March 16, 2021 Ex-Marine released from Iranian jail in 2016 fights espionage claims After Amir Hekmati was released from Iranian custody in a 2016 deal trumpeted as a diplomatic breakthrough, he was declared eligible for $20 million in compensation from a special U.S. government fund.
March 10, 2021 Michelle Obama looking ahead to 'retirement,’ passing torch to younger generation Former first lady Michelle Obama says she’s looking toward retiring from public life at some point so the next generation can carry on her political activism and social justice efforts.
March 7, 2021 Obama urged support for Warren, said Buttigieg couldn’t win WH because he’s ‘gay,’ new book claims At a private meeting with Black corporate donors in October 2019, former President Barack Obama threw his support behind Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., while showing “tepid” support for his former Vice President Joe Biden, according to an excerpt from the new book, “Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency.”
March 4, 2021 Biden Pentagon pick faces questions over ties to group that helped create Iran deal 'echo chamber' One of President Biden's top Pentagon picks is facing concern from Republicans about his views on Iran and his ties to a group that helped create an "echo chamber" to sell the Iran nuclear deal to the public.
March 3, 2021 Obama praised Dr. Seuss in 2015: 'Pretty much all you need to know' is in his books Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama were fans of Dr. Seuss before the children's author came under fire for creating racist and insensitive imagery.
February 24, 2021 Obama says reparations 'justified' but 'politics of White resistance' made it 'nonstarter' to propose Former President Barack Obama blamed "the politics of White resistance and resentment" as the reason why he didn't push financial reparations for Black Americans during his presidency.
February 22, 2021 Bruce Springsteen, Barack Obama launch podcast together The podcast is part of Obama's exclusive production deal with Spotify.
February 22, 2021 Michael Goodwin: Biden revives Obama policies – and each one hurts Americans. Take a look From the border with Mexico to the Mideast tinderbox, the new president appears fixated by the desire to turn back the clock to 2016.
February 21, 2021 Fred Fleitz: Iran nuclear deal – Biden rushing ahead for these 3 troubling reasons The timing of the Biden administration’s announcement was curious in light of a surge in threatening and belligerent actions by Iran.
February 18, 2021 Lincoln Project paid former Obama spokesman Bill Burton's consulting firm over $1M: report Following heightened scrutiny of its secretive finances amid a sexual harassment scandal, the anti-Trump Lincoln Project was revealed to have paid $1.5 million to a former Obama spokesman's political firm during the 2020 election season.
