Barack Obama

With less than six weeks to New York’s mayoral primaries, two candidates have left themselves electorally vulnerable for vastly underestimating the median cost of buying a home or apartment in Brooklyn. “In Brooklyn, huh? I don’t know for sure. I would guess it is around $100,000,” Shaun Donovan, the housing…

I’ve been thinking a lot about Liz Cheney. Her courage in standing up to Donald Trump and the increasingly authoritarian Republican Party shouldn’t make her exceptional—ideally, she would have a considerable amount of company—but it does. Having broken with the Republican Party myself, I know that the initial break eventually…

Former US president Barack Obama's family dog Bo, a male Portuguese Water Dog with a mop of black and white fur who became a familiar playful sight around the White House, has died. Obama announced the death late on Saturday, saying the dog had been "a constant, gentle presence in…

Michelle Obama also shared her thoughts about the loss.Read More

Former US president Barack Obama’s dog Bo has died after a battle with cancer, the Obamas said on social media. News of Bo’s passing was shared by Mr Obama and his wife Michelle on Instagram, where both expressed sorrow at the passing of a dog the former president described as…

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR APP OF THE YEAR Lifestyle 8 May, 2021 08:38 PM3 minutes to read Bo climbing the stairs of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in 2010. Photo / AP Former US President Barack Obama's dog Bo died after a battle with cancer, the Obamas…

The former US President said Bo had "tolerated all the fuss" that came with life in the White HouseRead More

Do you still own tech from 2009 or thereabouts? Maybe an old CPU or motherboard that’s sitting in a box in your closet “just in case” you need a backup? What about a Dell? If you or someone you care about happens to still be using a Dell computer produced…

The last time a Republican administration nearly ran the country into the ground, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse took to the floor of Congress with a warning. It was a month after George W. Bush had left office in January 2009, and Whitehouse—once the U.S. attorney in Rhode Island as well as…

For a generation, when Lawrence Summers talked, politicians listened. As a powerful and trusted adviser to the last two Democratic presidents, the Harvard professor held sway throughout the Treasury Department and White House. But this March, he started singing a very different tune. In an interview with Bloomberg, he sputtered…