Barack Obama

Tensions over pro-Israel lobbying group highlight rifts in Democratic primaries

FILE PHOTO: Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump waves after addressing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) afternoon general session in Washington March 21, 2016.REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

Five notable moments from Obama’s interview with TV host Colbert

Stephen Colbert’s interview with Mr Barack Obama was filmed in early April at Mr Obama’s soon-to-open presidential centre on the South Side of Chicago.

US judge blocks Trump from ending protections for 2,800 Yemeni nationals

FILE PHOTO: Dale Ho, a voting rights advocate with the ACLU nominated to become a federal district court judge in Manhattan, prepares to give his opening statement during a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

Brazil’s Lula plans new nomination to Supreme Court after historic defeat, sources say

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a joint press statement with South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, at the Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, March 9, 2026. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

Foiled attack intensifies concerns about White House press gala

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump listens to CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang during the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 25, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Trump, critic of the press, attends its annual celebration after years of boycotts

Every year since its inception, the WHCA has invited the sitting president to its annual celebration of press freedom. Except for Mr Trump, all have attended at some point during their presidencies.

California lawmakers seek to remove Cesar Chavez's name from holiday

A bust of United Farm Workers union co-founder Cesar Chavez sits in the back of a Denver Parks and Recreation pickup truck following its removal from Cesar Chavez Park, after civil rights leader Dolores Huerta accused Chavez of sexually assaulting her in the 1960s, at Cesar Chavez Park in Denver, Colorado, U.S., March 19, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt

Trump claims Obama revealed classified information when he said aliens are real

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One, February 19, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Trump basks in Black History Month praise, dodging racism claims

US President Donald Trump embraces Ms Forlesia Cook, a grandmother who lost her grandson to violence, during a Black History Month reception on Feb 18.

Obama deplores lack of shame after Trump’s racist monkey clip

Without naming Mr Trump, Mr Obama responded by saying the majority of Americans “find this behavior deeply troubling”.

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