Barack Obama

US Republicans seek to ‘weaponise hunger’ in shutdown, says top House Democrat

Volunteers place food items in vehicles during a mobile food distribution at Cedar Creek High School in Cedar Creek, Texas, on Nov 1.

Obama tells Democrats to push back against Trump’s ‘lawlessness and recklessness’

Former U.S. President Barack Obama points as he speaks during a campaign rally held by Democratic candidate for New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., November 1, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper

Obama calls Mamdani, praises campaign ahead of New York mayoral election

Former Democratic President Barack Obama (left) offered to be a “sounding board” if New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the election.

The ‘Obamalisk’ rises in Chicago

The Obama Presidential Center rises on the south side of Chicago, Sept.17, 2025. A look inside Barack ObamaÕs Òliving, breathing cultural and gathering spaceÓ (with an N.B.A.-size basketball court). Not everyone is cheering. (Evan Jenkins/The New York Times)

Why the US could not shake off the Middle East

US President Donald Trump taking centre stage at the summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Oct 13.

Kilmar Abrego may have been vindictively prosecuted by Trump administration, US judge finds

FILE PHOTO: Kilmar Abrego, the migrant whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador made him a symbol of U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration policies, appears for a check-in at the ICE Baltimore field office three days after his release from criminal custody in Tennessee, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

Trump aide Homan accepted $64,000 in bribery sting operation, sources say

FILE PHOTO: Tom Homan, U.S. President Donald Trump’s border czar, speaks to the media outside the White House in Washington, U.S., September 9, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

Former president Obama says US in ‘political crisis’ after Charlie Kirk killing

Former President Barack Obama has gone increasingly public with his criticisms of President Trump and his administration in recent months.

Trump back in sports spotlight at US Open final

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner for lawmakers on the newly renovated Rose Garden patio, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

Explainer-Was the deadly US attack on the Venezuelan vessel legal?

A vessel, which U.S. President Donald Trump said was transporting illegal narcotics and heading to the U.S., is struck by the U.S. military as it navigates in the southern Caribbean, in this still image obtained from video posted by U.S. President Donald Trump on Truth Social and released September 2, 2025. DONALD TRUMP VIA TRUTH SOCIAL/Handout via REUTERS Verification lines: Reuters conducted initial checks on the video, including a review of its visual elements using a manipulation detection tool, which did not show evidence of manipulation. However, thorough verification is an ongoing process, and Reuters will continue to review the footage as more information becomes available.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2025 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.