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Barack Obama
News, analysis, and features about Barack Obama, the 44th president of the US
The Obamas bring pure currents of hope and soul and optimism to Democratic convention
At the home of the Chicago Bulls, the faithful gathered for a golden couple of the city’s past
Inheritance is not just a family affair – it’s a critical societal issue
Despite wealth inequality, when it comes to social uplift, the past few decades in Ireland have been truly remarkable
Obama joins number of high-profile Democrats backing Kamala Harris
The 44th president was joined by wife Michelle, the former first lady, in a phone call with Harris
Kamala Harris praises Joe Biden’s ‘legacy of accomplishment’ on first day of her campaign - as it happened
Prominent Democrats Gretchen Whitmer and Gavin Newsom back vice-president to be the party’s candidate
More Democrats call for Biden to step aside from re-election bid
US president pledges to remain in White House race, but pressure is building
A neuropsychologist’s view on the four kinds of voters who will always back Trump
Donald Trump is more symptom than cause, but that won’t matter when he is unleashed on the White House
Marian Robinson obituary: down-to-earth matriarch of the Obama family
“Just show me how to work the washing machine and I’m good,” she said after moving into the White House
Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York: Forensic study highlights migrant triumph
Tyler Anbinder digs deep into real-life records to animate the social and economic strides made by the Irish in the US despite arduous conditions and initial press demonisation as ‘lazy’ Catholics
Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham: Does not deliver enough despite an intriguing depiction of Barack Obama
US politics junkies will find things to relish but this novel falls short of being revelatory
George Stephanopoulos: ‘You can only have constructive debates if people are determined to engage in good faith’
Clinton-era White House adviser talks about his history of the White House Situation Room and his fear that Americans of opposing political camps have stopped listening to each other
Bodkin review: toe-curling paddywhackery from Barack and Michelle Obama plumbs the diddly dee depths
Netflix dramedy thinks it is critiquing cliches about Ireland when in fact it is adding to the stockpile
Faye Webster: ‘I want people to feel understood and related to’
Ahead of her Dublin gigs, the Atlanta indie-artist talks of her new ‘break-up’ album, being an Obama favourite and privacy in the context of fame
Grown-ups are not taking climate change seriously
Grown-ups are needed in these troubled times but must do a better job on the problem of our changing climate
Tough, lucky and clever (but not too clever): what makes a good taoiseach?
It’s like no other job in the country. If you think anyone can do it, you have no idea what’s involved
Washington witnesses nation-building at the National Building
Brightness and sincere optimism of Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly was a jolting invitation to look towards the future
Stock markets don’t love Donald Trump
Trump ranks below Obama, Clinton and other Democrat presidents in a large group seen as having little impact on markets
Eight years after James Foley’s murder by Isis, his mother sat down with his captor. Why?
James Foley’s brutal murder in 2014 was seen around the world. His mother Diane’s book documents the family’s struggle
Nikki Haley could emerge from Iowa caucuses as plausible alternative to Trump’s shadow
Midwestern state swung from endorsing Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 to Republican returns for the past two terms
Tales about a former piece of Ireland soon to be on the Washington property market
Government to sell the former Irish ambassador’s residence which has been visited by a number of presidents
Dianne Feinstein broke into Washington boys’ club as a trailblazing senator
Democrat believed in government as a force for good but has died at 90 watching US politics coming off the rails
Joe Biden did too much with too small a mandate
His big government activism wasn’t demanded and lets Republicans frame him for inflation
You don’t need to be artistic to work in the creative arts sector
Creative industries need people to mastermind projects and business types who keep the commercial side humming
What makes a US politician ‘Irish’? It doesn’t have much to do with their genes
What makes a US politician ‘Irish’? It’s a little to do with genealogy and a lot to do with their politics
Obama’s ‘back of the queue’ prediction for UK proves entirely accurate
Former US president said US-UK trade deal wouldn’t be priority if UK left EU and so it has come to pass
Why are US presidents so drawn to Ireland?
The visits are acts of political theatre with American audiences clearly in mind with the blueprint established by Kennedy
Gary Younge interview: ‘My mum was a single parent with three kids and therefore we were supposed to be into drugs’
Gary Younge observes how attitudes to race are changing in Ireland, Britain and elsewhere
Mariana Mazzucato: ‘The McKinseys and the Deloittes have no expertise in the areas they’re advising in’
Influential UCL economist questions value of influential consulting firms
Michelle Obama says she ‘couldn’t stand’ husband Barack for 10 years
Former first lady says caring for their young daughters put strain on their marriage in TV interview promoting latest book
Signed, sealed, delivered: the strange history of the mechanical signature
Hugh Linehan: Bob Dylan has been caught out badly, but do we overvalue the supposed authenticity of the signed edition?
UK government needs to stop doing stupid stuff around Brexit
Martin Wolf: It would be wonderful if the Tory administration could start doing sensible stuff
Virginia McLaurin obituary: Sharecropper’s daughter who danced with Obamas at the White House
She died at the age of 113 by her own measure but did not have a birth certificate, and had lived a quiet life until video of her with the president made her famous
Michelle Obama ‘hates’ how she looks and grew up with a ‘tiniest kernel of self-loathing’
In The Light We Carry, the former first lady’s second memoir, she also writes about her experience of depression
Finding the right words for a rarely speechless US president
Former White House speechwriter Cody Keenan recalls a tumultuous 10 days during Barack Obama’s presidency in his new memoir, Grace
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