Barack Obama

After eight years in office, his list of accomplishments is as long as it is controversial.

Calling Biden "the best vice president America's ever had" and a "lion of American history," President Obama gave his White House partner the nation's highest civilian honor in an emotional ceremony.

The biggest item on the agenda for Republicans in Congress and President-elect Donald Trump is repealing the Affordable Care Act. However, many are…

At the beginning of his first term Barack Obama had to deal with the greatest recession in decades and two wars in the Middle East. Although the economy…

Tuesday was an insane news day, with confirmation hearings, explosive new allegations about Trump's ties to Russia, and a death sentence in a high-profile case, among other things. And more to come.

The NPR Politics team and reporters across the newsroom will be live-annotating President Obama's farewell address in Chicago on Tuesday night, scheduled…

As President Obama prepares to deliver his farewell message to the country, we look back at the legacy the past eight years might leave.

The tradition of giving a goodbye address goes all the way back to the nation's first president. Author John Avlon says George Washington's farewell was remarkably prescient and prophetic.

President Obama came into office hailed as the "Great Communicator," but when it came to explaining the $780 billion stimulus, he came up short, setting up a pattern that would repeat.

President Obama tries to rally congressional Democrats to save his namesake health care law, even as Republicans take the first step toward repeal.