Barack Obama

Hamas used emojis as code before Oct 7, producer of hit show found dead

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Palestinians take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 7, 2023.
 Former President Barack Obama takes the stage during a "Get Out the Vote" rally for New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate, US Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) at Essex County College Gymnasium on November 01, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey.

Obama walks back 'aliens exist' statements after podcast frenzy

Former US president Barack Obama speaks while campaigning for Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger during a campaign rally in the Chartway Arena on November 01, 2025 in Norfolk, Virginia.

Modern politics a 'clown show': Obama says Democrats have harder job than Republicans

 Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last Shah of Iran, attends a press conference about the situation in Iran and the need to support Iranians, in Paris, France, June 23, 2025.

Pahlavi or Khamenei: Iran is at a crossroads - opinion


Is Ambassador Jack Lew really a friend of Israel? -opinion

The newly appointed ambassador to Israel has drawn praise from both right and left. But his record in the Obama administration should raise concerns.

 JACK LEW testifies last month before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to become the next US ambassador to Israel.

Ex-pres. Obama: 'How Israel prosecutes this fight matters'

The ex-president wrote that "any Israeli military strategy that ignores the human costs could ultimately backfire."

U.S. President Barack Obama looks up during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York September 21, 2016.

Barack Obama's White House personal chef found dead in Massachusetts lake

Tafari Campbell, 45, was the subject of a two-day search after a paddle boarder was seen struggling and going under the water in Edgartown Great Pond.

 Lighthouse Beach, Edgartown, Marthas Vineyard Island in the Dukes County, Massachusetts.

How third-party egos may determine America's 2024 presidential fate - opinion

This time, the likely spoilers are known in politics as useful idiots – persons knowingly pursuing lost causes to the benefit of others. In this case, the likely beneficiary will be Trump. 

 FORMER US president Donald Trump speaks at a Make America Great Again rally in South Carolina, earlier this month.

Biden's Iranian non-deal: The controversial path to engagement - opinion

“Rumors about a nuclear deal, interim or otherwise, are false and misleading,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told journalists in June.

 THEN-US PRESIDENT Barack Obama delivers a statement about the nuclear deal reached between Iran and six major world powers, as his vice president, Joe Biden, looks on, in the East Room of the White House, in July 2015.

The new Iran deal requires an honest appraisal of the JCPOA - opinion

Israel and a bipartisan consensus of Congress and the American people wanted a nuclear deal that ultimately ended Iran’s nuclear weapon program forever.

 European External Action Service (EEAS) Deputy Secretary General Enrique Mora and Iranian Deputy at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria May 1, 2021.

Biden’s policies are dangerous for US-Israel relations - opinion

The Biden administration continues to cause cracks and fissures in the relationship between the two nations.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the White House: We are seeing a return by the Biden administration to prior policies that range from troubling to dangerous, the writer argues.

Jan. 6 insurrection suspect arrested near Obama's house with ammunition - NYT

The arrest followed the discovery of weapons, ammunition and materials potentially used to create explosives inside the suspect's van.

 A mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump fight with members of law enforcement at a door they broke open as they storm the US Capitol Building in Washington, US, January 6, 2021.

James Crown, one of Chicago’s leading Jewish philanthropists, dies in racetrack crash

His sudden death at the Aspen Motorsports Park drew immediate eulogies and condolences from Chicago’s Jewish leaders as well as President Joe Biden.

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Is US bipartisanship going entirely out of fashion?

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: As US bipartisan relations weaken, where does that leave US-Israel relations?

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets yesterday with US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (fourth from left) at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, along with a Republican delegation including Sens. Katie Britt, Ted Budd, Joni Ernst, Markwayne Mullin, Pete Ricketts and Thom Tillis.