Barack Obama

Coco Gauff holds up the championship trophy after defeating Aryna Sabalenka in the women's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships on Saturday in New York.

Presidents Biden, Obama, Clinton congratulate Coco Gauff on her US Open tennis title

Associated Press

President Joe Biden, Barack and Michelle Obama, tennis legend Billie Jean King and former President Bill Clinton were among those praising Coco Gauff with messages.

Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on pending judicial nominations on April 28, 2021.

Biden outpacing Trump, Obama with diverse judicial nominees

Associated Press

The White House and Senate Democrats are closing out the first two years of Joe Biden’s presidency having installed more federal judges than Biden’s two immediate predecessors.

President Barack Obama delivers a televised statement that Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011. President Donald Trump makes a statement announcing the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 2019. President Biden announces on Monday that a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.

How 3 presidents announced the deaths of terrorist leaders and what it says about them

Jaclyn Diaz

The way Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden announced the deaths of terrorist chiefs revealed much about their own leadership.

Former President Obama visits the White House for the first time in 5 years

Elena Moore

Former President Barack Obama joined President Biden at the White House Tuesday as Biden unveiled new actions meant to expand the Affordable Care Act.

At the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963, African Americans carry placards demanding equal rights, integrated schools, decent housing and an end to bias.

Here's the story behind Black History Month — and why it's celebrated in February

Jonathan Franklin

Black History Month grew from a weeklong celebration that started nearly 100 years ago — and it's not random that it's in February.

CAPITALIZING ON CUBA Miami Congressmembers Carlos Gimenez (left), Maria Salazar (middle) and Mario Diaz-Balart in Little Havana this week.

Commentary

A Democratic President Helped Empower Cubans — And That's Helping Republicans

Tim Padgett

COMMENTARY South Florida Republicans won't admit it, but the historic Cuban protests they're capitalizing on now owe a debt to Obama's Cuba internet efforts.

At 11, Damon Weaver interviewed then-President Obama in the Diplomatic Room of the White House. The student focused his interview on education in the U.S. and included a suggestion that school lunches consist of French fries and mangoes every day.

Damon Weaver, Student Reporter Who Interviewed Obama, Dies At 23

Wynne Davis

When he was 11, Weaver landed an interview with then-President Obama. Weaver questioned the president about his education policies and suggested French fries and mangoes for school lunches.

Outgoing Cuban Communist Party First Secretary Raul Castro (right) presents his replacement, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel at the close of the party's 8th Congress in Havana on Monday.

Communist Congress Leaves Cuba Castro-less At The Top. Little Else Changes

Tim Padgett

Raúl Castro has stepped down as Cuba's communist boss — but the regime's old guard's still making sure the new guard keeps its rigid system intact.

HOLD MY PLACE Cubans wait in line for food to become available at a store in Havana last year.

Commentary

Here Comes Another Cuban Communist Congress. And More Marxist Meltdown?

Tim Padgett

COMMENTARY Raúl Castro is stepping down as Cuba's top comunista. But can we still expect the same dogmatic disappointment from Cuban comunismo?

CUBA CONUNDRUM Then presidential candidate Joe Biden campaigning in Miami's Little Havana last May.

Both Sides In Cuba Debate Agree: Biden's Engagement With The Island Won't Be Obama's

Tim Padgett

When Joe Biden becomes president this week, Florida politics will compel him to engage both sides of the Cuban-American street before he engages Cuba.

"For two months now, a political party and its accompanying media ecosystem has too often been unwilling to tell their followers the truth," former President Barack Obama said on Wednesday. Obama is seen here in October 2020.

Obama: 'A Moment Of Great Dishonor And Shame For Our Nation' — But Not A Surprise

Laurel Wamsley

"History will rightly remember today's violence at the Capitol, incited by a sitting president who has continued to baselessly lie about the outcome of a lawful election," wrote the former president.

Fmr. President Barack Obama campaigns for Joe Biden at Florida International University on Nov. 2, 2020.

Obama Spends Election Eve Trying To Get Out The Vote In South Florida

Caitie Muñoz

Former President Barack Obama spoke to more than 460 people at a drive-in rally outside Florida International University Monday night campaigning for Joe Biden.