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FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 file photo, former U.S President Barack Obama speaks as he campaigns in support of Pennsylvania candidates in Philadelphia. Former U.S. President Barack Obama has on Wednesday, Sept. 26 taken a swipe at President Trump's attitude to the environment, saying the world needs &quot;political and social commitment&quot; to achieve sustainability. &quot;Unfortunately we have a U.S administration that deals differently around these issues,&quot; he told business leaders at a wide-ranging talk in the Norwegian capital, Oslo. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)

Barack Obama takes swipe at Trump’s attitude on environment

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Former President Barack Obama speaks as he campaigns in support of Pennsylvania candidates in Philadelphia, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Illinois Rep. Rush introduced bill to rename highway in honor of Barack Obama

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Linda Dunn, center, and Ron Freund, right, protest before the first of three public hearings on the Trump administration's proposal to roll back car-mileage standards in a region with some of the nation's worst air pollution Monday, Sept. 24, 2018 in Fresno, Calif. The day-long session by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is a means to gather public comment concerning the mileage plan, which would freeze U.S. mileage standards at levels mandated by the Obama administration for 2020, instead of letting them rise to 36 miles per gallon by 2025. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)

The Latest: Scores oppose Trump mileage proposal at hearing

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In this Sept. 11, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump, left, talks about Hurricane Florence during a briefing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington as FEMA Administrator Brock Long listens at right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump plays down hurricane death estimates

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

Former Attorney General Eric Holder addresses the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner in Washington, D.C., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Eric Holder, back with an anti-Donald Trump bluster

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 11, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump, left, talks about Hurricane Florence during a briefing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington as FEMA Administrator Brock Long listens at right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s blustery myths on hurricanes, income

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

Obama to stump for Democrats in Philadelphia rally

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Obama tells voters sitting on sidelines in 2018 ‘dangerous’

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

Former President Barack Obama speaks as he campaigns in support of Ohio gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

Obama implores voters to ‘restore some sanity’ in midterms: ‘This is not normal what we’re seeing’

By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press

Former President Barack Obama speaks to a full crowd in Foellinger Auditorium Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana. Obama will receive a medal for the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government at a private ceremony following the speech.(Stephen Haas/The News-Gazette via AP)

The Latest: Obama says sitting on sidelines is ‘dangerous’

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In this Sept. 8, 2018, photo, former President Barack Obama speaks as he campaigns in support of California congressional candidates in Anaheim, Calif. Obama’s recent denunciation of President Donald Trump’s treatment of the press overlooks the aggressive steps the Justice Department took to keep information from the public when he was president. Obama also made a problematic claim that Republican “sabotage” has cost 3 million people their health insurance. With his return to the political donnybrook on behalf of Democrats in the November elections, Obama has brought a once-familiar style back into the discourse. It’s measured, nuanced and distinct from the torrent of misstatements from Trump. That doesn’t mean Obama always tells the story straight. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

AP FACT CHECK: Obama doesn’t always tell the straight story

By CALVIN WOODWARD and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - Associated Press

In this Jan. 15, 2009, file photo, then-CIA Director Michael Hayden gestures during a news conference at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)

Former intel chiefs say U.S. election system ‘better defended’ under Donald Trump

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this June 22, 2018, file photo, former first lady Michelle Obama speaks at the American Library Association annual conference in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) ** FILE **

Michelle Obama, back with a racially charged vengeance

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Former President Barack Obama speaks as he campaigns in support of California congressional candidates, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Obama overlooks own actions, cherry-picks survey results in Donald Trump attacks: AP Fact Check

By Calvin Woodward and Christopher Rugaber - Associated Press

In this Sept. 5, 2018, photo, Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., waits to be sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

Republicans lack votes _ and appetite _ to end ‘Obamacare’

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks as he campaigns in support of California congressional candidates, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Barack Obama, the GOP thanks you

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Kevin Hassett, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: White House’s selective reading on economy

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks as he campaigns in support of California congressional candidates, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Obama reminds voters why they backed Trump

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

FILE - in this June 5, 2018, file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos pauses as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Preliminary data obtained by The Associated Press show the Trump administration is granting only partial loan forgiveness to the vast majority of students it approves for help because of fraud by for-profit colleges. The data demonstrate the impact of DeVos’ new policy of tiered relief, in which students swindled by for-profit schools are compensated based on their earnings after the program. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Full loan relief rare for students at for-profit colleges

By MARIA DANILOVA - Associated Press

Former President Barack Obama makes a campaign stop at Caffe Paradiso in Urbana, Ill., Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, where he did a campaign stop with Illinois Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker, left, following his speech at the University of Illinois. (AP Photo/Sara Burnett)

Obama makes campaign stop with Pritzker, urges crowd to vote

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