By JULIE PACE AP Washington Bureau Chief WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama’s post-White House memoir isn’t expected to be released this year, setting up the likelihood that the highly anticipated book will drop during the 2020 campaign. Publisher Penguin Random House started alerting foreign partners and others about the status of Obama’s book […]
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Obama Starts Defining his New Role in the Age of Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama is starting to define his new role in the age of Donald Trump. FILE – In this May 7, 2017, file photo, former President Barack Obama walks toward a podium to address an audience after being presented with the 2017 Profile in Courage award during ceremonies at the […]
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Susan Rice Denies Using Intel to Spy on Trump Advisers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Susan Rice, the top national security adviser to former President Barack Obama, says it is “absolutely false” that she and other Obama administration officials used intelligence reports to spy on Trump associates for political purposes. FILE – In this July 7, 2016 file photo, then-National Security Adviser Susan Rice is seen on […]
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Obama Calls 90-Minute Meeting with Trump ‘Excellent’
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a cordial beginning to their transfer of power, President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump met at the White House Thursday. Obama called the 90-minute meeting “excellent,” and his successor said he looked forward to receiving the outgoing president’s “counsel.” At the close of the Oval Office sit-down, Obama said to […]
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Trump Heads to the White House for Meeting with Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is set to welcome his successor, Donald Trump, to the White House, extending an olive branch to the man whom he blasted as unfit to serve as commander in chief and who led the charge to challenge the legitimacy of Obama’s own presidency. President Barack Obama is set to […]
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Obama in Europe: Brief Glimpse of Good Old Days
WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Barack Obama, it was a brief glimpse of his good old days in Europe when the continent cheered his ascent to the White House. U.S. President Barack Obama and with Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves review the honor guard at Kadriorg Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. Obama […]
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For Obama, Pitfalls and Power in Addressing Race
President Barack Obama speaks to reporters, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in Edgartown, Mass. about developments in Iraq and the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Mo. Obama is vacationing on the island for about two weeks. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — For President Barack Obama, the intersection of race and the […]
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Obama Urges World to Act on Mandela Legacy
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Celebrating one of his personal heroes, President Barack Obama praised Nelson Mandela as the last great liberator of the 20th century, urging the world to carry on his legacy by fighting inequality, poverty and discrimination. At a memorial service in Johannesburg, Obama compared the former South African President to […]
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Obama Shakes Hands with Cuba’s Raul Castro
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — President Barack Obama shook hands with Cuban President Raul Castro Tuesday at a memorial service for Nelson Mandela, a simple gesture that signaled possible thawing between the leaders of two Cold War foes. The brief encounter between the U.S. and Cuban president came during a ceremony that celebrated the former South African […]
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Obama Diversifies Cabinet: Taps Black Charlotte Mayor to run Transportation
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is nominating Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx, a rising star in Democratic politics, to run the Transportation Department, a White House official said. Obama will announce the nomination from the White House Monday afternoon, according to the official, who requested anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss […]