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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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.
Michelle Obama has spoken out on being ‘knocked back’ by race perception. Do a generation of trailblazing Black British women agree that racist perceptions will hold them back?
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.
Ferguson rapper Tef Poe tells Channel 4 News that despite having a black president, “racist institutions make no distinction between classes”, as the police department is accused of discrimination.
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.”
The UK election debate on the economy is being fought out in Washington today with both Tories and Labour seeking US backing for their rival political ambitions.
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.
President condems the actions of the CIA, after the release of a damning report into the services use of torture, but will not be drawn on whether action should be taken against the service.
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.
President Obama called on every nation to reach a global climate agreement. But in America, the new Congress has just taken the first step to approve a huge oil pipeline.
Health officials in Texas say they’re preparing for more Ebola cases – after a second nurse tested positive for the disease.
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.