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Barack Obama
News, analysis, and features about Barack Obama, the 44th president of the US
Audition by Katie Kitamura: This hotly anticipated novel is psychologically chilling
If you are drawn to novels that raise more questions than answers, this one is for you
So much about Donald Trump just does not add up
With his miscalculations on trade tariffs, tax cuts and more, the future of the US is at stake
Painter says Donald Trump portrait accusations put her business in danger
Artist Sarah Boardman says she completed portrait of US president accurately
Joe Biden may be best to let sleeping dogs lie as new books lifts lid on his final days in office
With the former president said to be working on a memoir, two new books offer damning details of the fragmentation of faith in him before last November’s US election
Google to roll out AI-generated overviews on search engine’s results pages
Artificial intelligence is adapting online information to provide summaries alongside links to help users with queries
Do you want some good news on St Patrick’s Day? Course you don’t
You are in a dysfunctional long-distance relationship with an orange clown. You’re only human. But there is something we can all do
Selma still struggles 60 years on from march for civil rights
The Alabama city that achieved infamy because of state troopers’ violence towards peaceful protesters in 1965 is struggling to find ways to reverse its steep decline
George Clooney: ‘I told Amal, I can still do everything I did when I was 30. But in 30 years, I’m 90. That’s a real number’
The actor is making his Broadway debut in a stage adaptation of his 2005 movie Good Night, and Good Luck
Trump has flown US into turbulence and Americans aren’t sure where they’re going to land
Some Americans see a golden age dawning under Donald Trump, others fear their democracy is dying
A neuropsychologist’s view on Donald Trump: We’re seeing the impact of power on the human brain
US president is proving capable of shredding the rules-based world order and replacing it with a gangland ethos in the Putin mould
Mr Cook goes to Washington and other tales from Trump’s inauguration
Planet Business: Executive order recap, the man who designed Melania Trump’s hat and how the television ratings compared to previous ceremonies
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
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