German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed former U.S. President Barack Obama in Berlin on Saturday. The meeting was closed to the press. The German government spokesman, Steffen Seibert, declined comment on the content of the talks, calling Obama’s visit to the Chancellery in Berlin a “private meeting.”

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Add Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) to the growing list of high-profile Republicans who want to know what President Obama himself knew at the time about the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections.
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Last week, Politico published an interview with Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), which included harsh words against President Barack Obama.

Omar attempted to clear her name with a recording of her interview, but she ended up owning herself.

So will she get it right on the third try?

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As the chaos within the Democrat Party continues, Politico interviewed Democrat Minnesota Reps. Ilhan Omar and Dean Phillips about the future of the party.

Omar dished out harsh words for her party, but took a particular aim at President Barack Obama.

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The title of this article by Holman Jenkins intrigued me: “Politicians Never Lied Before Trump,” and so I clicked on it. I was almost certain that the title was sarcastic—of course, politicians lie often, and have done so since time immemorial—and sure enough, the title was indeed meant as sarcasm.

It seems...

Former President Obama has developed a habit of running after President Trump and trying to take credit for positive developments happening on the current president’s watch. The latest example came Tuesday when Obama declared that he is responsible for increased oil production in the United States.

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The US Secret Service intercepted packages sent to the homes of the Clintons in New York and President Barack Obama in Washington that contain “possible explosive devices.” The Clintons and Obama didn’t receive the packages “because of screening procedures.”

CNN then reported the NYPD has responded to a suspicious package outside at...

We have been following the saga of the construction of the Barack Obama Presidential Center, which has been denounced by professors at the University of Chicago and faces an environmental impact lawsuit from local citizen groups.
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Obama is being given yet another award, this time for ethics in government.

The Associated Press reports via FOX 2 St. Louis:

Obama will be speaking at University of Illinois

Former President Barack Obama...

When I first heard that Senator John McCain (R-AZ) explicitly stated that he did not want President Trump to attend his funeral, I was taken aback not only by his petty smallness but by the abrupt change of tune since his insistence that Obama be treated with respect simply because he...

President Donald Trump’s decision last week to withdraw the United States from Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has occasioned a lot of hand-wringing by his critics (and by fans of his predecessor Barack Obama).

After all, the storyline goes Iran was adhering to the deal, so the United States was damaging...

An editorial in The New York Times on Monday blasted President Donald Trump for not having a plan for Syria. I don’t know if Trump does or doesn’t have a plan for Syria. What I do know is that Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama did have a plan for Syria – and...

Former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled their portraits for the National Portrait Gallery today. Each one picked “acclaimed African-American artists to portray them.” From NBC News:

“Pretty sharp!” Barack Obama quipped...

President Trump is not the only one taking a giant eraser to Barack Obama’s legacy.

The House of Representatives has just passed a bill rescinding many of the former President’s restrictive menu labeling rules, and potentially providing enough flexibility so that restaurants won’t have to label the calories for every variation of...

It’s amazing how many people on the left are objecting to Obama’s presidential center. Did anyone see this coming?

The College Fix reports:

UChicago faculty denounce plans for Obama Presidential Center: ‘object-lesson in the mistakes of the past’

Faculty at the University of Chicago have joined a growing chorus of Chicagoans voicing alarm and...

A reporter withheld a 2005 photo of Senator Barack Obama smiling next to Louis Farrakhan at a Congressional Black Caucus gathering until a few days ago.

The reporter said he didn’t want to hurt Obama’s political career, as we reported in Journalist Releases Photo of Obama With Farrakhan Hidden From Public...

A photographer and journalist named Askia Muhammad has released a picture he took in 2005 of then Senator Barack Obama with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Muhammad admits that the photo was hidden from the public in order to protect Obama’s political career.

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