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president trump
June 23, 2020
By Matt Stieb
Obama’s White House Portrait May Be the Latest Casualty of Trump’s Norm-Breaking As Trump pursues the spurious Obamagate scandal, he reportedly intends to skip the White House tradition of hanging his predecessor’s portrait.
By Matt Stieb
president trump
May 11, 2020
‘Obamagate’ As Explained by President Trump The president offered a less-than-satisfactory explanation of his latest distraction from his administration’s disastrous pandemic response.
By Matt Stieb
the lost cause
Dec. 12, 2019
Don’t Be Like Me, a Person Who Read Chapters One and Two of Nikki Haley’s Book Her interview with Glenn Beck about the Confederate flag sparked controversy. Her book is even worse.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
foreign policy
Dec. 5, 2019
Trump’s Plan to Make the World Respect America Is Succeeding — on His Terms Trump doesn’t care about global respect. He cares about appeasing his supporters.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
democratic primaries
Dec. 4, 2019
Maybe the ‘Obama Coalition’ Was Just That: Obama’s Every Democratic candidate once seen as a potential heir apparent to Obama’s base is either floundering or out of the race.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
The Next Fight for Cory Remsburg, the Wounded Veteran Obama Made Famous In 2014, a White House speechwriter made a brain-injured soldier a symbol of resilience. Now he finds the story didn’t end so neatly.
By Terence Szuplat
president obama
Sept. 8, 2018
By Benjamin Hart
Obama Says We Live in ‘Strange Times’ in Major South Africa Speech It was the most comprehensive and pointed address he’s given since leaving office.
By Benjamin Hart
book excerpt
Sept. 29, 2017
What It Was Like Trying to Get President Obama to Tell a Dick Joke An excerpt from Obama speechwriter David Litt’s memoir, about what it was like writing for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
By David Litt
good one podcast
Sept. 28, 2017
What It Was Like Writing Jokes for President Obama And why Donald Trump shouldn’t skip the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
By Jesse David Fox
Talking Comedy and Politics with Former Obama Speechwriter David Litt
Not many people can claim that they landed their first post-college job as a 24-year-old speechwriter and joke writer for the President of […]
By Megh Wright
Trump’s Bold New Afghanistan Strategy: Neither Bold, Nor New, Nor a Strategy To the extent that it’s bold, it’s dangerous; to the extent it’s new, it’s vague; to the extent that it’s a strategy, it’s Obama’s.
By Jonah Shepp
last night on late night
May 3, 2017
By Tolly Wright
Obama Is Returning to Public Life, But He Won’t Be Talking Trump After three months of vacation, he will start giving speeches next week — but he’s refusing to be a foil.
By Adam K. Raymond
Obama Chimes In on Health-Care Debate: ‘America Is Stronger’ Because of ACA The former president is pushing back against claims that the ACA is a disaster.
By Adam K. Raymond
Conservative Pundit Stephen Colbert Salutes President Barack Obama on ‘The […] Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Show, where Stephen Colbert is treated to an extra special drop-in appearance by conservative pundit […]
By Megh Wright
U.S. Strikes ISIS Camps in Libya, Killing 80 Militants B-2 bombers and drones wiped out two camps 28 miles outside of Sirte.
By Adam K. Raymond
Trevor Noah Explains Dad Obama’s Responsibilities When Preparing for Baby Trump “For as much as you chose this little sh*t, you know it’s probably going to destroy the place.”
By Tolly Wright
Obama Granted 212 Pardons, and More Commutations Than Any Other U.S. President In addition to commuting Chelsea Manning’s sentence, he pardoned General James Cartwright, who leaked classified information to journalists.
By Jen Kirby
Obama Talks Trump and His Legacy on 60 Minutes Watch clips from Obama’s last 60 Minutes interview as POTUS.
By Tolly Wright
Obama Designates 3 Civil-Rights Sites As National Monuments He also expands national monuments at two important environmental sites, an act that will very likely be a rarity under the Trump administration.
By Jen Kirby
President Obama Quoted To Kill a Mockingbird in His Farewell Address He urged sensitivity and understanding between America’s diverse racial and ethnic groups, invoking Atticus Finch’s famous words.
By Jared T. Miller
President Obama Quotes Washington, Urging Americans to Guard the Constitution He said the Constitution is “just a piece of parchment” without the
active participation of the American people to give it meaning.
By Jared T. Miller
Watch Trevor Noah’s ‘Daily Show’ Interview with President Barack Obama On last night’s Daily Show, Trevor Noah headed to the White House for an interview with President Obama, and in case you missed it, Comedy […]
By Megh Wright
open letter
Dec. 10, 2016
John Legend Pens Letter to Obama About Clemency Legend’s mother was imprisoned for drug-related crimes.
By Halle Kiefer
President Obama Will Appear on Monday’s ‘Daily Show with Trevor Noah’ President Obama is headed to The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Comedy Central announced that Obama will appear on Monday night’s show at 11:00pm […]
By Megh Wright
In the Wake of Trump’s Election, Revisiting President Obama’s Visit to […]
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By Nathan Rabin
presidential medal of freedom
Nov. 22, 2016
By E. Alex Jung
President Obama Refuses to Tell Anti-Trump Protesters to Remain ‘Silent’ He also advised Trump to get “serious” about his new job while speaking in Germany.
By Adam K. Raymond
president obama
Nov. 16, 2016
The Best of BET’s Obama Celebration With Leslie Odom Jr., Usher, Common, and more.
By Jackson McHenry
President Obama Congratulates Donald Trump and Invites Him to the White House Vladimir Putin and a host of other world leaders also chimed in on Trump’s victory.
By Adam K. Raymond
exit interviews
Nov. 4, 2016
Watch Obama’s Exit Interview With Bill Maher “If I watched Fox News, I wouldn’t vote for me either.”
By Kaitlin Fontana
harsh reality
Nov. 3, 2016
Obama Warns Us This Election Isn’t Reality TV To whom shall you give your rose on November 8?
By Halle Kiefer
election 2016
Nov. 2, 2016
By Lisa Ryan
Watch Samantha Bee’s Spooky ‘Full Frontal’ Interview with President Obama Here’s a clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee continues the show’s rich annual tradition of interviewing the President of […]
By Megh Wright
Samantha Bee Will Interview President Obama on Monday’s ‘Full Frontal’ A very special visitor is headed to Samantha Bee’s TBS show next week. The network announced today that Monday’s episode of Full Frontal will […]
By Megh Wright
Stephen Colbert Helps President Obama Spruce Up His Resume on ‘The Late […] Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Show, where Stephen Colbert heads to Washington DC to chat with President Obama about what his plans are […]
By Megh Wright
last night on late night
Oct. 18, 2016
Colbert Helps Prepare Obama for Unemployment “Tip: When you say staying in your job would be unconstitutional, what employers hear is that you stole office supplies.”
By Tolly Wright
President Obama Is Psyched About Putting Americans on Mars by the 2030s A public-private partnership will be key to making this happen, the president says.
By Adam K. Raymond
Obama’s Job Approval Rating Double That of W.’s at Same Point in Second Term In an era of perceived equivalence between the two parties, we sometimes forget Obama’s leaving office in much better shape than his predecessor did.
By Ed Kilgore
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