News about Barack Obama, 44th US president who served from 20 January 2009 to 20 January 2017
May 2024
Pass notes
I’m with the band: who knew Antony Blinken could play rock classics?
‘Irish cliche bingo’: critics pan Obamas’ Netflix comedy drama Bodkin
April 2024
Presidents assemble: Obama can reach parts of Democratic base Biden can’t
Biden’s charismatic former boss and rival appeared in a show of unity alongside Bill Clinton, who despite a problematic legacy still has a campaign role to play too
March 2024
Biden and Trump shift to new phase of urgent fundraising in 2024 US election
Biden raises $26m at New York event with Obama and Clinton while Trump’s campaign claims it will raise $33m at a Florida event
Biden campaign raises $25m ‘money bomb’ at event with Obama and Clinton
Chuck Schumer and Lizzo made appearances before the presidents talked onstage in event that widens fundraising lead over Trump
Barack Obama drops in on Rishi Sunak on London trip
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
It’s too late to replace Sunak so Tories must ‘march towards the sound of the guns’, Ben Wallace says – as it happened
Trump confuses Obama for Biden again at Virginia rally speech
December 2023
Digested week
Digested Week: New York’s Christmas music is no fairytale for me
Emma Brockes
Give me Wham! and Wizzard over Perry Como and Frank Sinatra, and I’m also sad my children can’t be nativity donkeys
November 2023
Jimmy Carter, Biden and Clintons pay tribute at Rosalynn Carter memorial
Jimmy Carter, 99, left hospice care at home for service for his late wife, but Trump, Obama and Bush did not attend
October 2023
Obama criticizes Israel’s decision to cut off food and water to Gaza
Ex-president says decision threatens to worsen humanitarian crisis, undermine peace effort and erode support for Israel
September 2023
From prime time to lurid tales in a shed: the rapid descent of Tucker Carlson
‘Obama’s education legacy needs to be questioned’: the scholar fighting for reparations for Black students
Even for Tucker Carlson, his supposed Obama sex exposé was ridiculous
Arwa Mahdawi
Democrats worried over Biden chances are ‘bedwetters’, ex-Obama adviser says
August 2023
‘Joe the Plumber’, who challenged Obama on taxes in 2008, dies aged 49
Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, famous for arguing with Barack Obama on the campaign trail, died of pancreatic cancer
Death of Obama’s chef ruled accidental drowning in Martha’s Vineyard
Tafari Campbell, 45, was pulled from a tidal inlet near the Edgartown after he went missing while paddleboarding
‘Shameful’ Nicolas Sarkozy under fire for defending Putin
Data says Americans are becoming more conservative. What’s going on?
Jill Filipovic
Obama reportedly warns Biden over strength of Trump 2024 challenge