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Deb Haaland hearing is Indian Country’s Obama moment
This photo provided by Brandi Liberty shows Liberty holding a photo of her grandmother as a child at Liberty’s home in New Orleans on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Liberty is among Native Americans who will be closely watching the confirmation hearing for Deb Haaland, a New Mexico congresswoman who has […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Trump takes major step toward Alaska wildlife refuge drilling opposed by Biden | Grijalva backs Haaland for Interior Secretary | Obama alumni considered top picks for Biden Energy secretary
IT’S MONDAY! Welcome to Overnight Energy, The Hill’s roundup of the latest energy and environment news. Please send tips and comments to Rebecca Beitsch at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter: @rebeccabeitsch. Reach Rachel Frazin at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter: @RachelFrazin. ONWARD AT ANWR: The Trump administration is advancing oil […]
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Why Obama Fears for Our Democracy
Barack Obama was describing to me the manner in which the Mongol emperor and war-crimes innovator Genghis Khan would besiege a town. “They gave you two choices,” he said. “‘If you open the gates, we’ll just kill you quickly and take your women and enslave your children, but we won’t […]
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Obama Campaigns with Biden for First Time, Slams Trump for Treating Presidency Like a ‘Reality Show’
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images Former President Barack Obama delivered a critical takedown of Donald Trump on Saturday and called out his successor for only caring about “feeding his ego” during his time in the White House. At a drive-in rally for Democratic nominee and his former vice president Joe Biden […]
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Barack Obama blasts Trump in Philly speech supporting Biden
CLOSE While campaigning for former Vice President Joe Biden, President Obama reacts to reports that President Trump has a hidden Chinese bank account. USA TODAY Former President Barack Obama gave a fiery speech Wednesday in Philadelphia that attacked President Donald Trump as incompetent and surrounded by “hacks”, while promoting his former […]
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Obama says Trump couldn’t ‘protect himself’ from COVID, has failed to protect the nation
Former President Barack Obama gave a fiery speech Wednesday in Philadelphia that attacked President Donald Trump as incompetent and surrounded by “hacks”, while promoting his former vice president, Joe Biden, as someone who would better deal with the pandemic and heal the economy. Obama, in his first in-person campaign event two weeks […]