Today, President Barack Obama is celebrating his 54th birthday, and the memes are out to ring it in. Read More »
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart had two secret meetings with President Barack Obama at the White House over the last five years, according to Politico. The president summoned Stewart in the midst of two major political battles, though it's unclear exactly what they discussed over coffee. Read More »
President Barack Obama's first presidential visit to Kenya is causing a stir in the country. Speaking with President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday, Obama spoke against Kenya's discrimination of gays and lesbians, but Kenyatta was not having it. Read More »
When a Muslim man shot and killed five servicemen in Chattanooga, Tennessee, one news host blamed the Obama administration. That host was Tomi Lahren of On Point With Tomi Lahren on the mostly unknown One America News Network. Overnight, the rant became a viral sensation and accumulated over 2 million YouTube views by Tuesday afternoon. Read More »
President Barack Obama was speaking yesterday, Wednesday, July 16, to a gathering of reporters at the White House. While answering questions about Iran, he was asked if he was "content" in rejoicing in the recent nuclear deal even with four Americans being held hostage in the country. After a brief pause, President Obama then proceeded to tear CBS News' Major Garrett apart... in a professional manner, of course. Read More »
Someone is making a movie about Mr. and Mrs. Obama watching a movie. At least that's what the description of the new Southside With You sounds like. The Hollywood Reporter recently released pictures of the film about a younger Barack Obama and Michelle Obama on their very first date to see Do The Right Thing. Read More »
President Barack Obama spoke about the sexual assault allegations surrounding Bill Cosby at a press conference on Wednesday. Obama said that giving a person a drug and then having sex with them is, explicitly, rape. However, he said, there is currently no mechanism to take away Cosby's Presidential Medal of Freedom. Read More »
President Barack Obama announced that he is commuting 46 sentences for drug offenders. The White House said that, often, the punishments for drug offenses outweigh the crime, and Obama wishes to help fix that. He took this action as part of a larger push to reform the criminal justice system. Read More »
This past Monday, comedian Marc Maron, who stars on the IFC series Maron, had perhaps his most famous guest on WTF yet… President Barack Obama. During the episode – which was largely about the political landscape of the country with tiny bits and pieces of “who is Barack Obama?” thrown in there – there were a number of moments that stood out to us, whether they be funny moments, sad or even real. With that in mind, let’s take a look at some of the best moments and takeaways from Marc Maron’s WTF episode with President Barack Obama: Read More »
Four-year-old Luca Martinez got one hell of a jolt of excitement when President Barack Obama fist bumped him before stepping onto the his Marine One helicopter. The child was the kid of Associated Press photographer Pablo Martinez. The father reportedly took his son to the South Lawn to check out the chopper up close. And, well, he probably had no idea his son would get that up close... Read More »
As the Late Show with David Letterman winds down its final days, ending this coming May 20 (for good!), host David Letterman is bringing in some very heavy names to wish him farewell. He already welcomed in Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee host Jerry Seinfeld, and now he's ready for more. One of whom happens to be the President of the United States, President Barack Obama. The Leader of the Free World will make his final Late Show appearance this coming Monday, May 4. Read More »
The 2015 White House Correspondents Dinner was held this past Saturday night, April 25, with host Cecily Strong. The Saturday Night Live star took the to podium after President Barack Obama delivered his usual hilarious speech. Of course, this year is a bit different considering he'll soon be out of the presidential seat. Regardless, Strong took to her gig as the host of the Correspondents Dinner with nothing but crafty jokes directed at the very individuals in the room. And of course, she tackled some serious subjects such as Hillary Clinton, ISIS and the surge in police brutality. Read More »
After word broke that Hillary Clinton is running for President in the 2016 spot, we couldn’t help but venture back to this past weekend’s Saturday Night Live cold open – with host Taraji P. Henson and musical guest Mumford & Sons – in which key player Kate McKinnon portrayed Clinton prepping to make her big announcement. The sketch appeared to beat the former First Lady to the punch, and even brought back a familiar face: Darrell Hammond’s infamous Bill Clinton impression. Which got us thinking: what are the top five impressions of a President in SNL’s history? Is it Amy Poehler’s Clinton impression? How about Jay Pharoah’s flawless impersonation of President Barack Obama? Read More »