Barack Obama

Romney spent two years hoping for a miracle. On election night 2012, even Fox News called Ohio for Obama, and the hope ran out.

November 6, 2012 · 2 min read

On Election Day 2012, President Obama made a surprise stop at a Chicago field office, congratulated Mitt Romney, and phone-banked volunteers himself.

November 6, 2012 · 2 min read

A 2012 book by Rich Miniter claimed Obama scrapped three bin Laden missions before Hillary Clinton pushed the raid through — claims the White House denied.

August 20, 2012 · 1 min read

A 2012 analysis of OMB data found federal spending grew slowest under Obama since Eisenhower — but the finding turned on which president 'owned' the 2009

July 16, 2012 · 1 min read

President Obama's June 2012 claim that 'the private sector is doing fine' became instant campaign fodder — and a case study in how one line defines a season.

June 8, 2012 · 1 min read

June 2012: Wisconsin's recall defeat, anemic jobs numbers, Clinton freelancing, a looming Supreme Court verdict — Democrats woke to the possibility that

June 7, 2012 · 1 min read

Barack Obama's 'we didn't have the luxury' remark about Michelle's $316,962 hospital salary — a gaffe about privilege, debt, and the politics of working

April 12, 2012 · 1 min read

Summer 1989: an all-day date from the Art Institute to Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing to a Baskin-Robbins curb — and a chocolate first kiss.

April 1, 2012 · 2 min read

Forty minutes, one compound, a decade-long manhunt: how SEAL Team Six killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad on the night of May 1-2, 2011.

August 1, 2011 · 1 min read

Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters landed November 16, 2010, illustrated by Loren Long — and Obama gave the proceeds to military families' scholarships.

November 16, 2010 · 1 min read

Obama told the Indian parliament in November 2010 that a stable Pakistan serves India's interests. Logically sound — and operationally complicated.

November 12, 2010 · 1 min read