Barack Obama

View gallery Image Credit: SplashNews Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle‘s youngest daughter Sasha is officially 22! The former President of the United States took to Instagram to share a sweet birthday post for the USC graduate on Saturday, June 10. “Where does the time go? Happy birthday, Sasha!” Barack, 61, began in…

While it’s been more popular to refer to our current situation as “the latest” or “the most recent” debt limit calamity, the truth is that there’s only ever really been one debt ceiling crisis, and it’s now lasted well over 12 years. It began when President Barack Obama, in one…

Taylor Swift may be the official answer to New Jersey’s biggest breakfast sandwich debate. For years, dating back to the Civil War, Garden State residents have fought over whether the meat in the state’s favorite egg-cheese breakfast sandwich is called Taylor ham or pork roll. Even President Barack Obama took…

The former president says studios “wouldn’t be around if it weren’t for writers creating the stories that matter” LinkedIn, Netflix Barack Obama on Thursday expressed his support for the Writers Guild of America as their strike nears its second month. At the start of a LinkedIn livestream event promoting his…

“I’m very supportive of the writers and the strike and I’m hopeful that they get a fair share of the fruits of their labor" Former President Barack Obama showed his support for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) during a livestream event on Thursday to promote his new Netflix docuseries, Working:…

CultureMay 25, 2023The former president explores what we do all day in a Netflix series that says little about what is to be done.  May 25, 2023 To grow up in or around Chicago in the late 20th century meant knowing the sound of Studs Terkel’s voice. Friendly, welcoming, unassuming,…

Cue the pomp and circumstance! Former President Barack Obama, Pierce Brosnan and more stars were proud parents at their kids’ 2023 graduation ceremonies. Obama, 61, attended his daughter Sasha’s graduation from the University of Southern California on May 12, alongside his wife, former First Lady Michelle Obama, and their eldest…

Former President Barack Obama, late-night television hosts, lawmakers and journalists, including from The Washington Times, are among “500 Americans” that Russia has banned from entering the country. Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the move was made “in a response to the regularly anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the Joe Biden…

In all the years I worked for Barack Obama, I didn’t think enough about the burdens of being America’s first Black president – in part because he bore them so gracefully. There were bracing moments, of course, like the day, relatively early in his campaign for the White House, when Secret Service…

In a tit-for-tat move following the latest wave of sanctions imposed by Washington, Russia announced on Friday that it had banned the entry of 500 American individuals, prominently featuring former President Barack Obama on its list. The Russian foreign ministry, in a strongly-worded statement, cited the Biden administration’s repeated imposition…