The Latest Breaking News from Barack Obama

House passes sweeping bill that will slash Medicaid and food stamps. Plus, Israel steps up Gaza bombing before ceasefire talks

After days of debate and backroom wrangling, the measure overcame Republican objections and passed the House. Key US politics stories from 3 July 2025

Details include how White House staff thought ex-president ‘was a prick’ who disrespected and mistreated Biden

Former President Barack Obama warned Wednesday that more than 16 million Americans risk losing their health coverage as House Republicans struggle to advance President Donald Trump‘s sweeping tax and spending package that includes significant cuts to Medicaid funding.

With Zohran Mamdani officially securing the Democratic nomination in the New York City mayoral race, centrist figures within the Democratic party, such as former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, are raising questions on the city’s future under a self-described Democratic Socialist.

While he likes to provoke opponents with the possibility of serving a third term, Donald Trump faces a more immediate historical burden that has plagued so many presidents: the “second term curse”.

Former Obama economic advisor Jason Furman just dropped a reality check that should have every investor paying attention to Washington’s fiscal math. In a pointed social media post, the Harvard economist highlighted a glaring problem with the Trump administration’s promise to lower the debt-to-GDP ratio by at least 3 percentage…

The US foreign aid agency formally closed down Tuesday, with President Donald Trump's administration trumpeting the end of the "charity-based model" despite predictions that millions of lives will be lost.

New White House-approved painting was donated after Trump described the original as ‘purposefully distorted’