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Obama addresses Charlie Kirk’s past Michelle Obama insult— calls death a “tragedy” but says it’s okay to debate his ideas

Former President Barack Obama addressed a live audience this week in Erie, Pennsylvania, covering everything from Donald Trump to conservative commentator Charlie Kirk’s past attacks on Black women — including his wife, former First Lady Michelle Obama. In 2023, Kirk claimed that women such as Michelle Obama, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, MSNBC host Joy Reid, and the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee lacked intelligence and only advanced by taking opportunities from others via affirmative action. “You do not have the […]

September 17, 2025

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Obama says the US is at ‘an inflection point’ after Kirk’s killing and Trump has divided the country

Former President Barack Obama says that the United States is at “an inflection point” following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and that President Donald Trump has further divided the country rather than work to bring people together. “There are no ifs, ands or buts about it: The central premise of our democratic system is that we have to be able to disagree and have sometimes really contentious debates without resorting to violence,” Obama said Tuesday night during an event in Erie, Pennsylvania, […]

September 17, 2025

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Megyn Kelly blames Obama for America’s divisions in reaction to Charlie Kirk’s murder

Many of the reactions to the fatal shooting of the right-wing activist and media personality Charlie Kirk have made headlines but the conservative host of “The Megyn Kelly Show,” Megyn Kelly, may have one of the more bizarre responses. The right-leaning ex-Fox News host Kelly went on the conservative talk show “Paul Murray Live” this week and seemed to connect the killing of Charlie Kirk to former President Barack Obama and his era in the White House. She was answering […]

September 15, 2025

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Barack Obama warns against Trump’s militarization of American police and cities

Former President Barack Obama is continuing his criticisms of President Donald Trump’s actions, this time warning against the 47th president of the United States’ recent takeover of the D.C. local police and the deployment of troops in U.S. cities, and what it could signal for the country’s future. Obama, who has previously spoken out against Trump’s political threats against corporations, law firms, and college campuses, among other actions, shared an interview that details the dangers of militarizing state and local […]

August 29, 2025

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Barack Obama, Kamala Harris react to deadly Minneapolis school shooting

The country is reeling from yet another mass shooting after the Annunciation Catholic School community in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was horrified by a deadly shooting during a church mass that left two young students dead and 17 others injured. Political leaders reacted to the deadly shooting, including some who called for stricter gun reform as America approaches nearly 300 mass shootings this year. President Donald Trump, who asked Americans to join him in “praying for everyone involved,” ordered that flags be lowered […]

August 28, 2025

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Obama applauds Newsom’s California redistricting plan as ‘responsible’ as Texas GOP pushes new maps

Former President Barack Obama has waded into states’ efforts at rare mid-decade redistricting efforts, saying he agrees with California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s response to alter his state’s congressional maps, in the way of Texas redistricting efforts promoted by President Donald Trump aimed at shoring up Republicans’ position in next year’s elections. “I believe that Gov. Newsom’s approach is a responsible approach. He said this is going to be responsible. We’re not going to try to completely maximize it,” Obama said at a […]

August 21, 2025

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President Barack Obama called Zohran Mamdani after his Democratic primary win

President Barack Obama called Zohran Mamdani shortly after his Democratic primary win in the race for New York City mayor. For many, the gesture was a nod to Mamdani’s grassroots style of campaigning and his affordability-focused platform, which some say represents the future of the Democratic Party. “We spoke about the importance, in a moment such as this, where politics is often characterized by a language of darkness, of the necessity of hope in how we speak and how we […]

August 18, 2025

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Barack Obama blasts Texas redistricting scheme, urges voters to not ‘lose focus’

Former U.S. President Barack Obama spoke out against Texas Republicans’ redistricting plan to give them a leg up in next year’s election, calling it clear gerrymandering and a threat to democracy. The 44th president of the United States urged voters, “We can’t lose focus on what matters.” In response to the new map redrawn by Texas House Republicans, at the direction of Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott and President Donald Trump, Obama wrote on X, “Right now, Republicans in Texas are […]

August 7, 2025

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Trump Admin Accuses Obama Admin of ‘Knowingly Lying’ in Intelligence Assessment of 2017 Russian Collusion in U.S. Election – BlackPressUSA

By April RyanBlack Press USA Washington, DC Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent To the dismay of the children of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders, President Donald Trump has ordered the release of more than 240,000 pages of FBI documents related to the assassination of Dr. King in 1968. “The emphasis here is to give Americans the truth,” said Trump Deputy Press Secretary Harrison Fields. In late January of this year, President Trump signed Executive […]

July 30, 2025