Barack and Michelle Obama have announced that they are proud to be taking on a new venture together. While some people have called for either Barack or Michelle to get back into politics, the couple ...

Former President Obama and Michelle Obama are Broadway bound — the former first couple’s production company is helping bring a revival of “Proof” to the Great White Way.

Higher Ground, the media company founded by President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, will co-produce of the upcoming ...

Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies Michael Eric Dyson reflects on his friendship with the late Jesse Jackson ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — With a few months left until the opening of the long-awaited Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, the former president’s words he spoke to commemorate the fight for civil ...

Former Harvard President Larry Summers announced that he will retire from his academic and faculty appointments at the Ivy League school, a spokesperson said.

In short: the agency will no longer be able to regulate carbon pollution or greenhouse gases—though a couple of scenarios might prevent President Trump from getting his way.

As America turns 250 years old in 2026, CBS News Chicago is looking back at two presidents who called Illinois home.

Former President Barack Obama's presidential center in Chicago is again coming under scrutiny for its architectural design — this time leaving locals scratching their heads over confusing text wrapped ...

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to ...

President Donald Trump issued a statement Tuesday on the death of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson that included insults directed at former President Barack Obama and Democrats in general. The ...

“They’re not being kept in Area 51,” Obama said. “There’s no underground facility — unless there’s this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States.” Obama’s comments, ...