Barack Obama

If anyone should have known how congressional Republicans would respond to a Democrat in the White House, it was Joe Biden. For eight years as Barack Obama’s vice president, Biden watched as the GOP—led by current Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell—did everything in its power to block, stymie, and undermine…

WEBWIRE – Friday, January 14, 2022 What makes something a cultural phenomenon? Is it the people involved or the topics covered? Or does it just have to have that special je ne sais quoi? The Big Hit Show, a new podcast from Spotify and Higher Ground—President Barack Obama and Michelle…

Joe Biden has spent a year saying all the right things about voting rights but struggling to do much to advance them—much to the frustration of colleagues and activists, some of whom have questioned the degree to which he’s truly committed to the issue. “There is a glaring gap between…

When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, then–Vice President Joe Biden had some guidance for his boss. Make Russia “pay in blood and money,” he advised, suggesting that the United States deliver anti-tank missiles to Kyiv. President Barack Obama rejected the instruction, later explaining to a journalist, “The fact is that…

PoliticsPosted Former U.S. President Barack Obama delivered the eulogy for former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Saturday at his funeral in Las Vegas, Nevada. PoliticsYou wanted Harry Reid 'in the foxhole with you' -ObamaHouse launches probe of Trump's White House recordsSarah Palin testifies against NYT in defamation trialEmotional…

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comLAS VEGAS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - U.S. political luminaries including President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama celebrated the life of former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Saturday, describing him as an unpretentious pragmatist who got things done. Reid died last…

President Biden and former President Barack Obama, along with their past congressional colleagues, came together on Saturday to honor the life of former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). Driving the news: "Harry Reid will be considered one of the greatest Senate Majority leaders in history," the president said in…

Former Columbia, South Carolina, City Councilman Daniel Rickenmann was sworn in as the city’s new Republican-backed mayor on Jan. 4 after defeating Tameika Isaac Devine, a candidate endorsed by former President Barack Obama. Though mayoral elections in the capital city are nonpartisan, Rickenmann is affiliated with the Republican Party. In…

Following his sojourn in Europe for 2018’s thriller Everybody Knows with Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, celebrated director Asghar Farhadi returns to his homeland with A Hero, yet another keen social-realist drama about the tangled messiness of contemporary Iranian life. The story of an imprisoned man who tries to hustle…

Sidney Poitier, legendary actor and former ambassador, died on Thursday (Jan. 6). He was 94 years old. In 1958, Poitier became the first Black actor to receive an Academy Award nomination for The Defiant Ones. Five years later, he became the first Black actor to win an Oscar for Lilies of the Field.…