The Latest Breaking News from Barack Obama

Surge of ICE agreements with local police aim to increase deportations, but many police forces have found they undermine public safety

During his first few months in office, President Donald Trump has been establishing a framework for deporting undocumented immigrants en masse. It’s something he has previously vowed will be “the largest deportation operation in the history of our country.”

The Conversation · May 29, 2025

Airbnb CEO Skipped Business School for Obama's Mentorship — Here's the Life-Changing Advice He Got

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky skipped business school to be mentored by Barack Obama. Their weekly calls shaped his leadership before Airbnb's IPO and inspired a £79 million scholarship for public service.

International Business Times UK · May 28, 2025

Barack and Michelle Obama have date night at George Clooney’s Broadway play amid divorce rumors

Exclusive: ‘The Independent’ confirms the Obamas were in attendance at ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ on Tuesday and chatted with Clooney backstage

The Independent UK · May 28, 2025

Dulcet-voiced Sony tech god Mark Cerny is better than you at Balatro, joins the 0.1% of players to platinum the whole game

Who's this Joker?

PC Gamer · May 27, 2025

Trump’s foreign policy is not so unusual for the US – he just drops the facade of moral leadership

The US has zagged from isolation to imperialism, but Trump has ‘emptied the ethical and moral frame’ of diplomacy

The Guardian - US · May 26, 2025

Original Sin: how Team Biden wished away his decline until it was too late

Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson issue a stinging verdict on a cover-up that may have cost Democrats the 2024 election

The Guardian - US · May 25, 2025

Trump’s West Point graduation address veers from US-first doctrine to politics

US president pans previous administrations for fighting foreign wars and ‘wasting our time, money and souls’

The Guardian - US · May 24, 2025

“Too risky at the moment”: America is now so divided that a Bruce Springsteen covers band has been advised not to play in his hometown

Springsteen’s anti-Trump comments while on European tour got a US venue so rattled they cancelled a coverband’s gig

MusicRadar · May 23, 2025

Lulu dreams of singing To Sir With Love to former US president Barack Obama

Lulu said there has never been a prime minister here who has that kind of charisma.

Evening Standard · May 23, 2025

Why Donald Trump has put Asia on the precipice of a nuclear arms race

For the past 75 years, America’s nuclear umbrella has been the keystone that has kept East Asia’s great‑power rivalries from turning atomic.

The Conversation · May 23, 2025