Obama reacts to violence at US Capitol: 'shame for our nation'
"History will rightly remember today’s violence at the Capitol, incited by a sitting president who has continued to baselessly lie about the outcome of a lawful election, as a moment of great dishonor and shame for our nation. But we’d be kidding ourselves if we treated it as a total surprise."
Obama memoir sells a record-setting 1.7 million copies in first week
Former President Barack Obama’s “A Promised Land” sold more than 1.7 million copies in North America in its first week, roughly equal to the combined first week sales of memoirs by his two immediate predecessors and among the highest ever for a nonfiction book.
Biden expected to nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of state
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of state, according to multiple people familiar with the Biden team's planning.
Barack Obama memoir off to record-setting start in sales
“We are thrilled with the first day sales. They reflect the widespread excitement that readers have for President Obama’s highly anticipated and extraordinarily written book.”
Former Pres. Obama, as daughter Sasha's basketball coach, says he drew complaints from other parents
Parents from a rival team weren't happy to learn that former President Barack Obama was helping to run practice sessions for his daughter Sasha's basketball team, Obama shares in his new memoir.
Barack Obama campaigns for Joe Biden in Philadelphia with drive-in rally
With less than two weeks until Election Day, Barack Obama delivered a sweeping condemnation of Trump while urging voters not to sit out the Nov. 3 election. He cast Trump as uninterested in leading America through the unprecedented challenges the country is facing.
Biden taking down attack ads, Obama extends 'best wishes' to COVID-19-positive Trump
Joe Biden's campaign is removing all of its negative ads amid President Donald Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis.
Michelle Obama claims Trump White House doing what she, husband never could’ve ‘gotten away with’
Obama claimed she and her husband, former President Barack Obama, faced too much pressure from their “community” to be able to replicate unspecified actions of the Trump administration.
Chris Rock: Obama presidency marked 'progress for White people,' not Black people
“Obama becoming the president, it’s progress for White people. It’s not progress for Black people,” comedian Chris Rock reportedly said.
Barack Obama's memoir 'A Promised Land' coming Nov. 17
The first volume of former President Barack Obama's memoir is coming out Nov. 17, two weeks after Election Day.
Barack Obama, in scathing rebuke of Trump at DNC, warns democracy at stake in 2020 election
Former President Barack Obama will deliver a live address during Wednesday night's Democratic convention and urge voters to back Joe Biden, who spent eight years by his side in the White House.
Former President Barack Obama to speak from American Revolution Museum in Philadelphia
Former President Barack Obama will deliver his live address to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.
‘John Lewis will be a founding father of that fuller, fairer, better America,’ Obama says in eulogy
Former President Barack Obama called for the restoration and expansion of the Voting Rights Act when he delivered a passionate eulogy for his personal hero, Rep. John Lewis.
Reports: Obama, Bush to attend funeral for Rep. John Lewis
Former President Barack Obama will deliver a eulogy at the funeral for the late Rep. John Lewis on Thursday morning, FOX News reports. The report is attributed to sources as an official list of dignitaries has not been made public as of Wednesday evening.
Obama speaks on George Floyd protests, urges mayors to review use-of-force policies with communities
Obama highlighted how most of the needed reforms take place on the local level, while urging the nation to use current momentum drawn from the protests to drive effective change.
‘Let’s get to work’: Obama pens letter on how to achieve ‘real change’ amid George Floyd protests
The former U.S. president reflected on the protests that have engulfed much of the United States.
‘We must be better’: Former President Barack Obama issues statement on death of George Floyd
Former president Barack Obama weighed on the death of George Floyd, who was killed during an incident with Minneapolis police officers on Monday, writing “this shouldn’t be ‘normal’ in 2020 America.”
Study ties 'Obamacare' to fewer cancer deaths in some states
Cancer deaths have dropped more in states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act than in states that did not, new research reveals.
Obama calls Trump's coronavirus response an 'absolute chaotic disaster'
Former President Barack Obama on Friday said that the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been an “absolute chaotic disaster” and blamed it on a “selfish” and “tribal” mindset that has become operationalized in government.
Barack and Michelle Obama to host virtual commencement event for class of 2020
The former U.S. president had been asked on Twitter by scores of users to deliver a commencement address.