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Folks from around the country were touched by the fist bump that Vice President Kamala Harris gave former President Barack Obama and his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama. The simple, quick, yet powerful gesture between Harris and the Obamas is already being called “iconic,” “must-see” and “photo of the day” by the likes of…

Michelle Obama celebrated her 57th birthday by giving her multitude of fans and followers a rare glimpse of her makeup-free beauty. The New York Times bestselling author of Becoming showed off her long natural curls that elegantly framed a glowing shot of herself bare-faced in a black-and-white photo. Obama has been flossing her crown of…

Former President Barack Obama categorically condemned the throngs of thugs that stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., and desecrated the interior of the edifice on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Obama, 59, described the violent insurrection that was inspired by the sitting president as “a moment of great dishonor and shame for our nation.” Political…

Barack Obama’s phenomenal run as the most admired man has come to an end in 2020. However, his wife Michelle Obama kept her crown as the world’s most admired woman, according to a recently-released Gallup Poll. The 44th president, 59, was previously named the nation’s most admired man for 12 consecutive years, a record he…

Megan Thee Stallion will be closing out the year with a bang. ABC just announced that she’ll be performing at “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2021.” The show will air on Sunday, Dec. 30. “It’s about to get HOT. Megan @TheeStallion is bringing the heat to #rockinEve! Don’t miss it,” Seacrest…

Barack Obama started a tradition after leaving the White House of listing his favorite songs each year. The former president, 59, and his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, 56, have pleasantly surprised admirers with how contemporary their combined musical palates are. Of course, the former first couple admits they’ve been greatly aided by their…

It is remarkable that Sasha Obama does not own a single social media platform, and yet the internet explodes every time a rare image of the former first daughter is posted. It just happened on Dec. 1, 2020, when a TikTok video showing the 19-year-old University of Michigan sophomore dancing with friends went viral internationally.…

Barack Obama, a die-hard basketball fan, could never hope to beat LeBron James in a game of one-on-one. But his high school basketball jersey bested that of “The Chosen One” at an auction this past weekend. Obama’s 1978-1979 No. 23 Punahou School jersey sold for $192,000 at Juliens Auctions, according to USA Today. That breaks…

Three former presidents of the United States indicated they will take the coronavirus vaccine in order to help sow trust in the antidote. In fact, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, will film the process of taking the vaccine to alleviate fears surrounding it. “People like Anthony Fauci, who I know and I’ve…

Sasha Obama is making headlines again for a nifty dance sequence that was posted on TikTok on Wednesday, Dec. 02, 2020, and then quickly snatched off the site by unknown influences. Barack and Michelle Obama’s younger daughter was front and center, showing off her deft dance skills, and created excitement for female fans by flossing…

Former President Barack Obama doesn’t like the “snappy” slogan “defund the police” and believes it alienates supporters and potential allies in the fight to end police brutality. Obama: You lose people with "snappy" slogans like "defund the police" https://t.co/qjrPY9eY2M pic.twitter.com/ynqQHnvN3u — The Hill (@thehill) December 1, 2020 Obama, 59, also suggested strongly that the oft-repeated…

The president is just a person. However, due to the weight of the decisions he makes daily, we forget that the people we elect to the Oval Office are simply human. Former POTUS Barack Obama grapples with this reality in his book, A Promised Land. In the preface to the memoir, President Obama writes that…

Barack Obama has given Drake the greenlight to play him in a biopic. The former U.S. President revealed that he would be happy for the rapper to portray him on screen as he is a “talented brother” and is able “to do anything he wants.” Obama said: “I will say this: Drake seems to be…

Barack Obama has heard the whispers from a percentage of Black people that he didn’t do enough to alleviate the societal ills that have traditionally plagued African Americans. The 44th president, who is now 59, sat down with “The Breakfast Club” for a comprehensive interview on his time in the White House and the subsequent…

Former President Barack Obama’s latest memoir, A Promised Land, has broken first-day sales records for the largest publishing house in the world. According to a statement by Penguin Random House imprint Crown, A Promised Land sold more than 887,000 books on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, the first day in the U.S. and Canada, ABC News…

Former President Barack Obama delivered some enthralling anecdotes about his time inside the White House in his upcoming memoir, A Promised Land. According to an excerpt obtained by The Sunday Times of the U.K., Obama was forced to quit coaching his youngest daughter Sasha’s fourth-grade basketball team due to chronic complaints from parents within the…

Barack Obama explained how his wife objected to him making his historic run for the presidency. During an interview with “60 Minutes” on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, the 44th president recounted former first lady Michelle Obama‘s reaction once she found out about her husband’s grand ambitions. “I do not want you running for president. God,…

Barack Obama comes raw in his eagerly anticipated memoir, A Promised Land, saying the current president “promised an elixir for the racial anxiety” of “millions of Americans spooked by a Black man in the White House.” This is a side of Obama that most of the public never got to see or hear during his…

Former President Barack Obama opens up for the first time about the sizable toll his presidency took on his marriage. The 44th president writes in A Promised Land, which goes on sale on Nov. 17, 2020, that he discerned underlying tensions while he and wife Michelle and their children were living in a sometimes suffocating…

Joe Biden has galvanized such a groundswell of voter support that he broke former President Barack Obama’s all-time record. Obama once held the popular vote record of 69,498,516 popular votes he set during his first presidential campaign in 2008, Newsweek reports. Biden has currently received almost 70 million votes (69,512,303) or 50.1 percent. In 2008,…