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Houston woman who mailed explosives to Barack Obama and Texas governor jailed for 10 years

Julia Ann Poff pleaded guilty in Houston federal court in July to transporting homemade explosives with intent to kill, injure or intimidate. She was jailed for 10 years yesterday.




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Donald Trump claims Marie Yovanovitch 'didn't want to hang my picture in the embassy'

Former Ambassador to the Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch on Friday denied Donald Trump's claim that she refused to hang his picture in the U.S. Embassy in Kiev. 




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Adam Schiff claims Republicans would vote to impeach Barack Obama 'with a fraction of the evidence'

Adam Schiff said Sunday that the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump isn't a partisan issue as he bashes Republicans for putting party ahead of country.




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Barack Obama warned in private conversations that Joe Biden 'doesn't have it'

Barack Obama has privately indicated he doesn't have faith his former vice president could win the Democratic nomination in 2020, Politico reported.




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Black Friday gun sales are second highest ever, background check data indicates

On Black Friday alone, the FBI ran 202,465 checks, or an average of more than two checks per second. The record for firearms checks was set on 2017's Black Friday with 203,086.




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Obama's attorney general Eric Holder tears into Bill Barr

Eric Holder, who served as Barack Obama's attorney general, slammed Bill Barr as 'unfit to lead the Justice Department' and charged him with running political interference' for Donald Trump.




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Socialist running for Congress says God should give Barack Obama 'the most malignant cancer'

A Democratic socialist candidate running for Congress in Texas wished a deadly cancer upon Barack Obama, and claimed the former president 'gives zero f***s about y'all.'




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Barack Obama says women are 'indisputably better' than men when it comes to running the world

The former U.S. president while speaking at a private leadership conference in Singapore blamed most of the world's problems on 'old people', mostly men, holding on to positions of power.




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Half of active-duty military personnel are unhappy with President Trump

The results showed a 13 per cent drop in support for the president from when he took office in 2016. They were carried out by the Military Times and staff at Syracuse University, New York.




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Trump retweets 2-year-old meme claiming he brought Jesus back to US after Obama kicked him out

Donald Trump has retweeted a two-year-old meme that suggests Jesus Christ likes him better than Barack Obama and calls the current White House resident 'heaven sent'.




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Joe Biden says he's open to nominating former President Barack Obama to the Supreme Court

At a campaign event in Washington, Iowa, on Saturday, 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said he would consider nominating Obama to the Supreme Court.




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76 percent of black Americans are 'almost certain' they'll vote

A new survey of black Americans found nearly half are more motivated to vote in 2020 than they were in 2016 and a whopping 76 percent are 'almost certain' that they'll head to the polls.




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Barack Obama and Donald Trump TIE for 'most admired man' in 2019 in Gallup poll

Eighteen percent of the US adults quizzed nominated Donald Trump as the man 'living today in any part of the world' that they admired most, while Obama also received 18 percent.




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Shirtless Barack Obama is pictured paddleboarding in Hawaii

Former President Barack Obama, 58, has been vacationing in Hawaii since before Christmas. On January 2, he was pictured paddleboarding in the Pacific Ocean.




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Former First Sea Lord Admiral LORD WEST delivers stark warning amid Iran crisis

LORD WEST: Britain and America want the same outcome in Iran. But Friday's assassination emphasises what radically different approaches we are taking, and the perils of what lies ahead.




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Donald Trump blames Barack Obama for funding Iran missiles

The high-stakes address comes just hours after Iran launched what it promised would be a 'crushing revenge' strike over the death of General Qassem Soleimani but only damaged two airbases.




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Malia Obama 'has wild night of partying with students in London'

Malia Obama spent Friday night at a 'wild' party with University College London students, that ended with a window being smashed, tequila poured over the kitchen and marijuana allegedly being smoked.




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Oscar 2020: Obamas thrilled at American Factory nomination

The documentary American Factory, which is the first release from the Obamas' production company Higher Ground, earned an Oscars nod on Monday for documentary feature.




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Phoebe Waller-Bridge talks about Barack Obama's love of Fleabag on Ellen

Phoebe Waller-Bridge said Barack Obama admitting his favourite TV show is Fleabag was the 'peak of my career' in Friday's upcoming episode of Ellen.




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Trump tweets photoshopped image showing Barack Obama scaling walls of Trump Tower with binoculars

The tweet was an apparent reference to claims made by President Trump and his supporters that his predecessor, Barack Obama, unlawfully spied on him and his campaign.




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Barack Obama thinks Bernie Sanders is unfit to be the Democrat nominee

Obama, who has remained notably silent during the Democratic primary, could soon change that policy due to his concern over Sanders' increasingly far-out leftist proposals, his friends say.




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Barack Obama singles out Melbourne woman for her different approach to Australia's bushfire crisis

Former US President Barack Obama has publicly praised a Melbourne activist for her work in preserving food for bushfire victims.




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Jeff Bezos throws lavish party his new Washington DC mansion

Jeff Bezos threw a lavish party at his finally completed Washington DC mansion attended by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and actor Ben Stiller Saturday night.




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Barack Obama pays tribute to 'legend' Kobe Bryant after the NBA star's death

Former president Barack Obama tweeted Kobe Bryant was 'a legend on the court and just getting started in what would have been a meaningful second act,' after the NBA star's death on Sunday.




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Malia Obama takes a break from her studies at Harvard as she puffs on a cigarette

Former President Barack Obama's oldest daughter and her beau had been taking a quick lunch at a sandwich shop in Cambridge, Massachusetts, when they decided to step outside.




