scott, confirmed the news to Jamaican news outlet The Gleaner , stating that her husband died Tuesday morning (March 11) at a hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, following cardiac arrest. He was 65…

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By Mandy Taheri is a Newsweek reporter based in Brooklyn. She joined Newsweek as a reporter in 2024. You can get in touch with Mandy via email: m.taheri@newsweek.com. Languages: English, French Mandy Taheri Weekend Reporter Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has canceled the lease for the Barack Obama Presidential…

Image Credit: Getty Images Severance , directed by Ben Stiller ,  has been a hit, with many tuning in to watch the highly anticipated second season of the thriller series, starring Adam Scott , Britt Lower , Zach Cherry , Christopher Walken , and more. Adam, 51, shared in a…

Severance Apple Well, there’s a sentence I never thought I’d write, but here we are. Severance season 2 is currently blowing everyone’s minds after a three year break, as expected, but it almost did something even weirder than what we’ve seen so far: cast Barack Obama. Ben Stiller has revealed…