Barack Obama
John Heilemann
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August 21, 2024
The Brief Return of Obamalot
A convention conversation with political columnist James Bennet about the lasting power of the Obamas, what the G.O.P. has lost with Trump, and whether Kamala can sell America on generational change.
Peter Hamby
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August 5, 2024
Harris’s Three-Pronged Kryptonite
While Democrats celebrate their shiny new presumptive nominee, particularly on the eve of her veep selection, Kamala Harris still faces a trifecta of challenges that could turn today’s “irrational exuberance” into another 2016-style shocker. Herewith, the bear case for Harris…
Peter Hamby
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June 24, 2024
Biden’s Celebrity Jeopardy
Star power has always counted for more in politics than official Washington would like to admit—and Biden, despite his campaign’s best efforts, isn’t cool. But the very concept of fame is changing, and the White House is banking on the notion that celebrity isn’t what it used to be, either.
Tara Palmeri
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November 30, 2023
The Obama-Biden Thing & Jeff Roe Déjà Vu
As the White House confronts a Gen Z backlash, calls for an Obama intervention have been tempered by fresh anxiety over the party’s generational deficit and the president’s messaging strategy.
Baratunde Thurston
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November 19, 2023
My Chat With Obama
Reflections on media fragmentation in the Obama era, how Trump accelerated its breakup, and what Biden can do to find a new way forward.
Eriq Gardner
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February 27, 2023
An Obama-Fugees-DiCaprio Legal Riddle for the Ages
Will the former president have to testify in rapper Pras Michel’s trial?
Matthew Belloni
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December 8, 2022
The Obamas’ Hollywood Education
Netflix has quietly done what Spotify wouldn’t: re-up Barack and Michelle’s Higher Ground production company after a rocky experiment in entertainment. The question now is whether the Obamas can justify that hefty investment, or whether Hollywood is merely a pricy post-presidential hobby.
Theodore Schleifer
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September 13, 2022
Thiel vs. McConnell, Round 2
New insider reporting on the Blake-Mitch-Thiel love triangle, an intriguing new political hire at Laurene Powell Jobs’s Emerson Collective, and a richly-priced Obama fundraiser at the epicenter of Silicon Valley.
William D. Cohan
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June 15, 2022
Larry Summers, Obama & A Fed Counterfactual
In an alternate universe, Obama would have picked Larry Summers to run the Fed in 2013. And we probably wouldn’t be in our economic fix if he had made good on his promise.