Tag: Obama
David Lammy: Obama Friend Who Could Soon Share World Stage With Trump
After Britain’s next election, David Lammy is likely to be foreign secretary. He’s setting out a “progressive realist” policy — and forging ties on th [...]
Biden Will Campaign Alongside Bill Clinton and Barack Obama
The star-studded event in New York City is aimed at building on the already significant financial advantage President Biden has over former President [...]
Biden, Fighting for Credit and Raising Cash, Gets Help From Clinton and Obama
A fund-raiser on Thursday intends to raise $25 million to help re-elect the president, who has amassed a roster of achievements, but whose approval ra [...]
Obama, Fearing Biden Loss to Trump, Is on the Phone to Strategize
The former president and the current one are now on the same page about Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s political future. It was not always that way.
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Obama Feared ‘One-Term Presidency’ After Passing Health Care Law
A set of oral histories released on Friday documents the behind-the-scenes drama of President Barack Obama’s drive to pass the Affordable Care Act, hi [...]
Ex-president Obama visits Sunak in Downing Street
The former US president arrives in London for an unannounced visit to see the UK PM.
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Former Obama and Biden Officials Sign Letter Defending U.S.’s Israel Stance
The letter drew 137 signatures, fewer than an earlier letter of dissent from Biden administration officials. Organizers say the new letter should carr [...]
Obama Urges Americans to Take in ‘Whole Truth’ of Israel-Gaza War
The former president said everyone was “complicit to some degree” in the current bloodshed and acknowledged the points of view on both sides of the co [...]
New Oral History Peers Back at Obama, His Era and the Tradeoffs He Made
WASHINGTON — On a day of high drama at an international climate change conference early in his administration, President Barack Obama confronted a sen [...]
What We’ve Learned From Presidential Physicals of Biden, Trump and Obama
President Biden will undergo a routine checkup on Thursday. Here’s what exams of Mr. Biden and past presidents have turned up.
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I.R.S. Routinely Audited Obama and Biden, Raising Questions Over Delays for Trump
The revelation that the agency had not audited Donald J. Trump during his first two years in office despite a mandatory presidential audit program rai [...]
Obama and Bob Iger Speak at a Sandy Hook Benefit in Manhattan
The newly reinstalled Disney chief was honored at a dinner attended by Eric Adams, Karlie Kloss and various power players.
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Warnock Turns to Obama in Final Days of Georgia Runoff Campaign
For Democrats, the former president’s event in Atlanta with Senator Raphael Warnock on Thursday is viewed as an ironclad way to ensure that Black vote [...]
Biden to Nominate Former Obama and Bush Official to Lead IRS Overhaul
If confirmed by the Senate, Daniel Werfel will oversee an $80 billion revamp of the tax agency.
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Obama Urges Voters Not to Overlook Threats to Democracy
‘When true democracy goes away, people get hurt,’ the former president said in Philadelphia.
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