• Photographer Mark Seliger reveals true meaning behind Obama portrait

    Photographer Mark Seliger reveals true meaning behind Obama portrait

    One of the world’s pre­eminent portrait photographers, Mark Seliger has photographed everyone from the Red Hot Chili Peppers — nude — to the Dalai Lama to Oscar winners, often for glossy titles such as Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair. Working with RADArt4Aid, an organization that distributed donations to various charities, Seliger, 61, auctioned off 26 …
  • Obama Condemns George Floyd Riots: ‘Let’s Not Excuse Violence’

    Obama Condemns George Floyd Riots: ‘Let’s Not Excuse Violence’

    Former president Barack Obama decried the looting and burning of American cities in response to the death of George Floyd, saying it was “compounding the destruction” of inner-city communities and “detracting from the larger cause.” Obama pointed to a viral video of an elderly black Minneapolis resident brought to tears by the situation after rioters …
  • A.G. Barr Says He Does Not Expect Durham Investigation to Prompt Criminal Probe of Biden or Obama

    A.G. Barr Says He Does Not Expect Durham Investigation to Prompt Criminal Probe of Biden or Obama

    Attorney General William Barr on Monday said he does not expect U.S. attorney John Durham’s probe into the origins of the Russia investigation to lead to a criminal investigation of either Joe Biden or Barack Obama. “As for President Obama and Vice President Biden, whatever their level of involvement based on what I know, I …
  • ‘Grossly Incompetent’: Trump Attacks Obama in Response to Criticism of His Handling of Pandemic

    ‘Grossly Incompetent’: Trump Attacks Obama in Response to Criticism of His Handling of Pandemic

    President Trump on Sunday hit back at criticism from former president Barack Obama over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. “Look, he was an incompetent president,” Trump said of Obama. “That’s all I can say. Grossly incompetent.” In a speech to graduates of historically black colleges on Saturday, Obama leveled thinly veiled criticism at his …
  • Graham Pushes Back on Trump’s Demand That He Call Obama to Testify on Flynn Probe

    Graham Pushes Back on Trump’s Demand That He Call Obama to Testify on Flynn Probe

    Senator Lindsey Graham pushed back Thursday against President Trump’s exhortation that he call former President Obama to testify to Congress about efforts by Obama administration officials to “unmask” former national-security adviser Michael Flynn. “If I were a Senator or Congressman, the first person I would call to testify about the biggest political crime and scandal in the history …
  • DOJ Won’t Release List of Obama Officials Who ‘Unmasked’ Flynn

    DOJ Won’t Release List of Obama Officials Who ‘Unmasked’ Flynn

    The Department of Justice is not planning to release a declassified list of Obama administration officials who were reportedly behind the “unmasking” of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, according to multiple reports. Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell handed over the list to Attorney General Bill Barr last week, after the DOJ dropped …
  • GOP Rep. Accuses Obama of Using Flynn Probe to ‘Perform a Coup’ against Trump

    GOP Rep. Accuses Obama of Using Flynn Probe to ‘Perform a Coup’ against Trump

    Representative Andy Biggs is accusing former President Obama of attempting to orchestrate a “coup” against his successor, saying the previous administration engaged in a conspiracy to undermine then President-elect Trump while investigating national security adviser Michael Flynn. Biggs made the claim during a Fox News appearance with Representative Jim Jordan, who alleged that over several weeks …
  • Biden Claims GOP Concerns about Flynn Probe ‘All About Diversion,’ Claims Ignorance on Investigation’s Origins

    Biden Claims GOP Concerns about Flynn Probe ‘All About Diversion,’ Claims Ignorance on Investigation’s Origins

    Former Vice President Joe Biden was forced to backtrack after saying he knew “nothing” about the investigation of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, after ABC’s George Stephanopoulos pointed out Biden has been in a January 2017 Oval Office meeting in which Flynn was discussed. When first asked about the DOJ’s decision to drop …
  • Obama Claims ‘Rule of Law Is At Risk’ after DOJ Drops Flynn Case

    Obama Claims ‘Rule of Law Is At Risk’ after DOJ Drops Flynn Case

    Former president Barack Obama claimed in a private phone call last week that the “rule of law is at risk” following the Justice Department’s decision to drop the case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn, Yahoo News reported on Friday. “The news over the last 24 hours I think has been somewhat downplayed — about …
  • Obama Spox Claims GOP’s Biden-Ukraine Investigation Is Based on ‘Russian Disinformation’

    Obama Spox Claims GOP’s Biden-Ukraine Investigation Is Based on ‘Russian Disinformation’

    Former president Barack Obama accused Senators Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R., Wis.) of giving “credence to a Russian disinformation campaign” by probing a possible conflict of interest between Hunter Biden’s business dealings and Joe Biden’s diplomatic work. In a March letter to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) — which maintains …