The Latest Breaking News from Barack Obama

Imagine Trump posing as the ultimate martyr, campaigning for president from jail – his supporters would find it irresistible, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

The Pentagon as a budgetary black hole (and the military that goes with it)

The Obama Foundation compensation package for its chief executive, Valerie Jarrett, jumped to $754,064, in 2022, up from $592,905 in 2021.

On Jan. 20, 2021, Kamala Harris became the first African American, the first person of South Asian descent and the first woman to serve as vice president of the United States.

The Volcker rule is a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on July 21, 2010, Dodd-Frank enacted sweeping reforms over the financial industry in the aftermath of the Financial Crisis of 2007–2008, ...

In just a few decades, the Texas attorney general’s office became a powerhouse in national legal fights over abortion, health care and immigration. Here’s a timeline of how it happened.

The new national monument that President Biden is designating in Arizona today comes after Native nations advocated for decades to protect the area

President Biden designated a national monument near the Grand Canyon Tuesday, removing them from consideration for future uranium mining.

The U.S. is prioritizing foreign militaries over democracies.

Many in the state see prosecution of Trump as a Democratic political move – and they say it will backfire

How far could a president go to stay in office if convinced his re-election was crucial to the nation? What liability would he face? And how much stress can the fragile structure of democracy stand?