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Barack Obama
News, analysis, and features about Barack Obama, the 44th president of the US
Trump’s inauguration address tapped into America’s violent history of expansionism
US president invoked manifest destiny and frontier mythology behind which lurk native soil genocide and the use of force to acquire land
Why is Donald Trump glaring in his inauguration portrait?
The eerie image of a scowling president-elect does not scream celebration, more startling drama
Trump is like the boy who got everything he wished for. What will he do with it?
The billionaire businessman has managed to connect with millions of ordinary Americans in a way the Democrats cannot
Maureen Dowd: At Jimmy Carter’s funeral, Donald Trump was narcissist non grata
Here was Carter, the righteous, ascending to heaven, as Trump, the felonious, ascended again to the Oval Office
Jimmy Carter’s final miracle sees five living US presidents come together for poignant funeral
Barack Obama was seated beside Donald Trump with former vice-president Mike Pence just behind them
Jimmy Carter obituary: Former US president was unwavering champion of civil rights and a peace broker in the Middle East
An outsider in national politics, Carter surprised observers by winning the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination and narrowly defeating incumbent Republican president Gerald Ford
Biden grants largest single day clemency in US history as 1,500 sentences commuted
The US president has issued pardons to 39 Americans convicted of non-violent crimes
Trump’s return is an opportunity to confront urgent questions about Europe’s future
Donald Trump's return as US president is a clarifying moment that should make European policymakers look again at the terms of the transatlantic relationship
Joe Biden faces a late, cruel humiliation in a tough closing chapter to his presidency
US president's accomplishments in office continue to make themselves heard even amid US election campaigning
US election: Battle between CNN and Fox becomes more treacherous with the emergence of new media like Joe Rogan’s podcast
US election: Fox’s pro-Trump slant is often jaw-dropping while CNN is frequently accused of an equally obvious pro-Democrat bias
Bittersweet edge in Wisconsin as Barack Obama shows old magic in bid to bolster Blue Wall
US Election: The former president is touring crucial heartland states as he tries to boost Kamala Harris’s campaign - and reclaim his own accomplishments from Donald Trump
The Wonder of Stevie: A rewarding account of ‘the most miraculous, most inspired streak in American popular music’
Podcast review: New York Times critic Wesley Morris digs into the transformative albums Stevie Wonder released between 1972-1980
Entitlement by Rumaan Alam: Doomed idealism in middle-class Manhattan during the Obama years
The novel will linger, for despite its apparently cavalier air, not a word is wasted
Nobel Peace Prize: Nihon Hidankyo group is the moral heart of the world anti-nuclear movement
Japan’s official position, sheltering under the US nuclear umbrella while paying lip service to survivors, is often uncomfortable
Harris and Walz to hit ‘Blue Wall’ swing states in weeklong push
‘It is a tight race. It is a margin-of-error race’ but ‘the choice is clear’ – Harris
It’s a do-or-die moment for Kamala Harris. She needs to assert herself
It’s hard to understand why the Democratic candidate didn’t sit down with a yellow pad long ago and decide why she wanted to be president
The Democratic movement is worried, Kamala Harris is losing ground with less than a month to go
Republicans have regained traction and the Democrats are worried as US election nears
Nobody gets under Donald Trump’s skin like Barack Obama
Appearance by Democratic Party’s ageless daystar of liberty at Pittsburgh rally was a wistful look back at past that seemed infinite with hope
Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F Kennedy snr, dies at 96
Human rights advocate was the mother of former independent presidential candidate and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F Kennedy jnr
Irish event organiser promoted FGM conference using names of Branson, O’Brien and Obama’s sister without their permission
Participants paid thousands of euro to attend female genital mutilation conference hosted by organiser Sean Collins-McCarthy on promise they would meet high-profile donors
John Kerry: Countries that fail to transition to clean energy are going to suffer economically
The US climate envoy on anger in developing countries over climate inequality, his reputation for being too positive, and conflict in the Middle East
Joe Biden understood the most important thing about the US’s decline
Donald Trump’s approach exudes pessimism about American power
The Obamas bring pure currents of hope and soul and optimism to Democratic convention
At the home of the Chicago Bulls, the faithful gathered for a golden couple of the city’s past
Inheritance is not just a family affair – it’s a critical societal issue
Despite wealth inequality, when it comes to social uplift, the past few decades in Ireland have been truly remarkable
Obama joins number of high-profile Democrats backing Kamala Harris
The 44th president was joined by wife Michelle, the former first lady, in a phone call with Harris
Kamala Harris praises Joe Biden’s ‘legacy of accomplishment’ on first day of her campaign - as it happened
Prominent Democrats Gretchen Whitmer and Gavin Newsom back vice-president to be the party’s candidate
More Democrats call for Biden to step aside from re-election bid
US president pledges to remain in White House race, but pressure is building
A neuropsychologist’s view on the four kinds of voters who will always back Trump
Donald Trump is more symptom than cause, but that won’t matter when he is unleashed on the White House
Marian Robinson obituary: down-to-earth matriarch of the Obama family
“Just show me how to work the washing machine and I’m good,” she said after moving into the White House
Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York: Forensic study highlights migrant triumph
Tyler Anbinder digs deep into real-life records to animate the social and economic strides made by the Irish in the US despite arduous conditions and initial press demonisation as ‘lazy’ Catholics
Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham: Does not deliver enough despite an intriguing depiction of Barack Obama
US politics junkies will find things to relish but this novel falls short of being revelatory
George Stephanopoulos: ‘You can only have constructive debates if people are determined to engage in good faith’
Clinton-era White House adviser talks about his history of the White House Situation Room and his fear that Americans of opposing political camps have stopped listening to each other
Bodkin review: toe-curling paddywhackery from Barack and Michelle Obama plumbs the diddly dee depths
Netflix dramedy thinks it is critiquing cliches about Ireland when in fact it is adding to the stockpile
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