Barack Obama

inside storyThe Times

Ethical lapses and controversies continued to erode Trudeau’s image.

Why did Trudeau go? Inside Canadian PM’s fall from grace

He came to office with the same message and momentum as Barack Obama. Nine years on, that’s a distant memory.

Josie Ensor

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WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 06: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Americans cast their ballots today in the presidential race between Republican nominee former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as multiple state elections that will determine the balance of power in Congress. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

World recognises stronger hand at the tiller in the US

West’s arch-enemies, such as Iran, are reacting to Donald Trump

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America votesWorld

‘Unhinged’ vs ‘hater’; Harris and Trump swap insults at duelling rallies in Wisconsin

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have swapped insults as they held campaigns just kilometres away from each other in the pivotal state of Wisconsin, which remains too close to call.

Staff writers

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US Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris speaks to the press in her hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 24, 2024 before leaving to Georgia. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

Harris’s switch from ‘joy’ to ‘hate’ may be a telling sign

Donald Trump can’t complain about incendiary language given he uses it himself, but the Democrats’ sudden shift to hysterical comparisons in the final two weeks suggests the Harris campaign has started to panic.

Adam Creighton

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Former President Barack Obama gestures to Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris after introducing her to speak during a campaign rally for Harris on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in Clarkston, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Harris and Obama play ‘no Trump’ card

Kamala Harris and Barack Obama tell a star-studded Georgia rally Donald Trump will abuse the presidency to pursue his political enemies as voters, including a 100-year-old woman, tell The Weekend Australian who they want for president | WATCH

Joe Kelly

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Beyoncé to join Harris in Houston as Obama shows in Georgia

The megastar will appear with the Vice President on Saturday after Barack Obama joins Kamala Harris onstage in Georgia for the first time in her campaign on Friday AEDT.

Tarini Parti and Joseph Pisani

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Rapper Eminem, right, greets former President Barack Obama, left, on stage at a campaign rally supporting Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Obama raps Eminem lyrics, as Walz hits out at Musk

Rapper Eminem backed Kamala Harris as a defender of free speech at a rally with Barack Obama, after Democratic vice- presidential candidate Tim Walz traded barbs with Elon Musk | WATCH

Joe Kelly and Adam Creighton

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 21, 2017, (L-R) George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton attend the Hurricane Relief concert in College Station, Texas. - Obama, Bush and Bill Clinton are volunteering to take a coronavirus vaccine on camera if it will help promote public confidence. Obama, in an interview with SiriusXM radio, said he would be inoculated if top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci signs off on a Covid-19 vaccine. Freddy Ford, Bush's chief of staff, told CNN the former president also wanted to help promote vaccination. Angel Urena, Clinton's press secretary, told CNN the former president would also be willing to take a vaccine in public on television. (Photo by JIM CHAPIN / AFP)

Obama and Clinton mobilise support for Harris

Former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton will hit the campaign trial in coming weeks, targeting key battleground states in a bid to energise the party’s base and edge out Donald Trump.

Joe Kelly

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US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (2L) onstage with Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz and his wife Gwen Walz wave to the crowd at the end of the fourth and last day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 22, 2024. Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the partyâs nomination for president today at the DNC which ran from August 19-22 in Chicago. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

Harris’s vacuous platform divorced from reality

‘Hope and change’ worked for Barack Obama. Will ‘freedom and joy’ work for Kamala Harris? She’s banking on it.

Adam Creighton

commentaryThe Wall Street Journal

US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks at the campaign rally at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 20, 2024. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP)

The selling of Kamala Harris

The Vice-President is the least known presidential nominee in modern times.

WSJ Editorial Board

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TOPSHOT - Former US President Barack Obama and his wife and former First Lady Michelle Obama stand on stage after she introduced him on the second day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 20, 2024. Vice President Kamala Harris will formally accept the partyâs nomination for president at the DNC which runs from August 19-22 in Chicago. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

A ‘new chapter’ with Harris: Obamas electrify Democratic faithful

Barack and Michelle Obama declared America was ‘ready for President Kamala Harris’, as they lent their political heft to her campaign for the White House.

