Feb 21 Trump again attacks Obama over Russia election meddling By Associated Press President Donald Trump again attacked his predecessor former President Barack Obama on Twitter for failing to "do something" about Russian interference in the 2016 election. Continue reading
Feb 15 Obama on Florida shooting: We are grieving, ‘but we are not powerless’ By Associated Press Former President Barack Obama is calling for "common-sense gun safety laws" following Wednesday's school shooting in Florida. Continue reading
Feb 12 WATCH: National Portrait Gallery unveils portraits of Barack, Michelle Obama By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press The portraits will be officially installed and available for public viewing starting on Feb. 13. Continue reading
Dec 20 Ending the DACA program would create ‘palpable’ hardship for immigrants, judge says By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press U.S. District Judge William Alsup said many of those protected by former President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy faced a "real" and "palpable" hardship from its loss. Continue reading
Dec 17 Sign-ups show Affordable Care Act’s staying power in Trump era By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press A deadline burst of sign-ups after a tumultuous year for the Obama health law has revealed continued demand for the program’s subsidized individual health plans. Continue reading
Oct 31 WATCH: Obama says ‘what’s wrong with our politics is a reflection of something wrong in our civic culture’ By Associated Press Other guests during the two-day summit include Prince Harry, Chance the Rapper and Dolores Huerta, a founder of the United Farm Workers. Continue reading
Oct 21 Appeal for hurricane aid backed by former presidents raises $31 million By Will Weissert, Associated Press All five living former U.S. presidents attended a concert Saturday night in a Texas college town, raising money for relief efforts from Hurricane Harvey. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch Why laughing at your mistakes is the perfect way to move past them By PBS News Hour In a world where everyone feels pressured to be perfect, former White House speechwriter David Litt found that sometimes the best way to get ahead is simply to laugh at your mistakes and admit you’re only human. Liff offers his… Continue watching
Oct 19 These lyrical 1980s letters from Obama offer a glimpse of his post-college hopes By Saher Khan Emory University has obtained letters written by Barack Obama over a two-year span in the early 1980s. The letters will be housed at the university's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library. Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch 6:58 Ta-Nehisi Coates on the unfair expectation that one black president could undo inequality By PBS News Hour In “We Were Eight Years in Power,” Ta-Nehisi Coates calls President Trump the “first white president” for the ways Trump has made the racial identity of former President Obama so central to his politics. Coates joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss… Continue watching