President Barack Obama whistles as he walks between the Oval Office and the South Lawn of the White House; before boarding the Marine One to begin his trip to Mexico and Costa Rica.
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MOMENT of the day: Barack Obama and Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi after they delivered statements expressing hope for Burma’s further progress after their meeting at her house in Rangoon. Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA
Election twins - Meet Mitt and Obama.
Millicent Owuor, 20, carries her newly born twin boys named after President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney inside the maternity ward of Siaya District Hospital, near Obama’s ancestral home village of Nyangoma Kogelo, Kenya.
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While Donald Trump had no problem demanding that Barack Obama reveal details about his passport and time at college on Wednesday, the billionaire business mogul proved rather less forthcoming when it came to a request for information about himself.
Trump announced on Wednesday that he would donate $5m to a charity of Obama’s choosing, if the president handed over his “college records and applications, and passport application and records”.
But when the Guardian contacted Trump’s office to ask for Trump’s college and passport records, it was accused of “trying to be funny” and the request was deemed to be “stupid”. Listen to what happened when Guardian US reporter Adam Gabbatt contacted his office.
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Early anecdote suggesting that he was destined for great things
According to his biographer David Maraniss, Obama wrote, in a school essay at the age of 8: “I live near the school. I usually walk to the school with my mom, then go home by myself. Someday I want to be president. I love to visit all the places in Indonesia. Done. The eeeeeeend.”
Douglas Anderson, now a business school professor and Romney friend, was in his first year at Stanford University when a student he barely knew approached him. “Do you know Mitt Romney?” he asked. Anderson replied that he didn’t. “Mitt Romney is the finest person I have ever known!” the student said, then walked away
In 2008, Obama swept to victory on a promise of hope. But his lofty rhetoric has been sapped by a grim economic picture, and voters feel let down. Is he still the change they can believe in?
How hip-hop fell out of love with Obama
Barack Obama was once hailed as America’s first hip-hop president. Why have so many rappers now given up on ‘B-rock’?
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There’s no hiding from the kisscam!
President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle share a kiss for the jumbo screen ‘kiss cam’ as they watch a basketball match between the US and Brazilian men’s Olympic teams.
In 1979, he was an 18-year-old freshman who liked Earth, Wind & Fire and wore silly hats. David Maraniss’ new biography reveals how Barry from Honolulu became Barack, president of the United States. Pic gallery here. Photograph: Lisa Jack/Getty Images
More ribbing of Mitt Romney by Barack Obama at the White House’s correspondents’ dinner - video highlights of his speech at this link.
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