https://www.pressherald.com/tag/barack-obama/page/3

Barack Obama

Published
November 24, 2020

Obama memoir sells a record 1.7 million copies in first week

The former president’s ‘A Promised Land’ sold more than 1.7 million copies in North America, roughly equal to the combined first-week sales of memoirs by his two immediate predecessors.
Published
October 19, 2020

Obama releases ad in support of Gideon

The former president appears in a 1-minute video to support the Democratic House Speaker's bid for U.S. Senate.
Published
August 19, 2020

Kamala Harris accepts Democratic nomination for vice president

The first Black woman on a major party ticket issues an urgent plea for Americans of all colors to rally behind Joe Biden and find a way to vote despite concerns about the pandemic and postal slowdowns.
Published
August 16, 2020

Jim Fossel: Congress should stand up to Trump’s power grab

The Founders wanted the legislative branch to be a check on the executive's power, but that's not happening.
Published
June 10, 2020

Maine Voices: Trump rights a wrong by reopening marine monument to fishing

Though Maine vessels don't routinely fish Seamounts, the process that created the monument raised important issues.

advertisement

Published
June 3, 2020

Obama steps out as nation confronts confluence of crises

The former president holds a virtual town hall event in the midst of the pandemic and protests over race and police brutality.
Published
April 14, 2020

Obama endorses Biden as the best leader for ‘one of our darkest times’

The former president endorsed his vice president in a video on Tuesday.
Published
November 13, 2019

Leonard Pitts: Reporter misquotes Buttigieg and apologizes. Then all hell breaks loose

No controversy ends quietly on social media – instead, the conspiracy theorists just transfer their anger to someone else.
Published
September 13, 2019

Marc A. Thiessen: CNN tries to blame Trump for Obama administration’s leaks

The network's Russian spy story leaves out key context about Obama aides' actions before the spy's exfiltration.
Published
August 21, 2019

Commentary: Trump now faces Obama’s dilemma in Afghanistan

The president doesn't want to commit the troops necessary to win, but he also doesn't want to surrender.