Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice president the expected but still crucial backing of the nation’s two most popular Democrats.
President Obama celebrates his birthday on the job throughout the years.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — U.S. Representative Mark Sanford (R-SC 1st District) will be among a handful of republicans traveling to Cuba with President Barack Obama. The former South Carolina governor has worked in the past to lift the travel ban between the U.S. and Cuba. The majority of those on the trip will be democrats. The delegation leaves on Sunday…
President Barack Obama speaks following a meeting with the National Security Council, Feb. 25, 2016, at the State Department in Washington. (ABC News) — President Obama used an annual St. Patrick’s Day lunch on Capitol Hill to take aim at what he called the “corrosive, vulgar” state of the 2016 campaign. “I know I’m not the only one in this…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — President Barack Obama wants to close Guantanamo Bay and it’s creating a firestorm in Congress. Monday, the president says the detention center undermines America’s national security and needs to be closed. The plan does call for transferring the remaining detainees to the U.S. and seeks nearly $500,000,000 in construction costs. It does not say where the…
(ABC News) — With the Iowa caucuses nearly upon us, both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are trying to embrace President Obama and identify as the rightful heir to his legacy. On Wednesday, the president and Sanders are set to meet “informally” in the Oval Office, according to the White House. The Sanders campaign has repeatedly compared their grassroots and…
(ABC News) — President Obama touched on a wide array of topics during his final State of the Unionaddress tonight, both looking back at his two terms in office and turning his attention to the future. Here are a selection of some of the most memorable lines in his speech. 1. “For this final one, I’m going to try to…