Adam Creighton and Cameron Stewart

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Barack Obama will make the case for Kamala Harris to be president.

‘Together with Kamala we’ll build a better country. Let’s get to work’

Barack Obama has called for an election that returns ‘the better angels of our nation’, vowing that Kamala Harris will fight for America’s future, but reminding voters of the steep climb ahead

Anne Barrowclough and agencies

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Former President Barack Obama hugs Vice President Kamala Harris during an event to mark the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act in the East Room of the White House on April 5, 2022 in Washington, DC. President Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama endorsed Harris' bid for the White House on July 26, 2024, delivering a major boost to her campaign to defeat Donald Trump in November's presidential election. (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

Obama tries again to help elect the first female president

Barack Obama will make the case today for Kamala Harris to shatter a historic barrier just as he did 16 years ago, offering a preview of how Democrats expect to use him in the run-up to the election.

John McCormick

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NSW Labor formally backs Palestine state ‘as priority’

The NSW Labor conference has formally called on party leader and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to recognise Palestine as a sovereign and independent state.

Alex Demetriadi

Race for the White HouseThe Wall Street Journal

Former US President Barack Obama addresses Biden-Harris supporters during a drive-in rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 21, 2020. - Former US president Barack Obama hit the campaign trail for Joe Biden today in a bid to drum up support for his former vice president among young Americans and Black voters in the final stretch of the White House race. (Photo by Alex Edelman / AFP)

Both Obamas endorse Harris for president

Former first couple waited for the Democratic Party to unite before backing the Vice-President.

Ken Thomas

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Twice former US diplomat to Israel Martin Indyk, Distinguished Fellow and Director of Executive Education, Council on Foreign Relations, New York

Australia’s warrior for Mid-East peace

Barack Obama made Martin Indyk his ambassador to Israel and his appointment was welcomed by both Jerusalem and the Palestinian Authority.

Alan Howe

US ElectionThe Times

(FILES) US Vice President Kamala Harris (L) applauds as US President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama embrace prior to delivering remarks on the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 5, 2022. US President Joe Biden announced July 21, 2024 that he is dropping out of his reelection battle with Donald Trump, in a historic move that plunges the already turbulent 2024 White House race into uncharted territory. Biden also said he was endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for the 2024 election after he dropped out of the race. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

Why is Barack Obama yet to endorse Kamala Harris?

Former president is wary of a coronation for Joe Biden’s Vice President but is said to privately support her campaign and is expected to announce his backing ‘soon’

Bevan Hurley

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TOPSHOT - (L-R) US Vice President Kamala Harris, US President Joe Biden, and former President Barack Obama arrive to deliver remarks on the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 5, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Kamala Harris for US president

The former first couple, who waited for the Democratic Party to unite before backing the Vice-President, said ‘she has the vision, the character, and the strength that this critical moment demands’.

Damon Johnston and Noah Yim

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TOPSHOT - US Vice President Kamala Harris stops for ice cream at SMiZE and DREAM ice cream shop, owned by US model Tyra Banks (R), in Washington, DC, on July 19, 2024. (Photo by Erin SCHAFF / POOL / AFP)

Donald is ‘Laffin’ at Kamala while Joe looks doomed

Joe Biden, who is still in Covid isolation, is said to be ‘seething’ about being betrayed by senior Democrat leaders, especially party elder Nancy Pelosi and ex-president Barack Obama.

Cameron Stewart and Adam Creighton

COMMENTARYCommentary

Joe Biden has been diagnosed with Covid-19.

Sick man Joe’s race appears to be all but over

It looks like we are seeing the final days of Joe Biden’s bid for a second term in the White House. Barack Obama’s shift is surely the death-knell for the president’s hopes of re-election.

Cameron Stewart

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