Barack Obama

Latest Stories

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Clark County Democratic Party "Kick-Off to Caucus 2020" event, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Joe Biden, in Jorge Ramos interview: Obama deportations ‘big mistake’

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg points towards the audience during a campaign rally, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Pete Buttigieg blasted for masquerading as a moderate: He’s ‘miles to the left’ of Obama

By David Sherfinski and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden poses for a photo with attendees after speaking at a campaign event, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, at K.O. Knudson Middle School in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

For first time, Biden calls Obama deportations ‘big mistake’

By BILL BARROW - Associated Press

National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, left, walks with his twin brother, Army Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman, after testifying before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ** FILE **

NSC moving ahead with plan to downsize staff in wake of Vindman’s ouster

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, as Vice President Mike Pence ad House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., listen. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump hypes ‘comeback,’ impeachment acquittal

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

Jeff Reichert, from left, Julia Reichert, and Steven Bognar, winners of the award for best documentary feature for "American Factory", pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Karl Marx quoted at Oscars — and it’s not even surprising

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, left, waves at the conclusion of a campaign rally, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in Dover, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Pete Buttigieg champions far-left policies despite moderate moniker

By David Sherfinski and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, as Vice President Mike Pence ad House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., listen. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump, Dems and the state of disunion

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

A supporter for Democratic presidential candidate businessman Andrew Yang waits in the stands before a Democratic caucus at Hoover High School, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Official: Iowa caucus turnout on pace to match 2016 levels

By RYAN J. FOLEY and SARA BURNETT - Associated Press

Some House challengers eager to push California further left

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

Boys point an unloaded gun at the sky as they play in La Mora, Mexico, one day before the expected arrival of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020. Three women and six of their children from La Mora, all U.S. citizens from the extended LeBaron family, were slaughtered and one of their cars burned by gunmen in this area on Nov. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

How kids are conscripted troops in the cartels’ war on the border

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 6, 2007, file photo, then-presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, shares a laugh with Greenwood County, S.C., Council Woman, Edith Childs, right, whom he credited with giving him the idea for his popular "Fire It Up," campaign chant in a packed gymnasium at South Aiken High School, in Aiken, S.C. Childs, the woman credited with popularizing a memorable slogan and chant that epitomized the 2008 campaign of then-Sen. Barack Obama has endorsed Tom Steyer's presidential bid. (AP Photo/Brett Flashnick, File)

Tom Steyer wins endorsement from Edith Childs, the S.C. woman behind Obama ‘Fired Up!’ chant

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Club for Growth, a conservative group, has released an ad campaign in Iowa that targets Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernard Sanders. The ads say he's "more radical than Obama." (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Club for Growth, a conservative group, releases ad campaign in Iowa targeting Bernie Sanders

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this June 25, 2014, file photo, a group of immigrants from Honduras and El Salvador, who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, are stopped in Granjeno, Texas. The Homeland Security Department is experimenting with a new way to track immigrant families caught crossing into the U.S. illegally then released: GPS-enabled ankle bracelets. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Fake families, ‘recycled’ children test DHS at border

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this image from video, Eric Herschmann, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks during the impeachment trial against Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Hunter Biden put on trial in Senate by Team Trump

By Dave Boyer, S.A. Miller and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 28, 2016, file photo, a customer puts gas in their vehicle in Miami. Fuel economy standards for new vehicles would rise a little in a new Trump administration proposal made public Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020 but still fall far short of Obama-era standards, bringing howls of protest from environmental groups and a key Democratic senator.(AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

Trump ups mileage proposal, but it’s well below Obama plan

By TOM KRISHER and ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

Portraits of Obamas to begin 5-city US tour in Chicago

Associated Press

President Obama, chiding the Supreme Court justices sitting before him, claimed falsely during his 2009 State of the Union address that "even foreign corporations" could influence U.S. elections. (Associated Press/File)

Citizens United ruling marks 10th anniversary as Democrats warm to ‘dark money’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during an event on prayer in public schools, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump low approval ratings bedevil campaign despite good economy

By Stephen Dinan and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Then-Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker gestures during an interview with The Associated Press following the first U.S.-Ukraine Business Forum co-hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Commerce Department in Washington on July 13, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Penny Pritzker, former Obama commerce secretary, endorses Joe Biden

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times