Barack Obama

Former President Barack Obama compared President Donald Trump to George Wallace at John Lewis’s funeral last week, likening the president to one of the more notorious villains of the Jim Crow era. Wallace was a Democrat — though he is often falsely portrayed as a Republican — who infamously stood…

SpaceX won a high-stakes game of capture the flag on Sunday after two NASA astronauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station.President Barack Obama started the competition nine years ago, when his administration funded a public-private partnership program in which NASA would work with companies to send humans to…

A 19 year-old boy from West Sussex and a 17-year-old from California were among three arrested over a huge Twitter hack of famous names including Barack Obama, Bill Gates and Elon Musk. Mason Sheppard, also known as ‘Chaewon,’ 19, was charged in a criminal complaint in the Northern District of California…

Over the past week, mourners have paid tribute to Congressman and Civil Rights leader John Lewis, who passed away earlier this month at the age of 80. His casket has traveled from Alabama to Washington D.C. to Georgia for a series of memorial services, and today, he'll be laid to…

(ATLANTA) — John Lewis was celebrated as an American hero during his funeral Thursday as former President Barack Obama and others called on people to follow Lewis’ example and fight injustice. Three former presidents joined in the eulogies at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church after nearly a week of mourning that…

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Barack Obama is already treating Joe Biden like a world leader, as he was seen bowing to the presumptive Democrat nominee in a teaser video. The Biden campaign released an excerpt of a “streaming special” featuring Biden and Obama: 44 + 467.23.20 pic.twitter.com/ZCQ2SazieH — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 22, 2020…

What just happened? We’ve seen hackers take over verified Twitter accounts in the past, but yesterday saw an attack that was unprecedented in scale. A number of high-profile users, including Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Apple, Bill Gates, Kanye West, and Jeff Bezos, had their profiles hijacked by apparent crypto scammers.…

ABUJA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Barack Obama was elected the first Black U.S. president in 2008, Anthony Uzoije noticed less contempt towards descendants of slaves like him in his south-eastern Nigeria community. Uzoije, from Ogbaru in Anambra state, now hopes Black Lives Matter protests globally will inspire similar change…

Joshua Gargiulo USA TODAYPublished 6:29 PM EDT Jun 28, 2020The claim: Barack Obama never mentioned Juneteenth while in officeDuring this month's celebration of Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the end of slavery, a Facebook post made the claim that former President Barack Obama never mentioned the holiday during his entire eight years in office.The claim…