Barack Obama

Former President Barack Obama brought up President Donald Trump's dropping TV ratings during a speech supporting Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in Pennsylvania on Wednesday.Trump has been known to use ratings a popularity gauge for himself and his targets in the media. During concurrently aired town hall meetings on different…

PHILADELPHIA: Former president Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail on Wednesday (Oct 21), launching a blistering attack on Donald Trump with less than two weeks to go before the Republican president's Election Day face-off with Democratic nominee Joe Biden.Speaking at a drive-in rally in Philadelphia on behalf of Biden,…

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Topline  Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday excoriated President Donald Trump as a failure in one of the most ferocious arguments yet made against Trump’s reelection, violating a longstanding norm that presidents don’t criticize their successors and underscoring the unprecedented nature of the 2020 campaign. Former US President Barack Obama…

One of the more irritating manifestations of both-sidesism in the political press in recent days has been the vilification of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for refusing to accept the compromises that the Trump administration has, thus far, been willing to offer on a second Covid stimulus bill.Let’s review the story…

Before Thursday evening’s dueling town halls began, the conventional wisdom was that, once again, Donald Trump, the greatest showman, had hoodwinked the news media. The second presidential debate had been called off after the president caught Covid-19 and balked at participating in a virtual tête-à-tête; Joe Biden scheduled a town…

Perhaps the most vexing question facing a Joe Biden presidency would be what to do about the last guy who had the job: Donald Trump.The list is long of possibilities for what Trump could be in trouble for on the other end of his presidency, when he'd no longer enjoy…

One Saturday evening in late December 1936, Homer Cummings, the attorney general, arrived at the White House bearing memos and briefing books and, over the next hour, proceeded to convince Franklin Roosevelt to pack the Supreme Court. The idea had been in the air throughout FDR’s first term, which was…

Jill Biden is set to visit Texas this week as part of a major push by her husband’s party to win the traditionally Republican-voting state in the presidential election.The would-be first lady is set to make stops in Houston, Dallas and El Paso on Tuesday, the first day of early…

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Los Angeles Lakers put away the Miami Heat on Sunday to win the franchise’s 17th NBA championship. The Lakers are now tied with the Boston Celtics for the most titles of any club, and remain the team with most championship victories in the…