Watch CBS News
Now an elder statesman, President Obama is returning to Chicago, where he launched his unlikely political career, to tell Americans not to lose faith in their future, no matter what they think about their next leader.
President Barack Obama is calling during his last meeting with U.S. military leaders for a "seamless passing of the baton" to President-elect Donald Trump.
Senior House Democrats are extolling the benefits of President Barack Obama's health care law in hopes of derailing Republican plans to gut the statute.
President Obama is entering the closing stretch of his presidency, an eleventh-hour push to tie up loose ends and put finishing touches on his legacy before handing the reins to Donald Trump.
The U.S. unleashed a string of sanctions and ordered the expulsion of Russians in retaliation for alleged cyber-meddling against the election, but Vladimir Putin ruled out any move to kick out American diplomats in response.
Donald Trump applauded the return of 8,000 jobs to the U.S. and hailed his transition discussions with President Obama in the most detailed interaction he's had with journalists since before the election.
The United States and Japan will seek to put pain and resentment over the Pearl Harbor attacks behind them when their leaders pay a historic visit to the place where bloodshed drew the U.S. into World War II.
The Obama administration is terminating some sales of military arms to Saudi Arabia over concerns about the killing of civilians in Yemen by a Saudi-led coalition.
The longest, loudest standing ovation of the Kennedy Center Honors gala wasn't for Al Pacino, Mavis Staples or the Eagles. It went to the man attending his eighth and most likely his last honors presentation.
President Obama on Thursday marked his final time lighting the National Christmas Tree with a wish that Americans will care for the sick, the hungry and the downtrodden this holiday season.
The scramble to shape his administration underway, President-elect Donald Trump's team has simultaneously begun turning its attention to raising tens of millions of dollars for festivities related to his Washington inauguration.
An Obama administration Justice Department that emphasized the need to be "smart on crime" is being replaced with a Trump presidency that campaigned on being "tough on crime."
As a community tries to move past the backlash of a racist Facebook post that targeted first lady Michelle Obama, a council member in Virginia had some inviting words for outsiders who look down on her town.
A local West Virginia official said she has been placed on leave after she made a racist post on Facebook about first lady Michelle Obama.
President Barack Obama is paying tribute to the nation's veterans in a solemn Veteran's Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.
You learn a lot about people when they're down, President Barack Obama said Thursday, and he wasn't talking about an election.
The White House says Obama called Trump from his residence in the White House early Wednesday to congratulate him. White House spokesman Josh Earnest says the Thursday meeting is to discuss the presidential transition.
Donald Trump warned Thursday that a cloud of investigation would follow Hillary Clinton into the White House. Clinton and her allies, led by President Obama, told voters to get serious about the dangers of Trump.
The Obama administration is pushing back against the efforts to block transgender bathroom rights in public schools. This back-and-forth battle has been flush with controversy.
Seeking a successful healthcare sign-up period despite troubling new challenges to his namesake law, President Obama wants to make sure that people start enrolling on November 1.
President Barack Obama is delivering a sharp rebuke to Donald Trump for his unsupported claims that the presidential election is being rigged against him.
Rolling his eyes at the Republican nominee, President Barack Obama mocked Donald Trump's purported business acumen and newfound rage against the "global elite."
Refusing to give Republicans the benefit of the doubt, President Obama is working to saddle GOP candidates across the country with the baggage of Donald Trump and his sexually aggressive comments about women.
Stanley Kubrick's cerebral interstellar saga "2001: A Space Odyssey" and Ridley Scott's android drama "Blade Runner" are among President Obama's favorite sci-fi movies.
The Obama administration is once again condemning Israel for plans to construct housing on land claimed by the Palestinians.
