The Latest Breaking News from Barack Obama

How Epstein leveraged the Nobel Peace Prize to connect with the world’s most powerful

The ex-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize committee appears hundreds of times in the files

The Independent UK · Feb 14

Trump’s repeal of landmark Obama-era climate rule: four key takeaways

Environmental groups say ‘cynical and devastating’ reversal of endangerment finding has grave implications

The Guardian - US · Feb 14

Trump obsessed with old man yelling about McDonald’s drive-thru: ‘Don’t blow your horn at old people’

Maybe Trump relates.

We Got This Covered · Feb 13

Global warming, American cooling: US freezes climate science

WASHINGTON: The United States has gone cold on global warming after putting climate safeguards on ice. In a sweeping move, President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked the 2009 “endangerment finding” issued under Barack Obama, which had declared that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare. The ruling empowered the US…

The Times of India · Feb 13

Trump wants to keep his official White House portrait from his first term out of public view: new report

Official presidential portraits are typically hung in the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery after they have permanently left office

The Independent UK · Feb 13

Trump insists Iran talks must continue, but military action is not off the table

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington on February 11 appears not to have achieved what many observers saw as its central purpose: to persuade Donald Trump to harden his demands on Iran to the point that negotiations between the countries fail. According to reports, Trump told Netanyahu he…

The Conversation · Feb 13

First Thing: Trump repeals landmark climate finding in gift to ‘billionaire polluters’

Obama says rollback will make Americans ‘less safe’. Plus, Thundercat on funk and being fired by Snoop (possibly)

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13

Obama hits back after Trump scraps climate change regulation: ‘We will be less safe’

Climate experts say that reversing the 2009 Endangerment Finding is tantamount to denying the existence of global warming

The Independent UK · Feb 13

Trump says regime change in Iran ‘would be the best thing’ as US military reportedly plans for operation – as it happened

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The Guardian - US · Feb 13

Michelle Obama got 10 new piercings in 'one sitting' but husband Barack Obama didn't notice

Former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama has told how she had 10 new ear piercings in one sitting recently, but her husband, former US President Barack Obama, didn't notice her new additions for "a couple of days".

BANG Premier · Feb 13