Obama: the president who will not go quietly
it was an unscripted aside that ended up revealing the most in President Obama’s State of the Union address: “I have no more campaigns to run.”
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US President Barack Obama says Africa is “on the move” as he makes the first presidential visit to Kenya, his father’s homeland.
“That’s not a justice system. It’s an injustice system”. In a sweeping call for reform – President Obama says too many Black Americans are locked up in jail.
President Barack Obama calls today’s Iran nuclear agreement a “comprehensive deal”, while President Rouhani says a “new chapter” has begun in his country’s relations with the world.
The president was quick to interrupt the heckler, saying: “Listen you’re in my house… it’s not respectful.”
Speaking in the wake of the Charleston shooting, President Obama uses the “n-word” to make the point that America has not been “cured” of racism and slavery “casts a long shadow”.
Barack Obama says America is the only developed country where gun massacres are commonplace. Is he right?
President Obama has had to speak to the US people after some of the worst gun massacres in modern American history. This is what he has had to say.
US President Barack Obama promises to stand up to Russia over its Ukraine stance as world leaders gather for the G7 summit.
Barack Obama says he plans to remove Cuba from America’s list of state sponsors of terrorism, as he seeks to restore diplomatic relations after a decades-long freeze.
President Obama calls on Muslims around the world to fight the misconception that groups like the Islamic State speak for them.
Within moments of arriving in Saudi Arabia, US first lady Michelle Obama causes a Twitter furore by ignoring Saudi Arabia’s strict dress code for women.
it was an unscripted aside that ended up revealing the most in President Obama’s State of the Union address: “I have no more campaigns to run.”
US President Barack Obama says the cyber hack against Sony, blamed on North Korea, is not an “act of war” – but is considering putting them back on the terror list.
Obama could have made his big move on immigration years ago, but now faces a tough fight with congress over who should be allowed to stay.
The expansion of the US-led air war to Syria is a powerful display of America’s bona fides to the allies it says it needs for the fight against Islamic State.