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Less than 24 hours in Buenos Aires, and Barack Obama is already doing the tango. The president and first lady Michelle Obama were attending a state dinner in the Argentine capital Wednesday evening when they were pulled abruptly onto the dance floor on by a pair of tango dancers hired to provide the entertainment. At […]

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Perhaps it’s not wise to put too much stock in the President’s picks for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. President Barack Obama’s tournament bracket wasrevealed on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” on Wednesday morning, his final bracket as president. Just once in his presidency has he successfully predicted the men’s national champion: That came back in 2009, his […]

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Time Magazine brought prima ballerina Misty Copeland andPresident Barack Obama together during Women’s History Month and the results were pretty amazing. The two, who are both biracial and were raised by single mothers, discussed how they were shaped by their histories and their finding a path to acceptance as pioneers in their respective fields. Misty […]

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] Gayle King spoke with the president and the first lady live at the White House Sunday, right before the Super Bowl. Then we went to the Oval Office to discuss the president’s final months on the job. He is more reflective, opening up about how the role changed him and what stresses him out […]

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President Barack Obama paid tribute Wednesday to Ray Charles and the late singer-songwriter’s unmistakable “singular sound” that the president said continues to influence generations of musicians. Obama noted that Charles grew up in the segregated South, his early years colored by poverty and tragedy. But, the president said, Charles had two things working in his […]

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  President Obama and First Lady Michelle are the cutest couple to ever grace the steps of the White House. POTUS made a special guest appearance at The Ellen Degeneres Show yesterday and spread nothing but love across the audience. Because he has to attend several Democratic Party events, Barack and Michelle won’t be spending Valentine’s Day […]

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The White House is promising President Barack Obama will deliver a “non-traditional” State of the Union address next month, eschewing the standard litany of policy proposals for a broader discussion on the challenges facing the country. The format reflects the legislative reality for Obama’s final year in office. Much of what the White House and […]

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Our favorite power couple just celebrated over two decades of marriage. President of the United States, Barack Obama, and his First Lady Michelle Obama celebrated their 23rd wedding anniversary on October 3, 2015. The two have been rocking steady since October 3rd, 1992 and welcomed their beautiful girls not long after. To honor their strong relationship, Obama shared an […]

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President Barack Obama is not looking forward to his daughters heading off to college, lamenting at an event on Wednesday that they are growing up too fast. “Just yesterday, Malia started her first day of senior year. You know, I was sitting in her room because I was going to see her off her first […]

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Capping off a week of events and political actions to tackle prison reform, President Obama on Thursday became the first sitting president to visit a federal prison when he stepped through the doors of Oklahoma’s El Reno to talk to inmates and law enforcement officers about the current state of our criminal justice system. Literally […]

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GETTY: It is the scandal that has dominated press headlines for quite some time and finally, President Barack Obama answered a question about Bill Cosby. During a Wednesday White House press conference, he said no civilized country should ever tolerate rape. In response to a reporter’s query, Obama said “we don’t have that mechanism” to […]

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President Obama loved Lee Daniels’ latest film, “The Butler.“ More importantly, he loved his “girl” Oprah Winfrey in “The Butler.” During an interview with radio hosts Tom Joyner and Sybill Wilkes at the Oval Office, the president said of the media mogul, “My girl, she can act.” Another favorite for the president was Cuba Gooding Jr. According to the New York Daily News: “His favorite parts of the movie were the […]