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February 17, 2021

Snubbed by Obama? Joe Biden says White House ‘residence’ was unseen by him – until he moved in

President Joe Biden served in the U.S. Senate for more than 30 years, and then served eight years as Barack Obama’s vice president. But until he moved in last month, he said Tuesday night, he’d never been inside the presidential "residence" area of the White House.

February 16, 2021

Tennessee man arrested after forging former President Obama's signature on handgun permit: reports

A man from Tennessee was arrested after allegedly applying for a gun permit under former President Obama’s name, according to a report.

February 4, 2021

Obama Center in Chicago, estimated at $500M, to break ground this year despite complaints, officials say

After years of delays and a federal review, construction on the planned $500 million Obama Presidential Center will begin later this year in Chicago, officials said Wednesday.

February 2, 2021

McConnell rips DHS nominee Mayorkas for creating an 'unethical favor factory for Democratic Party royalty'

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell blasted President Biden's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as an "ethically-compromised partisan lawyer" who abused his power during the Obama administration. 

January 28, 2021

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: The Constitution is not for sale

To ensure that the new American government could not do what the British government had been doing to the colonists, the Fourth Amendment was enacted.

January 27, 2021

Biden reunites familiar Obama administration figures at press briefings

The Obama show returns to the White House, as Biden gets the old gang back together

January 23, 2021

Newt Gingrich: Biden says one thing, does the opposite

Hours after giving his excellent inaugural speech, President Biden went to the White House and signed 17 executive orders — including more than a dozen that totally contradict his pledge of bipartisanship, unity and finding common ground.

January 23, 2021

Nile Gardiner: Biden wrong to evict Winston Churchill bust from Oval Office — signals weakening of US-UK ties

A bust of the late British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill should have remained in the Oval Office. Its removal on the day President Biden moved in could signal a weakening of the special relationship between the U.S. and Great Britain.

January 22, 2021

Antony Blinken: What to know about Biden's secretary of state pick

Antony Blinken, one of President Biden's longest and most trusted advisers, is set to take the helm of the State Department where he intends to reassert U.S. leadership on the global stage and unravel some of former President Trump's foreign policy decisions.

January 22, 2021

Kate Bedingfield: What to know about the White House communications director

Kate Bedingfield is the Biden-Harris White House's communications director.