Barack Obama

Barack Obama served as the 44th US President. Catch up on the latest news about him and his family here.

One day could ruin Obama’s legacy

WHILE we’ve been fixating on a horse race, Americans have been preparing for a day that could leave Barack Obama’s presidency in tatters.

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Aaron Paul (left) plays Jesse Pinkman, partner-in-crime to druglord Walter White (played by Bryan Cranston) in Breaking Bad. Source: Supplied

Breaking Bad star wants dolls back

AARON Paul is furious with Toys ‘R’ Us after ‘Breaking Bad’ figurines were pulled from the shelves. Even US president Barack Obama was shocked.

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‘Hey, Obama, don’t touch my girlfriend’

AS LEADER of the free world, Barack Obama is used to copping a bit of stick. But his encounter with a couple voting showed how cool he really is.

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President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, in Washington. Obama signed an executive order to improve security measures for government credit and debit cards. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Are we being hysterical about Ebola?

THE President has called for an end to the panic over Ebola, while others say the outbreak could become “the definitive humanitarian disaster of our generation”. So, who’s right?

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IS releases new video of Brit hostage

ISLAMIC State terrorists have released a third video of captured British journalist John Cantlie, in which he attacks Barack Obama’s strategy in Iraq and Syria.

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Health workers in protective gear after they moved the body of a person on to the back of a truck as they suspect she dyed form the Ebola virus in Monrovia, Liberia, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. The number of Ebola cases in West Africa could start doubling every three weeks and it could end up costing nearly $1 billion to contain the crisis, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

Ebola ‘spiralling out of control’

THE number of Ebola victims could double every three weeks as the “unprecedented” outbreak goes on. Barack Obama is sending 3000 troops to stop the spread.

Africa

Medical workers of the John Fitzgerald Kennedy hospital in Monrovia put on protective suits prior to carrying bodies of Ebola virus victims on September 6, 2014. The death toll from the Ebola epidemic has climbed above 2,000, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on September 5, as it voiced hopes a vaccine could be available in November. The deadly virus has claimed 2,097 lives out of 3,944 people infected in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, since emerging last December, the UN's health organ said after a two-day crisis meeting in Geneva. AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGET

US doctor with Ebola ‘improving’

A US doctor who caught Ebola in Liberia is showing signs of improvement, as US president Barack Obama has warned of “a serious danger to the United States”.

Business Technology

US President Barack Obama laughs with guests during a reception for NATO summit dignitaries in Newport, south Wales on September 4, 2014. The United States is preparing fresh sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis in coordination with Brussels, which plans to announce further punitive measures on Friday, a White House official said. AFP PHOTO / MATT DUNHAM / POOL

Obama raids tech companies

IT SEEMS Barack Obama is just as enamoured with tech companies as everyone else. He’s just poached two high profile execs for his administration.

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An image grab taken from a video released by the Islamic State (IS) and identified by private terrorism monitor SITE Intelligence Group on September 2, 2014 shows a masked militant holding a knife and gesturing as he speaks to the camera in a desert landscape before beheading 31-year-old US freelance writer Steven Sotloff. The masked militant condemned US attacks on the Islamic State before cutting Sotloff's throat. He then introduces a second captive, identified by name and said to be British and threatens to kill him. AFP PHOTO / SITE INTELLIGENCE GROUP / HO === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Obama to IS: ‘We will destroy you’

BARACK Obama said the United States will not be intimidated by Islamic State militants and will build a coalition to “degrade and destroy” the group.

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President Barack Obama leaves after speaking about the economy, Iraq, and Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, before convening a meeting with his national security team on the militant threat in Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

#YesWeTan: Obama’s fashion fail

BARACK Obama held an important press conference today, but nobody listened, because everyone was distracted by his tantastic outfit.

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This undated image posted on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014 by the Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, a Syrian opposition group, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows a fighter from the Islamic State group, armed with a knife and an automatic weapon, next to captured Syrian army soldiers and officers, following the battle for the Tabqa air base, in Raqqa, Syria. A U.N. commission on Wednesday accused the extremist Islamic State organization of committing crimes against humanity with attacks on civilians, as pictures emerged of the extremists' bloody takeover of a Syrian military air base that added to the international organization’s claims. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group)

IS fanatics slaughter innocents

HORRIFIC imagery from US spy planes reveals IS militants’ atrocities in Iraq, as Obama reveals he has no strategy to deal with the terror group. GRAPHIC IMAGES

Middle East

President Barack Obama speaks during the American Legion national convention in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. Three months after a veterans' health care scandal rocked his administration, President Barack Obama is taking executive action to improve the mental well-being of veterans. The president was to announce his initiatives during an appearance before the American Legion National Convention that is fraught with midterm politics. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Call for ‘urgent briefing’ on Iraq crisis

UPDATE: LABOR calls for urgent briefings on any expanded military role in Iraq, with reports the US is seeking Australia’s support for air strikes against Islamic insurgents.

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David Plouffe, campaign manager for Democratic US presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama, in recent undated image from Internet.

Uber hires former Obama adviser

UBER is stepping up its political game with a high-powered new hire in David Plouffe, former campaign adviser to Barack Obama.

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A Nigerian port health official wears protective gear at the arrivals hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday Aug. 6, 2014. A Nigerian nurse who treated a man with Ebola is now dead and five others are sick with one of the world's most virulent diseases, authorities said Wednesday as the death toll rose to at least 932 people in four West African countries. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

New Ebola death as Obama steps in

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama has called West African leaders to discuss the Ebola outbreak, as the death toll in Nigeria rises to four.

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ISIS has gruesome message for US

VOWING to take revenge for US air strikes ISIS supporters tweeted sick photos of dead US troops, as Barack Obama warned of a long campaign.

