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May 8, 2017

Barack Obama receives ‘Profile in Courage’ award

The former president accepted the “Profile in Courage” award from the John F. Kennedy Library and didn't hold back in…
May 3, 2017

Design unveiled for new Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s South Side

CHICAGO (AP) — The Obama Foundation unveiled plans Wednesday for the former president's lakefront presidential center, showcasing renderings and a…
May 3, 2017

New book says Obama proposed to another woman twice before Michelle

According to a new biography about former President Barack Obama, before he met Michelle, Obama proposed to and was rejected…
May 1, 2017

Van Jones: Obama should do ‘poverty tour’ before paid speeches

Van Jones has a suggestion for how to minimize Barack Obama's backlash for his paid speeches: a "poverty tour."
April 28, 2017

Obama takes first dig at President Trump during speech

During a speech to a crowd of A&E Network's advertisers, former President Barack Obama took his first shots at now-President…
April 27, 2017

Obama is back and we need him now more than ever

Barack Obama is back, and we need him more than ever. It’s been merely 100 days since he left the
April 27, 2017

Obama to cash in $400,000 for investment firm speech

Former President Barack Obama is back in the public life, and he's already getting criticism for accepting a speaking engagement…
April 24, 2017

Barack Obama delivers first post-presidency speech in Chicago

Former President Barack Obama is set to hold the first public event of his post-presidential life in the place where…
April 23, 2017

Patriots quarterback thanks Obama after White House visit

Patriots quarterback Jacoby Brissett, who made history in 2016 as the first black quarterback for the team, went to the
April 21, 2017

Barack Obama to hold first public event of his post-presidency

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama will speak Monday in Chicago to young community leaders and organizers at the…
April 19, 2017

Barack Obama taking vacation photo of Michelle goes viral

Barack Obama is out on vacation with his wife, Michelle, and like any good husband, he was sure to get…
April 18, 2017

Hillary Clinton apologized to Obama on election night

In a new book “Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign,” reporters Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes reveal details of her…
April 17, 2017

‘I’d rather have Obama back’: Mike Huckabee goes on Twitter rant

Mike Huckabee hasn’t been quiet about his dislike of former President Barack Obama, but if there’s one thing he hates
April 13, 2017

Betsy DeVos undoes Obama student loan protections

Betsy DeVos pulled back protections that the Obama administration had put forward in order to help students who took out…
April 4, 2017

Sessions requests pause on Obama’s overhaul of police department

The Justice Department asked a judge for more time to "review and assess" a proposed agreement to overhaul the Baltimore…
March 27, 2017

Joe Biden regrets not being POTUS: ‘I think I could have won’

On Friday, former Vice President Joe Biden was at Colgate University, and while he was there, he spoke to the question
March 20, 2017

James Comey confirms: FBI probing possible links between Russia, Trump associates

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director James Comey confirmed Monday that the bureau is investigating possible links and coordination between Russia…
March 20, 2017

Trump’s approval rating takes plunge, lower than Obama’s

The latest Gallup poll has President Donald Trump's approval rating at 37 percent as of Sunday, with a 58 percent…
March 10, 2017

Trump attacks Obama because he needs a black boogeyman

The current occupant of the White House needs a black man as his boogeyman.
March 6, 2017

Is it finally time for Obama to take down Trump?

Trump's behaviors are humiliating in their own right. It appears our former president would like Trump to destroy himself -…