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Trump Jr. says Barack Obama getting Nobel Peace Prize over his father is affirmative action

Donald Trump Jr. suggested that former President Barack Obama’s being Black is the reason he has been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize—and that his father has not. “Affirmative action is when Barack Obama gets the Nobel Peace Prize instead of Donald Trump,” Trump Jr. posted Tuesday on X. The statement comes as President Donald Trump and some Republican voices have expressed that Trump deserves the more than century-old Swedish honor bestowed upon recipients “who have promoted or achieved peace worldwide” […]

todayJune 25, 2025

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Former President Barack Obama calls out Trump double standard: ‘Imagine if I had done any of this’

Former U.S. President Barack Obama called out a double standard, suggesting that if he had done what President Donald Trump has in his first few months in office, the public outrage would be loud and swift. “Imagine if I had done any of this,” Obama said on Thursday during an on-stage interview at Hamilton College, according to CNN. “It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me or a whole bunch […]

todayApril 5, 2025 2

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Trump said he would ‘love’ to run for third term against Barack Obama

Though President Donald Trump is constitutionally barred from running for a third term, that hasn’t stopped him from suggesting he would attempt to stay in office passed January 2029 when his second term ends. Trump, who on Sunday said he was “not joking” about the prospect of seeking a third term, recently told reporters that if he was the Republican presidential nominee in 2028, he would “love” a matchup against former President Barack Obama. While answering questions in the Oval […]

todayApril 2, 2025 1

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Barack Obama: 44th US President and trailblazer

When Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States at the age of 47, the former Illinois senator made history as the nation’s first African-American president and the first one born in a non-continental state. Despite being out of office for eight years, his influence, and the influence of his wife, Michelle Obama, hasn’t wavered. From his early days as a child in Hawaii to winning a Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, President Obama’s legacy continues to inspire. The early […]

todayMarch 14, 2025

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Trump blames DEI, rails against Barack Obama, Pete Buttigieg amid DCA plane-helicopter crash

In his first public remarks reacting to Wednesday night’s collision of an American Airlines commercial plane and Army helicopter, President Donald Trump, without evidence, blamed DEI policies and railed against Democrats, including former Presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden and former Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “We must have only the highest standards for those who work in our aviation system,” said Trump, who claimed that he changed “Obama standards” during his first term in office “from very mediocre, at best, […]

todayJanuary 30, 2025 1

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Barack and Michelle Obama make sense of Kamala Harris’ loss to Trump

Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama broke their silence Wednesday evening after their friend Kamala Harris was defeated by Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. “This is obviously not the outcome we had hoped for, given our profound disagreements with the Republican ticket on a whole host of issues,” said Obama in a joint statement with his wife, Michelle Obama.  The political powerhouse couple, who both vigorously campaigned against Trump in the final weeks of the […]

todayNovember 8, 2024 1

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Barack Obama has thoughts on Kamala Harris’ ‘coconut brown’ suit

If the “coconut brown” suit Kamala Harris wore to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday, August 19 reminded you of the similarly hued tan suit Barack Obama wore during a press conference in 2014, you’re not the only one. On the 10-year anniversary of the moment in fashion history, Obama poked a little fun at the incident that launched a debate over appropriate political fashion, surprisingly making even more headlines than the geopolitical statement he initially made while […]

todaySeptember 4, 2024 1

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Barack and Michelle Obama hit Trump with sharp one-liners at DNC

The Democratic National Convention got a blast from the past with the return of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama. America’s first Black couple took to the stage on night 2 of the convention to make the case for Kamala Harris’ historic run for president.While the Obamas have shaped their branding around empowerment and positivity, most notably Michelle Obama’s famous phrase “When they go low, we go high,” both used their primetime speeches to stick it […]

todayAugust 21, 2024 1

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Fifteen years ago, Barack Obama was inaugurated as America’s first Black president

Fifteen years ago today, the United States of America achieved something that it had not done in its more than 230-year history: a Black president was sworn into office. Former President Barack Obama, the son of a Kenyan father and a white mother, took the oath of office on January 20, 2009 to become the 44th U.S. commander in chief and forever change the course of American politics. The skies were clear on that Tuesday and temperature just below freezing […]

todayJanuary 20, 2024 2