Barack Obama, the first African American U.S. president, reshaped history through his leadership. His journey from community organizer to president was marked by significant policy achievements, ...

Barack Obama, who will be sworn in as the nation's 44th -- and first African-American -- president Tuesday. And the obsession is certainly not lost on the president-elect. On January 10, he and his ...

Barack Obama was still comparatively young when he left the White House in 2017, too young to retire, and he's kept extremely ...

The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago plans to include artifacts from throughout the former president’s life. But it won't ...

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have a loving marriage, but their relationship may have never come about without one person: ...

The Illinois Republican Party has blasted as "divisive" the hiring language the Obama Foundation is using for the Obama Presidential Center, arguing it shows the privately run project is using public ...

“We the people” need to heed the words of President Obama. “We the people” need to keep our country for the people. All the people. “We the people” need to elect people who believe in unity, not ...

A major milestone was reached Tuesday at the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side. Crews began installing the first 5-foot-tall concrete letters on the building. Once they ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Over 19 acres have been under construction for the Obama Presidential Center. Now, it's near completion. "We are excited to introduce the South Side to the world," said Michael ...

The tradition of U.S. presidents having their own libraries is one that dates back generations. But out of the 16 presidents with their own facility, President Barack Obama is still without his own — ...

Former President Obama was in the Windy City to check on the progress of the nearly finished Barack Obama Presidential Library. Former President Barack Obama made a holiday pop-up visit to a Chicago ...