January 15, 2022 Former Obama adviser pleads guilty to stealing $218K from schools A former Obama administration adviser pleaded guilty to wire fraud and stealing $218,000 from charter schools, announced the Southern District of New York (SDNY) on Friday.
January 14, 2022 Former Obama-era acting DHS inspector general pleads guilty to scheme to steal gov’t software Charles Edwards, who worked as acting inspector general at DHS-OIG between 2011 and 2013, is accused of having executed a scheme to steal confidential and proprietary software from the government after he left the agency and set up his own company.
January 13, 2022 Obama about-faces on filibuster to push election bills, gives full support to Biden to ‘modify Senate rules’ Former President Barack Obama pushes the need for voting rights reform by ending the filibuster in the Senate in a USA Today op-ed.
January 8, 2022 Biden, Obama pay tribute to late Sen. Harry Reid Former President Barack Obama remembered former Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., as a dogged fighter who defied the odds to become one of the most powerful and successful politicians in America.
January 7, 2022 Manchin pressured to back filibuster changes by Clinton, Obama, Oprah West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is getting pressure from powerful corners of the Democratic Party to change his stance on the Senate filibuster to pass voting reforms.
January 4, 2022 Michigan redistricting map, praised by Obama, faces lawsuit alleging Black disenfranchisement A Michigan redistricting map that was praised by former President Obama is facing a lawsuit from current and former lawmakers who allege that it disenfranchises Black voters.
December 29, 2021 California man had rifle, TikTok 'hit list' naming Biden, former presidents on way to White House, feds say A recently fired California grocery store worker was arrested in Iowa last week after he was found with a TikTok "hit list" filled with the of names of political and public figures, including President Biden, former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Anthony Fauci, in a haphazard plan to “combat evil demons in the White House,” according to court records.
December 25, 2021 Christmas 2021: Read Biden, Trump and Obama's Christmas messages to Americans The three most recent presidents all shared Christmas messages with Americans Saturday.
December 19, 2021 Outgoing NIH director says 'hundreds of thousands would have died' from COVID if US hadn't listened to him Outgoing National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins took aim at the makers of the 'The Great Barrington Declaration,' refusing to step down from calling them “'fringe epidemiologists' while arguing 'hundreds of thousands' would have died of COVID-19 if the country followed their advice
December 15, 2021 Obama ethics chief calls Pelosi's support of lawmaker stock trading 'disgusting': the 'opposite’ of ethics Former director of the Office of Government Ethics Walter Shaub torched the speaker’s backing of personal financial trading among lawmakers after Pelosi defended the practice on Wednesday.