The Latest Breaking News from Barack Obama

Obama said Donald Trump’s claims linking paracetamol to autism in infants is ‘violence against the truth’. Key US politics stories from 24 September 2025

Former president says successor’s claims about drug branded Tylenol in US ‘undermines public health that can do harm to women’

Filmmaker Dan Krauss explains how U.S. leaders misled the public about Afghanistan, why the media failed to push back, and how money and power kept America’s longest war alive long after it was lost.

Director of National Intelligence accused of scoring ‘own goal’ by revoking security clearances of ex-officials now required as witnesses in 2017 ‘coup’ probe

Melissa Bean is one of a few former members who left the House more than a decade ago and are seeking comebacks in next year’s elections.

More than 400 Hollywood celebrities, including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, and Joaquin Phoenix, are demanding the return of Jimmy Kimmel Live. In the open letter, released by the American Civil Liberties Union, the signatories uphold that the talk show’s cancellation is a direct hit on free speech in the United…

Kimmel’s show was suspended last week following his comments about Trump and MAGA responses to Charlie Kirk’s murder.

Trump has made clear he wants a Nobel Peace Prize, and has been frequently citing his diplomatic successes

The New START deal, signed by then-US and Russian presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev, limits each country to no more than 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads and 700 deployed missiles and bombers.

Explaining his move to rename the United States Department of Defense the Department of War, as it was known prior to 1949, President Donald Trump explained it had “a stronger sound.”

How much does Barack Obama get from Social Security? Find out what factors determine his benefit—and how yours could compare to a former president’s.