P.J. Robertson

[CDC @CDCgov]

Effective May 28, 2026, after 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), CDC will expand public health entry screening for Ebola to include John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). CDC’s Port Health Protection system operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to support these and other public health response activities at U.S. ports of entry. John F. Kennedy International Airport previously conducted enhanced public health entry screening and has established operational procedures in place.

Enhanced public health entry screening is currently conducted at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), and George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). Public health entry screening serves as one component of CDC’s layered public health approach, which also includes overseas exit screening, airline illness reporting, and post-arrival public health monitoring.

[P.J. Robertson @pjrob]

Iran demands access to $12B in Qatar funds as precondition for US MoU https://t.co/dn5QLiEReC

[Mykhailo Rohoza @MykhailoRohoza]

On the evening Barack Obama was elected President of the United States, he didn’t rush off to the loud celebrations.

Instead, he stayed inside a hotel room in Chicago playing Scrabble with his daughters — Malia Obama and Sasha Obama.

A simple moment.

But it revealed a great deal about the man who entered history that night.

While millions of Americans celebrated his victory, Obama wanted his daughters to remember the evening not as a political spectacle, but as time spent with family.

On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama took the oath of office as the 44th President of the United States, placing his hand on the same Bible used by Abraham Lincoln in 1861.

For the first time in American history, an African American became president.

But Obama’s story was never only about grand speeches and historic ceremonies.

During the campaign, he still made time to read Harry Potter to his daughters before bed.

As a child growing up between Hawaii and Indonesia, the future president loved comic books and superhero stories.

Even his political career began in an unconventional way: in 1996, he won his first seat in the Illinois Senate after a difficult legal battle over the signatures submitted by his opponents.

Then came the White House.

But even there, Obama refused to abandon simple habits.

He personally read letters from ordinary Americans and often replied to them himself — sometimes late at night. He believed a president should hear people directly, not only through statistics and reports.

Obama is left-handed — like only a handful of U.S. presidents before him.

He wore nearly identical dark suits and the same style of shoes every day so he wouldn’t waste energy on unnecessary decisions.

And he had one tradition he never broke: on Election Day, he always played basketball. The only election he had ever lost happened when he skipped it.

Michelle Obama once shared that even in the White House, her husband made his own bed every morning — a habit taught to him by his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, whom he lovingly called “Toot.”

Even while living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, he never forgot who he had been before becoming president.

And perhaps that is why millions of people around the world saw in him not just a politician —

but a human being.

A man who, amid power, fame, and history-changing decisions, tried to preserve the things that mattered most:

family,
simplicity,
humanity,
and a connection to the people for whom all of it was meant to matter.

[Nancy Sinatra @NancySinatra]

'For the first time in American history, an African American became president.'
What a great day it was. What a great president he was.

[TMZ @TMZ]

Rob Base, "It Takes Two" rapper, has died at 59 💔🕊️ https://t.co/kkMWG2eA1Y

[Genuis Health 💊 @GenuisHealth]

The best foods for your body

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Barney Frank was one of a kind. For more than three decades in Congress, he fought tirelessly for the people of Massachusetts, helped make housing more affordable, stood up for the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans, and helped pass one of the most sweeping financial reforms in history designed to protect consumers and prevent another financial crisis. Barney’s passion and wit were second to none, and our thoughts are with his family today.

[Lilith leia @leia_x7]

Doctors were shocked by how calmly she gave birth standing up 😳

[ABC News @ABC]

All four air crew members "successfully ejected" after two jets crashed in midair during an air show in Idaho, the Navy said in a statement Sunday, adding that the crew members were being "evaluated by medical personnel." https://t.co/XwGsSPvpdE

[The Day Warrior @thedaywar90]

Are the Obamas the most brilliant Presidential Family? 😊

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Trump rants: Iran has been playing games with the United States, and the rest of the World, for 47 years (DELAY, DELAY, DELAY!), and then finally hit “pay dirt” when Barack Hussein Obama became President…

They finally found the greatest SUCKER of them all, in the form of a weak and stupid American President. He was a disaster as our “Leader,” but not as bad as Sleepy Joe Biden!

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: In a stunning admission of wrongdoing, the Trump Administration is removing the tariffs they placed on beef imports because of record high beef prices. This is long overdue.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

I first met Clark Reynolds when he was just three years old at our Black History Month reception at the White House.

Over the last ten years, it's been wonderful getting updates about his life through his letters. Check out how he’s doing now:

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

There isn’t a moment that goes by that my mom’s words and example aren’t guiding me. I will always carry the values that she gave me, which I’ve done my best to pass on to my daughters, too.

Happy Mother’s Day. ❤️

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

This Mother’s Day, I’m thinking about my mom, and all the lessons she taught me. I'm proud to honor her memory with the Ann Dunham Water Terrace at the Obama Presidential Center.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Wishing all the moms out there a wonderful Mother’s Day!

To @MichelleObama, I’m grateful for all the ways you’ve shown up for our daughters and our family over the years. We love you.

[Willie Ross Jr. Knee Deep @RossKneeDeep]

The truth is, MAGA no longer need these tap dancers. MAGA is currently where they want to be (racially). I'd like to know how Black MAGA feels about this?

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Today’s Supreme Court decision effectively guts a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, freeing state legislatures to gerrymander legislative districts to systematically dilute and weaken the voting power of racial minorities - so long as they do it under the guise of “partisanship” rather than explicit “racial bias.” And it serves as just one more example of how a majority of the current Court seems intent on abandoning its vital role in ensuring equal participation in our democracy and protecting the rights of minority groups against majority overreach.

The good news is that such setbacks can be overcome. But that will only happen if citizens across the country who cherish our democratic ideals continue to mobilize and vote in record numbers - not just in the upcoming midterms or in high profile races, but in every election and every level.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

Patriot passport unlocked. 🦅

Limited edition. Stamped for America 250. 🇺🇸