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WASHINGTON - On Jan. 29, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law, delivering on a longtime liberal goal of equal salary opportunities for women.

Standing in the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery alongside his two predecessors in the White House, former president Barack Obama noted that inaugurations are central to American democracy.

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden plans to name several former Obama administration officials to senior jobs at the State Department and National Security Council in the coming days, adding more experienced and well-connected Democratic staffers to the country's sprawling national security bureaucracy.

VOTING-ANALYSIS: As part of a lengthy Twitter thread aimed at bolstering President Donald Trump's wild and baseless allegations of electoral impropriety, cartoonist Scott Adams distilled a common argument about President-elect Joe Biden's win.

WASHINGTON - In the final weeks of the 2016 campaign, then-president Barack Obama was a ubiquitous presence stumping for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, making her case as a worthy successor but also emphasizing that his own legacy was on the ballot.

PHILADELPHIA - Former president Barack Obama delivered a lacerating critique of President Donald Trump in his debut on the 2020 campaign trail Wednesday, denouncing his successor's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and ridiculing him for being unable to even "protect himself" from covid-19. 

Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden - two presidents and the older guy who somehow outlasted them into the virtual age.

Former president Barack Obama delivered a call to action in his eulogy Thursday of late congressman John Lewis, urging Congress to pass new voting rights laws and likening tactics by President Donald Trump and his administration to those used by racist Southern leaders who fought the civil rights movement in the 1960s. 

Joe Biden's presidential campaign on Wednesday deployed a new tactic to reach voters when bunting- strewn stages and boisterous rallies have been set aside: Using cinematic flourish to tease a major appearance with Barack Obama intended to excite Democrats and troll President Donald Trump with the presence of his popular predecessor.

Joe Biden's campaign has long viewed his partnership with former president Barack Obama as one of his chief assets in running for president. He spoke often of "my buddy Barack" during campaign events.

"President Obama and Vice President Biden never even tried to fix this during their eight-year period. The reason they didn't try is because they had no idea how to do it." - President Trump, in remarks on the signing of an executive order on policing, June 16, 2020

Former president Barack Obama will host a virtual fundraiser next week for Joe Biden, marking the first time that the 44th president will host an event for his former vice president's 2020 White House bid.