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FACT CHECK: No, these are not genuine photos of ex-US president Obama showing support for Duterte

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 10 07:56 PM

The claim is false; the two photos in the composite image have been doctored from photos of Barack Obama in which he did not show visible support for Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Obama, Stevie Wonder, Snoop Dogg pay tribute to rapper Nipsey Hussle

Jill Serjeant, Reuters
Posted at Apr 12 06:44 AM

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Barack Obama sent a letter, Stevie Wonder sang, and Snoop Dogg called slain rapper Nipsey Hussle a 'peace advocate' at a Los Angeles memorial on Thursday attended by family members, friends and thousands of fans. Read more »

LOOK: Warriors meet up with Obama in Washington

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 27 12:41 AM

The Warriors did not go to the White House to celebrate their 2017 or 2018 championships. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, Obama is not supporting PH opposition candidates

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 24 08:23 PM

A picture shared by a Facebook group with thousands of members purports to show former US president Barack Obama holding a t-shirt and his wife Michelle wearing a dress bearing campaign emblems of the Philippine opposition party.  Read more »

US federal judge rules Obamacare unconstitutional

Reuters
Posted at Dec 15 04:15 PM

About 11.8 million consumers nationwide enrolled in 2018 Obamacare exchange plans, according to the US government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Read more »

Michelle Obama confident progress can't be stopped, urges girls to aim high

Belinda Goldsmith, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Updated as of Dec 04 08:06 AM

Without directly addressing her husband's successor, Donald Trump, Michelle Obama said change was "not a straight line" but the election of Barack Obama to the White House showed people were open to change. Read more »

Michelle Obama slams Trump in new book

Susan Stumme, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 10 06:50 AM

WASHINGTON - Former US first lady Michelle Obama says she can "never forgive" Donald Trump for questioning her husband's American citizenship, saying the president and other "birthers" put her family at risk, in her hotly anticipated new memoir. Read more »

Trump, Obama tout clashing visions of US as elections near

John Whitesides, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 05 08:43 AM

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Barack Obama made dueling election appearances on Sunday, offering sharply different views on the country's problems but agreeing on the high stakes for voters in the final 48 hours of a tight campaign.  Read more »

Trump, Democrats in frenzied final push ahead of US elections

Nicholas Kamm and Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 05 07:17 AM

Trump was on a hectic schedule of campaign appearances for Republican candidates 48 hours before Americans deliver their verdict at the ballot box, while former president Barack Obama made a last-ditch appeal for an endangered Senate Democrat in Indiana. Read more »

Obama versus Trump on final US campaign weekend

Nicholas Kamm with Sebastian Smith in Washington, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 04 02:36 AM

After boasting about the economy and raising fears over immigration, Donald Trump is facing pushback from his predecessor Barack Obama. Read more »

US probes pipe bombs sent to Trump foes Obama, Clinton, CNN

Jennie Matthe and Saul Loeb, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 25 03:28 PM

US authorities pressed ahead Thursday with an all-out probe into who was behind pipe bombs sent to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, other top Democrats, and CNN, all of them hate figures for supporters of President Donald Trump. Read more »

Potential explosives sent to Hillary Clinton, Obama, Time Warner

Makini Brice and Jonathan Allen, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 25 01:50 AM

Police intercepted suspected explosive devices sent to former U.S. President Barack Obama, former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and the CNN bureau in New York that apparently targeted figures disparaged by right-wing critics two weeks before U.S. congressional elections. Read more »

Obama: 'Republican Party cozying up to Russia, ex-KGB boss'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 08 01:38 AM

Former U.S. President Barack Obama forcefully rebuked the Republican Party on Friday, criticizing it for divisive politics and its retrenchment in global leadership. Read more »

Duterte, nag-sorry sa pagmumura kay Obama; dumepensa sa 'rape joke'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 10:39 PM

Humingi ng tawad si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte kay dating U.S. President Barack Obama sa pagmumura niya rito noong 2016 dahil sa pagpuna ng Amerika sa kaniyang kampanya kontra droga. Read more »

Obama, Meghan McCain rebuke absent Trump in tribute to fallen senator

Jeff Mason and Lesley Wroughton, Reuters
Posted at Sep 02 08:31 AM

Former US presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, once rivals of the late Senator John McCain, praised him in eulogies on Saturday and joined his daughter at a memorial service in subtle and not-so-subtle rebukes of President Donald Trump.  Read more »

Bush, Obama say John McCain made them ‘better’ presidents

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 02 01:30 AM

Former US presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush both defeated John McCain in their White House contests. Read more »

Obama, Bush mourn former rival McCain at Washington service

Richard Cowan and Jeff Mason, Reuters
Posted at Sep 01 10:35 PM

Tousands of fellow mourners on Saturday to honor the longtime Arizona senator and Vietnam war hero whose bids for the White House were dashed by the two men. Read more »

Obama warns of 'strange and uncertain times'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 18 12:24 AM

Former U.S. president Barack Obama on Tuesday used a tribute to Nelson Mandela to warn of "strange and uncertain times", a day after Donald Trump refused to challenge Vladimir Putin over interference in U.S. elections. Read more »

Obama speech to mark 100 years since Mandela's birth

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 17 01:31 PM

Obama has made relatively few public appearances since leaving the White House in 2017, but he has often credited Mandela for being one of the great inspirations in his life. Read more »

Sadness at Vietnam noodle shop where Bourdain dined with Obama

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 10 07:42 AM

In 2016, they shared a simple meal of pork noodles and fried spring rolls -- each dish worth around $3 -- and photos of the casual dinner quickly went viral. Read more »