When the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his second presidential bid in 1988 in Pittsburgh, he saw the campaign as a chance for ...

Obama aides have described how they underestimated Donald Trump before his 2016 presidential run, even as his influence grew ...

A new set of oral history interviews documents how Barack Obama and his advisers missed the shifting mood of the country that would ultimately replace him with a successor they considered a “con man,” ...

Mr. Jackson’s oratorical artistry possessed varied velocities, spellbinding cadences, compelling tones, fiery salvos and hushed and whispered articulations. His arsenal included rhyming admonitions — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former President Barack Obama sounded a warning on Wednesday that “the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota” ...

Rahm Emanuel has made a habit of offering audacious proposals to address what he considers to be the weaknesses contributing to the Democratic Party’s flagging brand. The former ambassador to Japan ...

Former President Barack Obama holds an 11-point lead over President Donald Trump in a hypothetical 2028 matchup, according to a new poll. Neither man is constitutionally eligible to run for president.

During the Obama administration, Homan held senior leadership roles in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He first served as an assistant director for Enforcement and Removal Operations, a ...

Two Democratic former presidents on Sunday condemned the scenes in Minnesota after Alex Pretti was killed this weekend, framing the tragedy as a pivotal moment that calls Americans to "speak up" and ...

Democratic ex-presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have issued statements against the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old nurse in Minneapolis. On Saturday (24 January), Alex Pretti, an intensive care ...

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama said the killing of Alex Pretti was a national wake-up call, arguing that federal immigration agents in Minnesota are using tactics ...