Barack Obama

presidential picks

Obama drops summer 2022 music, reading lists

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Grayson Quay

Barack Obama for Senate — or something

Joe Biden signing an executive order as Barack Obama, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, and others look on

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12 years later

Obama returns to the White House for the first time post-presidency

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get well soon

Obama tests positive for COVID-19

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a penny for your thoughts

Obama calls on Americans to support sanctions against Russia despite 'economic consequences'

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somewhere, mitch mcconnell is smiling

Biden says GOP obstructionism is worse now than during Obama administration

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requiescat in pace

Obama, Biden, others recall Reid's tenacity, telephone etiquette

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Paying their respects

Biden, Obama to attend Harry Reid's memorial

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paying tribute

Barack Obama says without Harry Reid's support, 'I wouldn't have been president'

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a stream come true

Musicians celebrate mention on Obama's 'favorite music of 2021'

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yes, you read that right

Trump blasts Netanyahu, praises Obama

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'I wasn't real happy'

Obama slams Trump's 'hostility toward climate science'

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History Lesson

BBC breaks down America's 20 years in Afghanistan by president

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pretty pretty pretty good

Larry David was reportedly thrilled to get uninvited from Barack Obama's birthday party

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partying the night away

Obama birthday bash attendee declares it the 'party of all parties'

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Spoilers

Obama's 60th birthday party pared back to 'family and close friends' amid Delta surge

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Samuel Goldman

Who's paying for Obama's birthday bash?

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Joel Mathis

Obama's foreclosure lesson

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Ryan Cooper

Obama the pretender

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Damon Linker

Why Obama still drives Republicans nuts

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Matthew Walther

Trump in 2020 is Obama in 2012

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obama time

Sanders' exit could bring Obama into the 2020 fold

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endorsement?

Obama suggests lawmakers follow Elizabeth Warren's coronavirus recovery plans

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headlines you couldn't have imagined six months ago

Steph Curry interviews Dr. Anthony Fauci, with a surprise visit from Barack Obama

the coronavirus crisis

Trump is now trying to blame Obama for his coronavirus response

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Sunday shows

Biden doesn't think 'it's time' for an Obama endorsement

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James Pethokoukis

There's a way Democrats can beat the Trump economy — but they won't like it

CNN looks at Trump's versus Obama's economies

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C'mon Man

Obama poked Trump on the economy. Trump took the bait.

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there's always a tweet

Trump repeatedly predicted Obama would 'attack Iran' to 'get re-elected'

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fact check

Trump's 'greatest honors' include a bill by Bernie Sanders and John McCain, signed into law by Obama

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Ryan Cooper

The Obama legacy is not what many liberals think

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Matthew Walther

Barack Obama speaks from the dead

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weighing in

Barack Obama reportedly has had serious reservations about Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren

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political theater

Actors have been cast to play Bill Clinton and Barack Obama

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Ryan Cooper

Democrats need to stop being such babies about Barack Obama