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Play Video 1:01 Days after tweeting about ‘Obamagate’ and accusing his predecessor, Barack Obama, of committing crimes, US president Donald Trump was asked to specify what those exactly were. He replied: ‘Obamagate, it’s been going on for a long time, it’s being going on from even before I got elected and it’s a disgrace that […] More
After the justice department dropped charges against Trump’s ex-national security adviser, Obama expressed fear the US is headed in a dangerous direction Barack Obama on 29 September 2019. Photograph: Christof Stache/AFP via Getty Images Barack Obama has reportedly said the “rule of law is at risk” in the US, after the justice department said it […] More
Anchor spoke out Sunday night after Donald Trump retweeted a conspiracy theory about Barack Obama Coronavirus – latest US updates Coronavirus – latest global updates See all our coronavirus coverage Don Lemon is a frequent target of the president’s ire. Photograph: J Countess/Getty Images The CNN anchor Don Lemon spoke directly to Donald Trump on […] More
Biden has taken an unusual approach, gamely answering questions about his search for a vice-president – a role he knows intimately Joe Biden gestures at a campaign stop in St Louis, Missouri, on 7 March. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters Long before Joe Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee, he was welcoming recommendations for his vice-presidential running […] More
In Deep review: Trump v intelligence – and Obama vs the people Pulitzer-winner David Rohde dismisses the Deep State theory – but also shows government does pursue entrenched interests Donald Trump speaks at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, in January 2017. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images The 2016 election left the US gaping at a brewing […] More
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (known as AMLO) reacted last week to the news that a corruption investigation into Mexico’s nationalized petroleum industry, Pemex, had moved on to target his predecessor, Enrique Peña Nieto. Though aware of the attorney general’s investigation into another personality active during the previous regime — former Pemex CEO Emilio Lozoya […] More
Most political observers sensed that former US President Barack Obama was keeping a close eye on the Democratic primaries with a view to engineering events leading up to this year’s convention. Months ago they had heard rumblings about his determination to prevent Senator Bernie Sanders from getting the nomination. In early March, the day before […] More
Malcolm Turnbull on Donald Trump: ‘You don’t suck up to bullies’ Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull meet for the first time onboard the USS Intrepid in New York in May 2017. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images In this extract from his memoir, the former Australian prime minister recounts his deals and negotiations with the US president […] More
