President Obama

NewsOne spoke with Christina Greer, a professor of political science at Fordham University, about how Democrats performed overall at the convention and particularly on two key issues facing African-Americans: Women's empowerment, and police killings and gun violence.

POTUS delivered a powerful and convincing speech on why Donald Trump cannot be elected and why Hillary Clinton should be the next President of the United States.

The attempt to get Black Lives Matter labeled a terrorist group has come to a halt. On July 6, a “We the People” petition was created on the White House website in efforts to have the federal government officially recognize the movement as an extremist group. “Terrorism is defined as ‘the use of violence and […]

Almost a week after the tragic events that took place in Dallas and claimed the lives of five police officers, a memorial service was held today to formally lay them rest and attended by President Obama. The President gave a moving speech about the fallen officers and also the state of violence and guns in […]

President Barack Obama couldn't help himself and shamelessly embarrassed his oldest daughter, Malia, on her birthday, during the annual 4th of July celebration at the White House because, after all, he is a dad.

The Baltimore Police Union is calling on state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby to throw out all charges against the officers involved in the Freddie Gray case. This comes after one of the six officers, Caesar Goodson Jr., was acquitted of all charges placed against him on Thursday. This is the second time that Mosby’s team has failed […]

While we were catching up on some much-needed sleep after celebrating National Sex Day last night, Obama was slow-jamming the news with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots. “President Obama stimulated long time growth in both the public and private sector,” is just one of the hilarious lines that came out of Obama’s appearance on Late […]

President Obama and his team will petition an order from a federal judge that called for 50,000 immigration records to be turned over and Justice Department lawyers to undergo ethics training. On Tuesday, the Justice Department said it believes the judge who made the order, Judge Andrew Hanen of the U.S. District Court for the […]

After a night out, Oregon couple Joshua Marbury and Alicia Quinney returned home to a nightmare. Their 2-year-old son Jacob was screaming and covered in bruises while their babysitter was sleeping on the couch. To make matters worse, the babysitter (who allegedly admitted to harming Jacob) will not face any charges. An Oregon law indicates […]

It's no secret that the First Family will reside in the nation's capital until youngest daughter Sasha completes her last two years of high school at Sidwell.

Oscar award-winning director Kevin MacDonald is bringing us a Whitney Houston documentary. According to The Hollywood Reporter, chief creative officer of Sony Music Entertainment Clive Davis will be interviewed for the film. MacDonald had this to say about the late legend: “The story that is never told about Whitney is just how brilliant she was as […]

A new PSA for President Obama's mentorship initiative, My Brother’s Keeper encourages young men of color to achieve their dreams.