Barack Obama

A new report concludes the White House needs to do more to increase transparency and accountability of targeted killing operations in the waning months of the Obama administration.

The African-American South Carolina congressman's support comes just ahead of the Palmetto State primary, where Clinton needs a big victory to slow Bernie Sanders's momentum.

The death of the Supreme Court justice raises the stakes. What are the implications for both sides, and could it drive voters to the polls?

The president has a history of prioritizing diversity hires — and nominees that make it hard for Republicans to vote against.

President Obama struck a somber tone, remembering the late-Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia as a "towering legal mind" who influenced a generation, but made it clear, he intends to replace him.

The Rowan County, Ky., clerk who went to jail for refusing to issue same-sex-marriage licenses will be in attendance. She apparently got a ticket through Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan's office.

A big part of any State of the Union address is the list of policy proposals for Congress. But do those ideas go anywhere? Here's how well recent presidents have done on this measure.

Recent studies have found that background checks can help curb gun violence. In recent shootings, though, evidence is tougher to see.

"The gun lobby may be holding Congress hostage right now. But they cannot hold America hostage," President Obama says.

President Obama appears on Jerry Seinfeld's online show Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Sample question: "How many world leaders do you think are just completely out of their mind?"