Company Town
Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen team up for timely new Spotify podcast
‘Renegades: Born in the USA,’ a new Spotify podcast, will feature former President Obama and Bruce Springsteen exploring current issues and fatherhood.
Opinion
Letters to the Editor: Joe Biden needs to be bold like FDR, not conciliatory like Barack Obama
Ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration as president, readers discuss a presidential transition like no other in history.
Entertainment & Arts
Aretha Franklin sings at President Barack Obama’s 2009 Inauguration (C-SPAN)
Barack Obama: The 2020 60 Minutes interview
Television
Watch and read like Barack Obama: 44 shares his favorite films, books and TV of 2020
Former President Obama’s 2020 culture picks include “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Better Call Saul.” He also included 17 books and a plug for his memoir.
California
Fundraiser for Trump and Obama sentenced to 12 years in prison for foreign money scams
Imaad Zuberi, a top California fundraiser, admitted funneling foreign money into campaigns of Republicans and Democrats alike.
World & Nation
Barack Obama’s Advice to Trump: It’s ‘Time’ to Concede
On ’60 Minutes,’ Barack Obama notes that if his kids lost a contest, then pouted and accused the other side of cheating, ‘We’d scold ‘em.’
Books
In his new memoir, Barack Obama relishes taunting Trump: ‘He was a spectacle’
Former President Obama holds off on mentioning Donald Trump until the end of his new memoir, “A Promised Land.” But his thoughts are worth the wait.
Barack Obama’s new memoir sells nearly 890,000 copies in 24 hours (sorry, Michelle)
President Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ sold nearly 890,000 copies in the U.S. and Canada in its first 24 hours on sale.
The Hollywood president: Here are the celebs Barack Obama name-drops in his new book
Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Beyoncé and Bob Dylan were among the stars in Barack Obama’s orbit during his presidency, as remembered in his new book.
