There’s a school of thought popular among Washington watchers that it was Barack Obama’s jibes at Donald Trump during an ill-fated White House Correspondents’ Dinner in 2011 that might have led to Trump’s presidential run which in turn would upend the rules-based liberal order that came into effect post-World War II and now threatens not just American politics,

With increasing frequency, the former Democratic president is re-entering the political arena in unexpected and unsubtle ways.

Pete Souza also slammed “authoritarian” Donald Trump’s address to the United Nations as “just a series of lies and grievances.”

President Barack Obama admits he has been digging himself out of a hole in his relationship with Michelle Obama during his European speaking tour.

Barack Obama has criticised Donald Trump's claims linking paracetamol to autism, calling them dangerous falsehoods that threaten public health. Obama

The former president had sharp words for the Trump administration in the wake of ABC pulling Kimmel's late-night program.

"The test of whether you're really going to achieve peace is whether you abide by the rule of law," Leon Panetta told Newsweek.

CBS News reported that pledges are coming from corporations and wealthy donors, including Google, Booz Allen Hamilton, R.J. Reynolds, Palantir, and NextEra Energy. Lockheed Martin is said to have contributed $10 million to the project. They each may be rewarded by having their names etched into the White House.

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