The Latest Breaking News from Barack Obama

Contrary to public desires, the presidency should be far less powerful.

When Barack Obama was elected president, the people of Moneygall in Ireland celebrated. Birthplace of Obama’s great-great-great-grandfather on his white mother’s side, the village commemorated the victory – and a later visit from the 44th president – with pints of Guinness and a kitschy trade in “O'Bama” memorabilia.

‘She knows what she’s doing,’ the former US president said

In her speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president, Vice President Kamala Harris addressed her opponent, former President Donald Trump – not with scorn or outright condemnation but, as columnist Peter Nicholas put it, by taking a “cheekier tone.”

There was some cross-talk on The View, but Jackson seems to have said that Kamala Harris's nomination "‘gives a lot of people hope."

Temporary ruling prevents ex-president from using Hold On, I’m Comin’ while permanent injunction is considered

Former US national security adviser writes ‘Trump lacked basic knowledge of how the government runs’ in tome that also critiques Obama and Biden

From Democrat to pro-Putin isolationist: How did Tulsi Gabbard get here?

Is there room for Slim Shady in the vision of America we heard at the DNC?

What is driving small donors to pledge record amounts of money in support of Harris’s bid for the White House?

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump are in a tight race for the White House. Every voting bloc will count – including members of labor unions and other people in their households.