Barack and Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination for president, sharing the news in a joint phone call. A video released by the campaign suggests the former president and first lady called Harris on Thursday while the vice president was in Houston, where she addressed the …
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Two of the Democratic Party’s most influential figures have privately expressed their concerns that President Joe Biden cannot win against Donald Trump. CNN reported on Friday that former President Barack Obamaa and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have been holding conversations behind the scenes, and fielding concerns from party members …
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Before publishing his bombshell op-ed in The New York Times, George Clooney reportedly sought counsel from a friend: former President Barack Obama. On Wednesday, the Academy Award-winning actor — and longtime Democrat — published an opinion piece in the Times calling for President Joe Biden to end his reelection campaign, …
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Top Democrats, including elected officials, political operatives, and major party donors want President Joe Biden to step aside — “immediately,” many of them say — for a candidate who can more effectively make the case against Donald Trump, and also project the ability to do the hardest job on the …
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Marian Robinson, the mother of former First Lady Michelle Obama, has died at the age of 86. Robinson’s death was confirmed by the former First Lady on social media Friday. “My mom Marian Robinson was my rock, always there for whatever I needed,” wrote Michelle. “She was the same steady …
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The biggest name in search has been making a mockery of itself, misinforming users that Barack Obama is a Muslim and that humans should eat rocks daily. It is even (trigger warning: self harm) touting the Golden Gate Bridge as the “best bridge to jump off,” highlighting the high fatality …
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Former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton arrived at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Thursday night to garner support and funds for President Joe Biden‘s reelection campaign. The event drummed up more than $25 million in what Biden’s campaign is calling the “most successful political fundraiser in …
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Xunami Muse and Geneva Karr are making history on Season 16 of RuPaul’s Drag Race. The two queens — Muse, who’s Panamanian, and Karr, who’s Mexican — are the first two queens to compete on the show while living with DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. “It’s a reality …
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As he’s always wont to do, Barack Obama has been trickling out his favorite bits of culture from 2023 over the past few weeks, and he’s finally shared his list of favorite songs. The playlist is vintage Obama-core — a wide-ranging, always tasteful, potentially focus-grouped assortment of music from across …
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Although Colman Domingo’s spent three decades in the entertainment industry, with title roles in the theater, he says he’s been sidelined in film and television. He played a trombonist in Chadwick Boseman’s final film, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; counselor to Zendaya’s troubled Rue in Euphoria; a violent, turn-on-a-dime pimp in …
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