Former President Barack Obama is ramping up his involvement in Washington politics as a tricky midterm cycle approaches for Democrats a year after his vice president settled into the top job at the White House.

Obama spoke at the COP26 climate conference in November, pushed for Senate filibuster reform in January, criticized Alabama’s redistricting map last week, and spoke to a group of House Democrats on Thursday.

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