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The first of four C-130H Hercules transport aircraft to be transferred from Australia to the Indonesian Air Force. *** Local Caption *** The first of four C-130H Hercules transport aircraft to be transferred from Australia to the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) has completed maintenance and modification work with Qantas Defence Services at RAAF Base Richmond. The RAAF retired the last of its 12 C-130Hs in November 2012, and offered four of these aircraft for transfer to the TNI-AU. Another five C-130Hs, along with simulator and spare parts, are being sold to the TNI-AU at a discounted rate. These C-130Hs will further enhance Indonesia's capacity to respond to natural disasters and humanitarian crisis.

We’ll help in aid response, says PM

TONY Abbott has stated two Australian Hercules aeroplanes will help ‘protect civilians from a murderous onslaught’ by air-dropping aid items in Northern Iraq.

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President Barack Obama speaks about the situation in Iraq in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. Obama says he's authorized the U.S. military to carry out airstrikes in Iraq against Islamic militants if they advance toward the city of Erbil. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Abbott backs US bombing of Iraq

TONY Abbott has backed US President Barack Obama’s authorisation of air strikes in Iraq to stop the “genocide” of 40,000 refugees under threat from Islamic jihadists.

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WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 06: U.S. President Barack Obama answers questions during his news conference following the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit August 6, 2014 at the State Department in Washington, DC. Obama hosted a first-time, three-day summit to strengthen ties between the United States and African nations. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Obama raps Iggy Azalea’s Fancy

TURNS out Iggy Azalea’s famous line, “First things first, I’m the realest” sounds way cooler when US President Barack Obama sings it.

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President Barack Obama speaks at the US Africa Business Forum during the US Africa Leaders Summit, in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Aiming to sidestep a logjam in Congress, the Obama administration is looking for steps it could take on its own to prevent American companies from reincorporating overseas to shirk U.S. taxes, officials said. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama gets serious on dodgy companies

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama is sick of corporations trying to dodge their taxes. So now he’s getting serious about stopping them.

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President Barack Obama jokes with patrons as he orders barbecue for himself and the people in the front of the line at Franklin Barbecue in Austin, Texas, Thursday, July 10, 2014. Austin is the final leg in his three city trip before returning to Washington. At right is Kinsey Button, who introduced the President in his speech earlier that afternoon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Obama’s gay joke surprise

WHAT’S the gay joke that had the most powerful man in the world laughing and giving the prankster a fist bump?

North America

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about transportation and the economy,Tuesday, July 1, 2014, at the Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington. The president said 700,000 jobs could be at risk next year if Congress doesn't quickly agree on how to pay for highway and transit programs. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Why do Americans hate Obama so much?

WE LOVE him but it seems his own countrymen can’t stand the sight of him. They even rate George W. Bush higher than President Barack Obama.

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‘This is the message I want to send to youse’

AN Australian man appearing in a chilling jihadist propaganda video was convicted last year by a Sydney court for giving 40 lashes to a fellow Muslim for drinking.

Middle East

==CORRECTING DATE== Iraqi men, who volunteered to fight against the Jihadist militants, gather around buses in Baghdad, ahead of being transported for training at Taji infantry camp on the outskirts of Baghdad, on June 16, 2014, as security forces are bolstering defenses in the capital. Western embassies began evacuating staff from Baghdad despite Iraq's claim it was repelling militants who have captured vast amounts of territory in a lightning offensive that has shaken regional stability. AFP PHOTO/SABAH ARAR

‘Get out’: rebels closer than ever to Baghdad

PRISONERS have been killed in a militant assault in the Iraqi city of Baquba, which is now being taken by insurgents getting closer to Baghdad.

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President Barack Obama finishes his statement about his administration's response to a growing insurgency foothold in Iraq, Friday, June 13, 2014, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, prior to boarding the Marine One Helicopter for Andrews Air Force Base, Md., then onto North Dakota and California. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

‘US won’t send troops to Iraq’

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama says he is examining options short of sending ground troops to help Iraq counter a Sunni extremist offensive.

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An image downloaded on June 11, 2014 from the jihadist website Welayat Salahuddin shows militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waving the trademark Islamists flag after they allegedly seized an Iraqi army checkpoint in the northern Iraqi province of Salahuddin. Jihadists are pushing toward Baghdad on June 12, 2014 after capturing a town just hours to the north, as the US mulled air strikes in a bid to bolster Iraq's collapsing security forces. AFP PHOTO / HO / WELAYAT SALAHUDDIN === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Iraq siege: Aussies among terrorist group

SEVERAL Australians are believed to have joined a terrorist group which has captured two cities in Iraq as US President Barack Obama said he would not rule out air strikes against the extremists.

Leaders

US President Barack Obama (L) and British Prime Minister David Cameron eat hot dogs as they sit in the stands watching NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship First Four at University of Dayton Arena in Dayton, Ohio, 13/03/2012.

The bizarre gifts Obama gets given

WHAT do you get a man who has everything? Abbott opted for a surfboard, but these world leaders made some bizarre choices. Check out the best gifts here.

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President Barack Obama waves as he arrives for a troop rally after arriving at Bagram Air Field for an unannounced visit, on Sunday, May 25, 2014, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Obama in covert Afghanistan trip

THE US president sneaked into Afghanistan under cover of darkness to visit soldiers, pledging to end America’s longest war this year.

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President Barack Obama speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 21, 2014, following his meeting with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki. The White House moved Wednesday to address the growing furor over allegations of misconduct at the Department of Veterans Affairs, summoning VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to an Oval Office meeting, hours before the House was scheduled to vote on a bill that would grant the secretary more authority to fire or demote senior executives. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

US sends troops to find kidnap girls

BARACK Obama sends US troops to help rescue the nearly 300 girls kidnapped in Nigeria, vowing to keep them there until the job is done.

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