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Man wanted on Jan. 6 charges arrested with weapons near Barack Obama’s Washington home
FILE - Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Law enforcement officials say, Taylor Taranto, a man wanted for crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has been arrested in the Washington neighborhood where former President Barack Obama lives. Taranto was seen a few blocks from the former president's home, and he fled even though he was chased by U.S. Secret Service agents. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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Michelle Obama launching podcast based on Light We Carry
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 15: Former First Lady Michelle Obama speaks onstage during the Michelle Obama: The Light We Carry Tour at Warner Theatre on November 15, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Live Nation)
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Biden, Obama, Trump make final midterm push in swing-state Pennsylvania
Fafa Firouzkouhi (L) awaits for the start of a campaign rally with Democratic US Senate Democratic candidate John Fetterman and former US President Barack Obama in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on November 5, 2022. (Photo by Rebecca DROKE / AFP) (Photo by REBECCA DROKE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Obama brings Democratic star power to key Georgia U.S. Senate race
FILE - Former President Barack Obama heads to a voting machine to cast his ballot at an early vote venue Oct. 17, 2022, in Chicago. Obama is trying to do something he couldn't during two terms as president: help Democrats succeed in national midterm elections when they already hold the White House. Of course, he's more popular than he was back then, and now it's President Joe Biden, Obama's former vice president, who faces the prospects of a November repudiation. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
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Former U.S. President Obama to stump for Democrats in three states ahead of high-stakes Nov. 8 election
FILE - Former President Barack Obama speaks about the Affordable Care Act, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 5, 2022. Obama is headed to Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin in the final days of the campaign to give a boost to Democrats running for governor, senator and on down the ballot. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
u.s. politics
Barack and Michelle Obama unveil presidential portraits at White House
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama unveil their official White House portraits during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Obama White House portrait to be unveiled at Sept. 7 event
FILE - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama applaud former President George H.W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush, not seen, during the portrait unveiling ceremony for former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush portraits, May 31, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Obama's presidential portrait will be unveiled at the White House in a Sept. 7, 2022, ceremony hosted by President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Former U.S. president Barack Obama tests positive for COVID-19, says he’s ‘feeling fine’
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 21, 2020, former US President Barack Obama speaks with supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris during a roundtable in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. - Obama announced on Twitter on March 13, 2022, he had tested positive for Covid-19. (Photo by Alex Edelman / AFP) (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Morning Update: Windsor police not yet removing protesters over fears of violence
Protestors block traffic at the Ambassador Bridge, linking Windsor, Ontario and Detroit on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. The demonstration in solidarity with protests in Ottawa against COVID-19 restrictions has blocked traffic into Canada on the Ambassador Bridge linking Windsor and Detroit since Monday and is the the single busiest commercial crossing in North America. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nicole Osborne
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Joe Biden’s low profile on Guantanamo rankles as prison turns 20
FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2002, file photo a detainee is led by military police to be interrogated by military officials at Camp X-Ray at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. At the time the image was taken there were 158 al-Qaida and Taliban prisoners being held at Camp X-Ray. The 20th anniversary of the first prisoners' arrival at the Guantanamo Bay detention center is on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. There are now 39 prisoners left. At its peak, in 2003, the detention center held nearly 680 prisoners. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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Obama chides China, Russia at COP26 for ‘dangerous lack of urgency’ on climate change
U.S. former President Barack Obama walks on the stage during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman
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Obama rallies Virginia crowd for governor’s race he calls ‘turning point’ for U.S.
Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. October 23, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
u.s. politics
After delays, construction on Obama Center begins in Chicago
FILE - In this May 3, 2017 file photo, former President Barack Obama speaks at a community event on the Presidential Center at the South Shore Cultural Center in Chicago. A federal judge in Chicago says he'll dismiss a lawsuit brought by a parks advocacy group that is trying to stop Barack Obama's presidential center from being built. U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey said there should be no delay in constructing the $500 million center after hearing arguments in court on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. He said a written ruling will follow later Tuesday.. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
opinion
A hot August: Ten upcoming series and specials to note now
John Doyle
basketball
Obama joins NBA Africa as strategic partner
Players compete on July 29, 2019, at the Dakar Arena in Diamniadio, during the opening of the 17th Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Africa organised by the NBA, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and Senegalese Basketball Federation, which brings together top youth players from across Africa to learn from current NBA and FIBA players, from July 28-31. (Photo by Seyllou / AFP)SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images
u.s. politics
Obamas announce death of dog Bo, ‘loyal companion’ and constant presence at White House
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 15, 2012, US President Barack Obama pets the family dog, Bo, upon his return to the White House in Washington, DC. - Barack Obama's family dog Bo, who became a well-known resident of the White House, died on May 8, 2021 from cancer, the former president said, remembering him as "a constant, gentle presence in our lives." Obama had promised his young daughters that they could get a dog after the 2008 election, and Bo joined the family soon after they moved into the president's official residence. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Biden to veer from Trump, Obama policies in taking on North Korea
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden looks through binoculars to see North Korea from Observation Post Ouellette during a tour of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the military border separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, December 7, 2013. REUTERS/Lee Jin-man/Pool/File Photo
power points
Things to keep in mind if you want to be a good boss or colleague for a woman
Harvey Schachter
world
Barack Obama’s step-grandmother dies in Kenya
analysis
U.S. civil-rights pioneer Vernon Jordan, 85, possessed a joie de vivre one part Atlanta, one part Manhattan
David Shribman
opinion
Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen launch Renegades: Born in the USA podcast
Brad Wheeler
u.s. politics
Snubbed as Obama high court pick, Merrick Garland in line to be Biden’s AG
FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2021, file photo Attorney General nominee Judge Merrick Garland speaks during an event with President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. The once-snubbed Supreme Court pick will finally come before the Senate, this time as President Joe Biden's choice for attorney general. Garland, an appeals court judge, is widely expected to sail through his confirmation process, beginning Monday at a hearing, with bipartisan support. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
u.s. politics
U.S. Senate confirms veteran diplomat Antony Blinken as secretary of state
Antony Blinken speaks during his confirmation hearing at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, on Jan. 19, 2021.
opinion
Four years after ‘American carnage,’ can Joe Biden put the U.S. back together again?
John Ibbitson
u.s. politics
Joe Biden plans to block Keystone XL pipeline as one of first acts in White House
In this April 13, 2020, photo provided by TC Energy, construction contractors for TC Energy are seen installing a section of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline at the U.S.-Canada border north of Glasgow, Mont. Critics of Canada’s most controversial cross-border pipeline projects aren’t taking their demise for granted under president-elect Joe Biden. THE CANADIAN PRESS/TC Energy via AP
books
The books that Globe Arts writers and editors are planning to read this year
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world
Trump administration redesignates Cuba as ‘state sponsor of terrorism’
Cuban and American flags in Havana, on Sept. 20, 2018.
world
U.K. judge to rule on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be extradited to United States
Protesters are seen at the front of the British Embassy, in Washington DC, on January 3, 2021, holding picture of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assenge, asking Britain to not extradited him to the United States. - The 49-year-old Australian was first arrested 10 years ago on December 7, 2010. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)
analysis
Donald Trump’s spate of pardons could spark another political battle
David Shribman
opinion
The Biden cabinet: Just old faces from the Obama era or inspired choices?
Lawrence Martin
opinion
The revenge of the elites: Under Biden, brains replace bluster
Lawrence Martin
opinion
Will Biden fall into Trump’s foreign policy traps?
Konrad Yakabuski