Before moving to Washington, D.C., the Obamas spent their early years in Chicago, where Barack served as a state senator ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a civil rights icon and Chicago institution. He was also a star athlete in high school and championed human rights on the global stage.

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,” ...

The odds are that life is out there – but rather than little green men, it may look more like hydrothermal vent tubeworms ...

We may not know much about the elusive former first daughter, Sasha Obama, but the few things we do know shed some light on ...

Whoopi Goldberg has blasted Donald Trump for posting a racist meme depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes.

Whoopi Goldberg, who gave voice to Shenzi the hyena in The Lion King, is lambasting Donald Trump for the racist AI video depicting the Obamas as apes.

The ex-president's earlier comments were shared widely after the Obamas stayed quiet following the apes video controversy.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ending is famous: The night in November 2008 when America elected its first Black president. But the road there is full of ...

Former President Barack Obama has condemned the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis intensive care nurse by a Border Patrol agent, calling it a "heartbreaking tragedy" and warning that "many of our core ...

Former first lady Michelle Obama has voiced her opinions on whether presidents should receive a third term. In a recent interview on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, Obama was asked if her husband, ...

Michelle Obama continues ringing in her 62nd birthday in style, on her own terms, with a surprise appearance on Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy” podcast. On Wednesday, Jan. 21, the former First Lady ...