Obama’s Inauguration

News, multimedia and reader impressions related to Barack Obama’s historic Jan. 20 inauguration as president of the United States. Read our inauguration blog for impressions from Inland Northwest residents attending the event.

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Obama returns to the campaign trail with Biden fundraiser

UPDATED: Tue., June 23, 2020

Former President Barack Obama raised more than $4 million from 120,000 individual donors ahead of his first fundraiser for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

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Curley: Let’s have an honest talk about ‘fake news’ and what local newspapers really do

UPDATED: Sat., April 25, 2020

Today, we hear the phrase “fake news” all the time, but it’s oddly been turned into something that seems charged and political, whether something is factual or not. And if it is true, there are now “alternate facts” you should believe are truer, despite facts not actually working that way.

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President Trump endorses Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers in race against Lisa Brown

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 30, 2018

The president tweeted his support Monday night, part of a series of endorsements for eight GOP lawmakers in the run-up to the first midterm of Trump’s administration.

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Obama urges Congress to show ‘courage’ on health care

Sun., May 7, 2017

Former President Barack Obama, in his first public comments about the ongoing debate over his signature health care plan, implored members of Congress on Sunday to demonstrate political courage even if it goes against their party’s positions.

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Trump blames Obama for protests: ‘I think he’s behind it’

Tue., Feb. 28, 2017

President Donald Trump said he believes that predecessor Barack Obama is riling up protesters against his administration and that Obama’s “people” may be the source of unflattering national-security leaks to the media.

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Fact Check: Trump’s messy case that he inherited a mess

Thu., Feb. 16, 2017

President Donald Trump on Thursday made a messy case that he “inherited a mess” from former President Barack Obama. Economic stats and territorial losses of Islamic State insurgents don’t support his assertions about the problems handed to him on those fronts.

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Trump is crediting many of his policies to a surprising source: Obama

Fri., Feb. 10, 2017

When he was criticized for his sweeping temporary ban on immigrants from seven Muslim-majority nations, President Donald Trump quickly said that Barack Obama had selected the countries. When he reorganized the National Security Council to add his chief strategist, Trump said Obama had done the same thing.

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House votes to block Obama rules on public lands, education

Tue., Feb. 7, 2017

The Republican-controlled House voted Tuesday to overturn Obama-era rules on the environment and education as GOP lawmakers seek to reverse years of what they see as excessive government regulation during the past eight years of a Democratic president.

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Obama rejects comparison between Trump’s immigration policy and his own, encourages protests

Mon., Jan. 30, 2017

Former president Barack Obama rejected the idea Monday that President Donald Trump had based his immigration executive order on a policy adopted by his own administration, and endorsed the protests that have been taking place across the country in response to the new restrictions.

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Trump sought Park Service proof of crowd claim

Fri., Jan. 27, 2017

On the morning after Donald Trump’s inauguration, acting National Park Service director Michael Reynolds received an extraordinary summons: The new president wanted to talk to him. In a Saturday phone call, Trump personally ordered Reynolds to produce additional photographs of the previous day’s crowds on the National Mall, according to three individuals who have knowledge of the conversation. The president believed that they might prove that the media had lied in reporting that attendance had been no better than average.

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Mayor Verner on Obama exchange
Fri., Jan. 22, 2010