Barack Obama

Former US President Barack Obama has weighed in on the long-running debate over extraterrestrials, dismissing claims that aliens are being hidden at the highly secretive Area 51 facility. During an interview with Brian Tyler Cohen, Obama was asked directly whether aliens exist. Responding with humour, he said: “Uh, they’re real,…

Whew! Barack Obama is weighing in on the wild world of social media and public discourse, and it looks like President Donald Trump might’ve sparked another round of online chaos. Across social media, folks were reacting in full force after a controversial clip involving the Obama’s made its way across…

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Former President Barack Obama criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents’ conduct in Minnesota as dangerous, saying “the rogue behavior” is akin to what “we’ve seen in authoritarian countries” and “in dictatorships.” The comments, which came during a wide-ranging interview with liberal podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen out Saturday, are the latest…

Former US president Barack Obama criticised a lack of shame and decorum in the country’s political discourse, responding on Saturday for the first time to a post on Donald Trump’s social media account that depicted him and first lady Michelle as monkeys. In a wide-ranging podcast interview with left-wing political…

It was meant to be a routine political interview. Instead, it became a cosmic moment that sent social media into orbit. When Barack Obama calmly declared that aliens are real, viewers did a double take. Then came the twist. He added that if there were some vast conspiracy, it could…

As Donald Trump continues to shrug responsibility for an AI-generated video posted to his Truth Social account of the Obamas depicted as apes, Barack Obama has responded. The 44th president chalked up the clip, as well as recent rhetoric around Renée Good and Alex Pretti, to the public “clown show”…

Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer, Kathy Ruemmler, has announced her resignation after emails in the latest tranche of Epstein files revealed she had a close relationship with the convicted child sex offender, whom she called “Uncle Jeffrey”. Ruemmler said on Thursday she would step down as the bank’s chief legal officer…

On Feb. 12, the United States repealed the so-called endangerment finding, a 2009 cornerstone rule that enabled the federal government to regulate greenhouse gas emissions as a pollutant. Established under former President Barack Obama, the rule codified the long-held scientific consensus that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions “threaten the public health…

"Republicans have stood by Donald 'Teflon' Trump through thick and thin despite his scandals and gaffs, though the spirit of rebellion seems to be brewing in the 250th anniversary year of America's founding" 21:39, 07 Feb 2026 Updated 23:38, 07 Feb 2026 Donald Trump was right when he said he…