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The Latest Breaking News from Barack Obama

US to allow more flight routes to Cuba in latest restriction lift

Biden administration announced plan to lift Trump-era restrictions related to Cuba in May in bid to re-engage.

Al Jazeera

Platinum Jubilee: All US Presidents the Queen has met during her 70-year reign

Throughout the last seven decades the Queen has given official state visits to just three presidents.

Daily Record

Former Corinthian students get federal student debt erased

The Biden administration says it will forgive all remaining federal student debt for former students of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain

The Independent UK

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What is Pride Month? How to celebrate LGBTQ pride in the US

Cities throughout the US celebrate LGBTQ pride as Pride Month kicks off in June

The Independent UK

Trump's Durham investigation is a flop

Fox News and MAGAworld dealt an embarrassing failure

Salon

How ‘The G Word’ blew Adam Conover’s mind - Roll Call

The comedian found a lot to love about the federal government in his new Netflix show, produced by Barack and Michelle Obama.

Roll Call

World War 3: Seven times it has been wrongly declared or predicted

Moscow’s remark echo a string of previous sinister predictions

The Independent UK

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Will News Corp change its approach after Labor's election win? Not if the US example is anything to go by

In 1953, the Communist East German regime quashed a widespread uprising and afterwards admonished the protesters, saying the government had lost confidence in the people. In a famous satirical poem, left-wing author Bertolt Brecht said that, if so, perhaps the government could dissolve the people and elect a new lot.

The Conversation

Adam ruins government & criticizes Obama

Netflix's "The G Word" host tells Salon government is "astonishing" when it works and how to stop doomscrolling

Salon

Parenting programs better way to fight violence than curfews

Programs like ParentAble help break the cycle of unintentional harmful parenting and provides a foundational understanding of the developmental needs of children and evidence-based positive parenting practices.

Chicago Sun-Times

Train to nowhere: can California’s high-speed rail project ever get back on track?

Despite 14 years of work and about $5bn spent, the 2008 promise of quick transport between Los Angeles and San Francisco has not materialized

The Guardian - US

Inside the remarkable lives of America's first ladies in exciting new TV series

A new TV series called The First Lady will look at the lives of Michelle Obama, Betty Ford and Eleanor Roosevelt – played by Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson

Daily Mirror

‘We have to act’: can Biden cut through the gridlock on gun control?

The president has long fought for restrictions but deep divisions have often left him hamstrung

The Guardian - US

Obama reconnects with youth - now graduating high school - in famous ‘Hair Like Mine’ photo

Reflecting on one of the most iconic photos of his presidency, former President Obama said, “I think this picture embodied one of the hopes that I had when I first started running for office.”

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The Independent UK

Barack Obama reunites with the boy who touched his head in iconic ‘Hair Like Mine’ photo

‘It’s Barack Obama, man. Do you remember me?’ the former president said to Jacob Philadelphia over Zoom

ABC News

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is one of America's fiercest gun rights advocates. Now his state is grappling with another school massacre

Texan Governor Greg Abbott has maintained his grip on America's Lone Star state for seven years, and is likely to clinch a third term later this year. For now, he must grapple with yet another mass shooting.

WEKU

Political realities have stopped legislative action after school shootings

The political climate has changed drastically since a 10-year assault weapons ban passed in 1994. The lack of political will and other barriers stand in the way of it even coming to a vote today.

Chicago Sun-Times

Democratic secretary of state candidates debate who is carrying the most ethical baggage

Ald. David Moore (17th), who has limited campaign coffers, tried to paint himself as the candidate without any ethical problems — as former state treasurer Alexi Giannoulias and Chicago city clerk Anna Valencia traded barbs in the heated Democratic race to succeed Illinois Secretary of State Jesse…

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Mic

O-T Fagbenle is showing us a different side of Barack Obama on 'The First Lady'

“My job was to find out what are the insecurities? What are the fears? What are the times he messed up?

The Conversation

How 'gate' became the syllable of scandal

On June 17, 1972, Washington, D.C., police arrested five men for breaking into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. Although the administration’s press secretary, Ron Ziegler, dismissed the crime as a “third-rate burglary,” its scope would grow to consume Richard Nixon’s presidency and then bring it to an end…

The Conversation

Will the latest shooting of US children finally lead to gun reform? Sadly, that's unlikely

Mass shootings in the United States are all too common and, sadly, unsurprising to much of the world.

The Hindu

Unending tragedy: On U.S. school shootings and gun control debate

The U.S. must impose a ban on assault weapons, and expand checks for gun ownership

The Independent UK

Tribute for late VA chief Max Cleland, who lost limbs in war

President Joe Biden and three former presidents have paid tribute to late Veterans Administration chief and U.S. senator Max Cleland, who lost limbs while serving in Vietnam

The Guardian - US

Why can’t America do anything to stop mass shootings?

Despite hundreds of mass shootings unfolding in the US every year, Congress has repeatedly failed to pass major gun-control legislation

Al Jazeera

How ‘alternative facts’ threaten US democracy

As divisions in society deepen, an understanding of a common reality is eroding, social scientists warn.

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