The US Supreme Court has rejected a Trump-backed challenge by Republican-led states to former President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul. Despite the court's conservative tilt, its nine justices ruled by 7-2 that the challenger...
The US faces a huge task in reversing a culture of \\\"crazy conspiracy theories\\\" that have exacerbated divides in the country, Barack Obama says. In a BBC interview, the former president says the US is more sharply split ...
US President Donald Trump and his predecessor, Barack Obama, have directed blistering barbs at each other during rival rallies. Stumping in Pennsylvania for Democratic White House nominee Joe Biden, Mr Obama likened Mr Trump to a...
Former US President Barack Obama has called on Americans to reject language from any of their leaders that feeds hatred or normalises racism. Mr Obama did not name anyone but his rare comments came after President Donald Trump sought to...
Bob Givens, the animator best known for his redesign of Bugs Bunny, has died aged 99. Givens' career spanned over 60 years and he worked as an animator for companies such as Disney, Warner Bros, and Hanna-Barbera. Givens also drew cartoon c...
Obama talks about dropping off daughter at college...
Sesame Street: Michelle Obama & the Most Important Meal...
White House press secretary Sean Spicer said on Tuesday that a suspected chemical attack in a Syrian town was a "consequence of the past administration's weakness and irresolution." "Today's attack is reprehensible a...
President Obama granted a commutation today to Chelsea Manning, a transgender soldier who was convicted of Espionage Act violations and other charges for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks. Manning w...
President Obama on Toughest Decision He Made in Office...
At the end of a year marked by debates over immigration and refugees, President Obama and the first lady used their last Christmas message from the White House to urge tolerance and compassion. “As we retell [the story of Jes...
US President Barack Obama has vowed to take action against Russia for its alleged interference in the US presidential election campaign. "We need to take action and we will," he told US radio station NPR. Russia stands accused by ...
US president Barack Obama has said he may speak out after leaving office if he feels his successor Donald Trump is threatening core American values. By convention, former presidents tend to leave the political fray and avoid commenting on th...
Guests at President Obama's final concert at the White House had to go through three security checkpoints before placing their cellphones in brown paper bags that would be returned to them at the end of the night. No one questioned the low-t...
The Obamas hosted their final state dinner at the White House Tuesday night, and they're going out with a bang. "Today is bittersweet for Michelle and I because this marks the final official visit and state dinner of my presidency. But ...
President Obama's Final State Dinner...
President Barack Obama has blasted Donald Trump's recent remarks about women, saying they would be intolerable even for someone applying for a job at a 7-Eleven convenience store. At a rally supporting Hillary Clinton, Mr Obama also urged se...
Michelle Obama Campaigns for Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia...
Deep in the heart of Hanoi, US President Barack Obama sat down for a $6 meal with celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain on Tuesday. The chef, known for his love of adventurous street food, described the date in a series of tweets and an Instagram p...
President Obama may have lunched with Vietnamese president Tran Dai Quang in the Presidential Palace, but he spent dinner in more modest surroundings: at a local restaurant in Hanoi. Obama joined TV personality and travel guru Anthony Bourdai...