(CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama's victory speech Tuesday night compares favorably with a number of historic orations, a linguist said Thursday. "His goal was to be understood by the widest ...

Following is the Associated Press' news report from November 5, 2008. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama swept to victory as the nation's first black president Tuesday night in an electoral college ...

Barack Obama finally speaks out about Donald ... and we want to congratulate President Trump and Senator Vance on their ...

Former President Barack Obama closed out the second night of the Democratic National Convention, making the case for Kamala Harris while attacking Donald Trump as dangerous. Photo: Mike Segar/AFP ...

Once cautious about overshadowing Democratic candidates like Joe Biden or Kamala Harris, the former president now appears freer to act independently.

Here are eight Barack Obama quotes that I believe still ... Context: Spoken during his 2008 presidential victory speech, Obama used this sentence to mark the moment America elected its first ...

A video has surfaced featuring a young Barack Obama passionately defending academic freedom during a 1991 protest. The protest supported law professor Derrick Bell, a critical race theory pioneer ...

"As scary and uncertain as these times may be, they are also a wake-up call," Barack Obama told ... into action,” President Obama, 58, said in his own speech. “As scary and uncertain as ...

Former US President Barack Obama once needed “30 stitches” moments before a major speech, his wife Michelle Obama recalled in a recent podcast she co-hosts with her brother, Craig Robinson.