Barack Obama

June 27, 2020 | 10:56am | Updated June 27, 2020 | 11:00am Enlarge Image A decline in Democratic wins for state and local seats during Barack Obama's presidency means Joe Biden is compromised for choice when it comes to a running mate. Getty Images (2) Joe Biden needs a veep,…

An image shared on Facebook more than 4,100 times claims former President Barack Obama never mentioned Juneteenth during his eight years in the Oval Office. Verdict: False Obama released official statements acknowledging Juneteenth during his presidency. Fact Check: Juneteenth, a blend of the words “June” and “nineteenth,” commemorates the day…

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(Reuters) - Former U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday made his first campaign appearance alongside Joe Biden since endorsing him for president in April, helping raise more than $11 million for his former No. 2 as he exhorted supporters to meet the “urgency” of the moment. FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S.…

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington November 10, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, trailing in opinion polls at a time of anti-racism protests and a surge in coronavirus cases, lashed out…

(Reuters) - Former U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday made his first campaign appearance alongside Joe Biden since endorsing him for president in April, helping raise more than $11 million for his former No. 2 as he exhorted supporters to meet the “urgency” of the moment. FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S.…

White mobs and individuals lynched at least 2,000 more Black Americans than previously documented, according to a new report from the Equal Justice Initiative. The report, released Tuesday, documents confirmed lynchings during the Reconstruction era, from 1865 to 1876, after the end of the Civil War and Black Americans’ emancipation…

NEWS 6/14/2020 by Anna Chan Jim Lo Scalzo-Pool/Getty Mariah Carey and Barack Obama Happy birthday? While June 14 marks Donald Trump's 74th birthday, many are celebrating the day by honoring ... a former president. Rather than wishing the current president a happy birthday, thousands of social media users have declared…

By Chloe Bryan2020-06-14 20:35:36 UTC Donald Trump turned 74 on Sunday. So, naturally, people celebrated the occasion by tweeting about the person who perhaps gets under his skin the most: Barack Obama. (Sunday was also Flag Day, but we feel like that wasn't the impetus here.) The former president trended…

Graduates across America were not able to congregate in person this year due to coronavirus concerns, but a lot of them showed up for YouTube’s Dear Class of 2020 star-studded virtual ceremony. With former President Barack Obama delivering the marquee commencement speech, the four-hour June 7 event snagged over 665,000…