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Barack Obama

News about Barack Obama, 44th US president who served from 20 January 2009 to 20 January 2017

August 2024

  • A woman wearing a navy suit and a man wearing a black suit join hands as they smile in front of a political rally crowd

    US election: when is the Democratic convention and why does it matter?

    Democrats will gather in Chicago in August to formally nominate Kamala Harris as their pick for president and Tim Walz as her running mate
  • a man in a suit walks on stage in front of American flags

    Rising stars have the chance to shine at Democratic convention

    Speeches can boost state politician to national prominence, despite awkward challenge with Harris nomination
  • Supporters react as Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, on 27 July 2024

    Trump exploits the end of the American dream

    Letters: Readers respond to an article by Stephen Reicher exploring the former president’s support base

July 2024

  • VIETNAM-POLITICS-VCP-CONGRESS<br>This picture taken on January 21, 2016 shows Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam's Communist Party Secretary General, delivering a speech during the opening ceremony of the VCP's 12th National Congress in Hanoi. Vietnam's top communist leader Nguyen Phu Trong was re-elected on January 27, 2016 in a victory for the party's old guard which some fear could slow crucial economic reforms in the fast-growing country. (Photo by HOANG DINH Nam / AFP) (Photo by HOANG DINH NAM-/AFP via Getty Images)

    Nguyen Phu Trong obituary

  • The former president and first lady have endorsed Harris as the presumptive&nbsp;Democratic nominee for president

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    Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Kamala Harris for president – video

  • woman holding an iphone

    Barack Obama endorses Kamala Harris for president in 2024 US election

  • A woman in a brown blazer and a man in a suit and tie smile at each other

    Obama to endorse Kamala Harris for president, report says

  • Biden explains decision to drop out of election: ‘Best way to unite our nation’

  • The other petrostates
    ‘Inexcusable’: should climate hypocrites get the petrostates label?

  • Toumani Diabaté obituary

  • The theory of everything: USA’s latest dream team is true basketball nirvana

  • Obama’s code-switching USA Basketball greetings evoke Key & Peele sketch

  • USA Basketball see off Canada in Paris tune-up as Obama watches in Las Vegas

  • Democrats don’t just need a new candidate. They need a reckoning

    Osita Nwanevu

June 2024

  • television screens display a debate between two men

    US presidential debates: the 10 most memorable moments

  • FILE - A secret service agent, July 20, 2022, in New York. Secret Service agents protecting President Joe Biden's granddaughter have opened fire after three people tried to break into an unmarked Secret Service vehicle in Washington. That's according to a law enforcement official who spoke to The Associated Press on Monday. It happened Sunday night in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

    Secret Service agent robbed at gunpoint during Biden fundraising trip to LA

  • U.S. President Biden holds a star-studded campaign fundraiser in Los Angeles<br>U.S. President Joe Biden takes part in a conversation with former U.S. President Barack Obama during a star-studded campaign fundraiser at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 15, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

    Biden raises $30m at LA fundraiser featuring Obama, Clooney and Roberts

  • people speak to the media outside court

    Trump-appointed judges strike down fund for Black female entrepreneurs

May 2024

  • Black woman in white and brown shirt surrounded by press at the White House

    Marian Shields Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama, dies at 86

  • Antony Blinken performing in Kyiv.

    Pass notes
    I’m with the band: who knew Antony Blinken could play rock classics?

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