Barack Obama

Mr. Castro divided his remarks into three parts: First, there was the story of growing up the son of a single mom, raised partly by his grandmother Victoria, who had left Mexico when she was a child and worked as a maid most of her life, barely scraping by, b…

Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press The jersey that former President Barack Obama is believed to have worn during his high school basketball days at Punahou School in Honolulu sold at auction for $120,000, according to the Associated Press. The buyer chose to r…

Former President Barack Obama and Joe Biden have an extremely close relationship, but that reportedly hasn't alleviated concerns Obama has about the former vice president's 2020 campaign. Obama spoke with Biden about the prospect of him running multiple ti…

Barack Obama includes the work of the late, great author Toni Morrison on his summer reading list for 2019. Barack Obama Even though most of us will never become the president of the United States, we can still read like one. On Wednesday, former US Preside…

Donald Trump, clearly no fan of Barack Obama, has spent much of his presidency trying to blow up his popular predecessors legacy. Thats what makes this trolling effort so irresistible for almost 300,000 Obama supporters who have signed a Moveon.org petition …

Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and author, with Kevin Kruse, of the new book "Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974." Follow him on Twitter at @julianzelizer. The opinions expressed in this…

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) When Chad Johansen voted for Donald Trump in 2016, he hoped he was picking someone who could help small-business owners compete with bigger companies. But that hasn't happened, and now the 26-year-old owner of NH iPhone Repair feels what…

President Donald Trump's name was invoked by the alleged perpetrator in at least 36 criminal cases involving violence, violent threats, or assault allegations, according to a recent ABC News report. The same cannot be said of Trump's most recent predecesso…

Looks like Barack Obama is spending the summer with his head in some very good books. On Tuesday, the former president used a Facebook post to detail his summer reading list, and tops on his list was author Toni Morrison, who died Aug. 5 at the age of 88. “…

Stephen Colbert isn’t buying President Donald Trump’s latest excuse for restricting immigration.  The Trump administration expanded its “public charge” rule, making it harder for anyone receiving any form of government assistance (a person who could become a…