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There is no reliable, corroborated reporting in the supplied sources showing Michelle Obama as the plaintiff in a major, ongoing public lawsuit for which specific legal remedies were sought and adjudi...
President Barack Obama did not build a new indoor basketball arena at the White House; he adapted the existing South Lawn tennis court so it could be used for full‑court basketball by adding hoops and...
The short answer is no: claims that former President Barack Obama received recurring “royalties” or direct payments from the Affordable Care Act (often called “Obamacare”) are false and trace back to ...
President Barack Obama did not build a standalone indoor White House basketball arena; rather, in 2009 he had the existing South Lawn tennis court adapted so it could serve for both tennis and full-co...
Barack Obama’s chief post-presidential association with “health and wellness” in public reporting is primarily as the founder/leader of policy and institutional efforts — notably his signature Afforda...
Barack and Michelle Obama maintain a small portfolio of well‑documented U.S. residences: a primary home in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C.; a long‑standing Chicago residence in the Kenwo...
The claim that ; the items reviewed either discuss White House renovations paid personally by the Obamas or cover unrelated projects like the Obama Presidential Center funded by the Obama Foundation. ...
Watchdog and news investigations show that viral claims about Barack Obama spending extravagant sums or “wrecking” the White House to build a basketball court are false; fact-checkers find the image u...
The allegation that the Obama Foundation received donations from private companies specifically to fund a White House basketball court is unsupported. Contemporary fact-checking shows the basketball-c...
My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) mobilized federal, state and local partners around six life‑stage milestones to improve education and employment outcomes for boys and young men of color, and spawned local p...
Protect Our Parks has repeatedly litigated and repeatedly appealed decisions rejecting its challenges to the Obama Presidential Center: after filing a second federal complaint in April 2021, the group...
President Barack Obama personally authorized the May 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden, directing the CIA and Special Operations forces to execute the operation after months of intelligence work a...
The operation that killed Osama bin Laden was authorised by President Barack Obama and carried out by U.S. special operations forces in Pakistan on May 1, 2011 (ET) in a mission commonly known as Oper...
Mainstream sports and news outlets framed Barack Obama’s presidential basketball as both a personal pastime and a political symbol: Sports Illustrated and similar outlets celebrated legendary White Ho...
A discrete set of verified primary court documents underpins public litigation connected to the Obamas and the Obama Foundation: the multi‑year suits challenging the Obama Presidential Center (complai...
The Obama Presidential Center’s Home Court — a 45,000 sq ft multipurpose athletic and events facility with an NBA‑regulation main court — is being offered for rentals and event bookings by the Obama F...
Available reporting and multiple fact-checks find no evidence that President Obama, the Obama Foundation, or the Obama Presidential Center received licensing or royalty payments tied to the Affordable...
Barack Obama is appearing in multiple public and institutional roles in 2024–2025: as a critic of conservative policy blueprints such as Project 2025 (he publicly warned it would “take away the freedo...
Former President Barack Obama did adapt the White House’s outdoor tennis court so it could be used for basketball — adding hoops and painted lines rather than tearing down or rebuilding major structur...
President Barack Obama announced Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) on June 15, 2012, after congressional efforts such as the stalled DREAM Act failed to pass; the program was implemented b...