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  • 4 May 2017

    Republicans have voted to repeal and replace Barack Obama’s healthcare scheme after a key vote in the US House of Representatives. It’s taken a flurry of backroom deals to win reluctant Congressmen round – to what was one of Trump’s flagship campaign promises.

  • 28 Mar 2017

    He says it will put thousands of people back to work and reduce America’s reliance on imported fuel. But critics say that Donald Trump is ripping up a series of important protections against global warming.

  • 31 Jan 2017

    It’s true that in 2011, the processing of Iraqi refugees entering the US slowed down after tighter vetting was introduced. But it wasn’t an outright ban.

  • 19 Jan 2017

    The first African-American President who arrived with hope and promises of huge change has presided over a fractured country and a deeply divided political system which he couldn’t heal.

  • 18 Jan 2017

    While we’ve been on air President Obama has been giving his final press conference.

  • 11 Jan 2017

    Jessica Ashooh, from the think tank, the Atlantic Council, and Suzan Johnson Cook, a former adviser to Barack Obama.

  • 11 Jan 2017

    He’s still the President, just. Last night Barack Obama went back to his political roots in Chicago and bid his farewell.

  • 8 Jan 2017

    The US president says his successor has not spent a lot of time “sweating the details” of policy.

  • 6 Jan 2017

    When she became America’s first black First Lady, Michelle Obama made history.

  • 21 Dec 2016

    It’s less than a month now before climate change sceptic Donald Trump takes over the White House.He won the US presidential election partly on a platform of using more fossil fuels with fewer environmental rules. Now President Obama has announced climate protections which his successor might not be able to reverse.

  • 16 Dec 2016

    The US president-elect Donald Trump has again dismissed any suggestions that Russia tried to swing the election in his favour. President Obama warned of retaliation against any attempt to interfere with the integrity of the poll, saying Vladimir Putin was “well aware” of his feelings.

  • 5 Dec 2016

    The Obama Administration has said relations with China could be undermined following last week’s telephone call between President-elect Donald Trump and the Taiwanese President.

  • 17 Nov 2016

    It’s his “farewell tour” of Europe. But Barack Obama was keen to use his last appearance alongside the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, to put down a marker for his successor, warning Donald Trump to be ready to stand up to Russia if needed. Speaking in Berlin, the President said that Mrs Merkel had been his…

  • 15 Nov 2016

    As Russia resumed its attacks on Syria, Barack Obama flew into Europe on his final visit of his Presidency.

  • 10 Nov 2016

    After many months of brutal criticism, a more civil discussion. The Republican President-elect meets the current President for the first time.