Obama Makes A Last-Ditch Effort For His Signature Health Care Law
President Obama meets with Democrats on Capitol Hill today, looking for ways to preserve his signature health care law in the face of stiff Republican opposition. Senate Republicans have already taken...
View ArticleObama To The American People: 'Our Best Days Are Still Ahead'
As President Obama's tenure in the White House draws to a close, he's looking back on eight years of work — and ahead toward what he sees as a brighter future for the U.S. In a letter to the American...
View ArticleScorecard For A Departing President: Assessing Obama's Successes And...
President Obama will address the nation for what's likely to be the last time Tuesday night. He says the prime-time address from his adopted hometown of Chicago will be a chance to celebrate the...
View ArticleFact Checking President Obama's Farewell Speech
The NPR Politics team and reporters across the newsroom live-annotated President Obama's farewell address in Chicago on Tuesday night.
View ArticleIn A Surprise Send-Off, Obama Awards Biden Presidential Medal Of Freedom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U54qP_GKoF0 President Obama awarded outgoing Vice President Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Thursday afternoon. Calling the former longtime Delaware senator...
View ArticleRepeal Of 'Wet Foot, Dry Foot' Policy Got Mixed Reviews At Versailles
As it got dark on Thursday evening, Cuban Americans congregated in the light put out by the cafecito window of Versailles, the Cuban café on Calle Ocho, to talk about the sudden end of decades-old...
View Article'Meaning of Michelle' Essays Celebrate First Lady's Realness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKO6XYXioc Over the past eight years, Michelle Obama — a former attorney with degrees from Princeton and Harvard universities — has dealt with a lot of cheap (and often...
View ArticleDear Mr. President: Obama Staff Mobilizes To Answer Kids' Letters
The Obama administration is rushing to tie up loose ends before packing up — protecting the rusty patched bumblebee , ending the Cuba " wet foot, dry foot " immigration policy, settling a fraud case...
View ArticleFact Checking Obama's Last Press Conference As President
President Obama gave his final press conference at the White House on Wednesday, just two days before Donald Trump's inauguration. He reflected on his time in office and looked toward the incoming...
View ArticleFrom Caribbean To Capitol Hill, Folks Ask: Why Didn't Obama Pardon Marcus...
Most civil rights experts will tell you this: Before Martin Luther King Jr., before Malcolm X, before Nelson Mandela – there was Marcus Garvey, the Jamaican-born black empowerment leader who died in...
View ArticleWith Protests, Both Obama And Trump White Houses Saw 'Manufactured' Anger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt9wGO6l8TA When you win an election, opposition can seem kind of, well, manufactured. Asked about the protests facing members of Congress back home this week, White...
View ArticleA Citizens' Petition Calls For A New French President: Barack Obama
The French presidential campaign has been marked by scandal , surprises and upsets as the April election approaches. Now a petition is calling for an even bigger plot twist: the return of President...
View ArticlePenguin Random House Announces Book Deal With The Obamas
Penguin Random House announced late Tuesday that it will publish two books, one written by former President Barack Obama and one by former first lady Michelle Obama. Terms of the agreement were not...
View ArticleObama Presidential Center Design Unveiled
The design for the Obama Presidential Center was unveiled Wednesday at an event attended by former President Obama and Michelle Obama. The Center, slated to be completed in 2021, will be located in the...
View ArticleTrump Asks 'Why No Action?' Amid Questions About Obama's Response To Russian...
President Trump took to Twitter to question his predecessor's judgment and actions — at the end of a week characterized by a steady drumbeat of questions about how and when the Obama administration...
View ArticleQuoting Mandela, Obama's Tweet After Charlottesville Is The Most-Liked Ever
The former president's message after the violence in Charlottesville, Va., was brief, but it hit the right note for many. "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his...
View ArticleObama Takes To Twitter To Promote Obamacare Enrollment
Former President Barack Obama took to Twitter Wednesday morning to encourage people to shop for Affordable Care Act health insurance. Obama's rare appeal comes as his signature health care law is under...
View ArticleObamas Sign Deal With Netflix, Form 'Higher Ground Productions'
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have signed a multiyear deal to form their own production company and provide content to Netflix. Netflix said in a statement that the...
View ArticleFormer President Obama Endorses 81 Candidates For Midterms
Former President Barack Obama weighed in on behalf of 81 candidates for federal and state offices on Wednesday, his first major batch of endorsements for the 2018 midterm elections. "I'm proud to...
View ArticleObama Endorses More Democratic Midterm Candidates — From Congress To State...
Former President Barack Obama weighed in on the midterm election conversation Monday, endorsing 260 candidates in federal and state races across the country. That brings the former president's list of...
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