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PIERS MORGAN: If you start acting like America's lawman, Mr President, it makes you a dictator

By assuming a greater power than he has, President Trump threatens to imperil the very foundation of American democracy by effectively attempting to place himself above the law




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Donald Trump mocks his single Oval Office meeting with Barack Obama

President Donald Trump launched a vicious attack on his predecessor Barack Obama during his Fox News town hall on Thursday night, saying he didn't like the job the former president did.




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Rod Blagojevich says he's a 'Trumpocrat' and that he regrets endorsing Barack Obama

Disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has come out as a 'Trumpocrat' and slammed his party, the Democrats, just days after his prison sentence was commuted by the president.




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Barack Obama backs tough measures to tackle coronavirus and says 'we have to look after each other'

Barack Obama tweeted Thursday: 'If you're wondering whether it's an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here's a useful primer as to why.'




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'Listen to the science': Barack Obama weighs in on coronavirus during Tony Fauci chat

Former President Barack Obama commented during an online chat between Dr. Anthony Fauci and Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry, urging people to 'listen to the science.'




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Donald Trump STILL won't speak to George W. Bush or Barack Obama about coronavirus

President Donald Trump said he will not call Barack Obama and George W. Bush to discuss the coronavirus outbreak. 'No, not really,' he said when asked about it.




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Barack Obama takes aim at testing fiasco saying there is NO nationwide system

Former President Barack Obama weighed in again on the nation's coronavirus response, tweeting Wednesday that the nation has yet to develop a 'robust' testing system.




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Barack Obama slams Wisconsin for going ahead with 'debacle' election during stay-at-home order

'No one should be forced to choose between their right to vote and their right to stay healthy like the debacle in Wisconsin this week,' the former president, Barack Obama, tweeted on Saturday.




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Trump tweets racially-charged attack on Biden showing fake Obama watching his VP speak nonsensically

President Donald Trump tweeted a campaign ad on Monday that contained a racially-charged attack on Joe Biden and features former President Barack Obama.




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ESPN lists Barack Obama and Bill Clinton as 'former Chicago resident' and 'former Arkansas Governor'

ESPN's series about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls included two surprising contributions: 'Former Chicago resident' Barack Obama and 'former Arkansas Governor' Bill Clinton.




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Barack Obama takes a jab at Trump and says America needs 'leaders who will bring people together'

Barack Obama shared a video from Joe Biden and claimed only he could help Americans through the pandemic




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Barack Obama surprises three Chicago teachers on a video call

Obama, 58, reached out to three Chicago Public Schools teachers: Jalayne Brewton, Daniel Michmerhuizen, and Katie Owens.




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A bus stop in my dementia ward? It's just the ticket, says BONNIE ESTRIDGE

BONNIE ESTRIDGE: A few weeks ago, a bus stop appeared slap bang in the middle of the dementia ward at my local hospital, St George's in London. There it was, complete with the iconic red circle.




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Trump calls for Khan to quit as three more are killed in London 

US President Donald Trump said: 'London needs a new mayor ASAP' following bloodshed on the streets of the capital. He criticised Sadiq Khan following three murders and three stabbings.




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'He's a national disgrace who's destroying London': Trump targets Khan in ANOTHER angry tweet

Donald Trump deplored Sadiq Khan as 'a national disgrace' just hours after reigniting their feud with a stinging lash as London's blood-drenched streets saw three murders in 24 hours.




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London Mayor Sadiq Khan takes apparent dig at predecessor Boris Johnson

Police were called to the London house where Mr Johnson is living with his girlfriend Carrie Symonds on Friday after neighbours heard a furious row in which plates were thrown.




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Durham University strips controversial academic of honorary fellowship

Dr Stephen Pax Leonard, an honorary research fellow with St Chad's college since October 2017, was stripped of his position after posting offensive comments online.




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Sadiq Khan lays flowers at the 7/7 memorial in Hyde Park to mark the 14th anniversary

The service in Hyde Park comes as the worst-injured survivor of the atrocity claimed that the public had forgotten about the attack which struck Londoners on July 7 2005. (Sadiq Khan pictured laying flowers.)




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London Mayor Sadiq Khan and wife Saadiya enjoy British Summer Time in Hyde Park

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan let loose with his wife Saadiya as they sang and danced along with thousands of others at the British Summer Time Hyde Park festival.




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Sadiq Kahn's Congestion Charge for minicabs does 'serious harm' to ethnic minority drivers

The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) argues that removing minicabs' exemption from the £11.50 daily fee discriminates against a 94% black and minority ethnic workforce.




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Scotland Yard has released nearly 100 murder suspects without conditions, figures reveal 

Figures released by mayor Sadiq Khan showed 97 people suspected of murder were freed without conditions out of a total of 284 between April 2017 to March this year.




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New Ukip leader Richard Braine sparks a race row with tweet about Sadiq Khan and 7/7 terrorist

The right-wing politician, who took over as the Ukip leader at the weekend, referred to the mayor as 'Siddique Khan', before adding: 'Apologies, I often confuse him with the leader of the 7/7 bombers.'




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Sadiq Khan mocks Donald Trump for playing golf while Hurricane Dorian tears through the Caribbean

Sadiq Khan's comments come after Mr Trump pulled out of a trip to Poland for an event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the invasion of Poland.




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Hundreds of female criminals will be spared jail under a pilot scheme to tackle reoffending 

Move to help 1,000 female criminals over the next two years has been launched by London Mayor Sadiq Khan after research found women are more likely to be imprisoned for a first-time offence.




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Russia's richest woman 'introduced to City Hall by Boris Johnson' quits London mayor's charity

Elena Baturina, pictured with Sadiq Khan, resigned this week as a trustee for the Mayor's Fund for London, which pays for education programmes in deprived areas of the capital.