Barack Obama

Over the weekend, Barack Obama took to Twitter to release his annual “favorite” lists, posting about all of the cultural works he enjoyed the most in 2020. He started the extravagant reveal on Friday by announcing his favorite television, movies and books. Then on Saturday, he released his favorite music…

GOP Sen. John Barrasso on Sunday said that Cabinet nominees brought forward by President-elect Joe Biden in a Republican-controlled Senate should not expect an easy pathway to confirmation, according to Politico. "It's not going to be a garden party," he said. "If the Republicans are in the majority, these nominees…

A highly curated list of top-shelf songs, movies, shows, and books? Thanks, Obama.The 44th President of the United States has, as has become custom, shared his list of faves from the year as we head its final days. People looking for last-minute gift ideas could do worse than following the…

We have reached the stage in the unveiling of Joe Biden’s Cabinet and top White House staff when virtually every Democrat—with the possible exception of Kamala Harris—is upset by at least one pick and probably two or more. Some of this is inevitable with the formation of any administration. “Every…

Of all the ways the White House has received special treatment during this pandemic—the gatherings, the low mask use, and the experimental treatments—jumping the vaccine line might seem like the most privileged. But strangely, it could be the only one of these moves to help the rest of us—if the…

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As his first book, New York Magazine national correspondent Gabriel Debenedetti is writing a book for Henry Holt & Co. on the "long, winding arc of the close, complex relationship between Joe Biden and Barack Obama."What they're saying: I'm told that the book, which doesn't have a publication date, "will…

The forecast for global warming is looking a little less bleak in the long term, but not so rosy in the short term.With numerous countries pledging to clean up their act and projected temperature rises now smaller than they once were, scientists and diplomats say the outlook for mid-to-late century…

WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden named two senior officials from the Obama White House to key jobs on Thursday, putting Susan Rice, a former national security adviser, in charge of his Domestic Policy Council and nominating President Barack Obama’s chief of staff, Denis McDonough, to be secretary of veterans affairs.…

Secretary of the interior isn’t the most high-profile Cabinet post, but it might be the most glaring example of how President-elect Joe Biden’s selection process is going awry. The clear front-runner for the job is New Mexico Representative Deb Haaland, who was elected to the House in 2018. Since then,…