The election was fought over lots of big issues — tax reform, immigration, how to wind down our wars — before the Newtown shooting added gun violence to the list. Here's a preview of what President ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Four years ago, his challenge was to cut through what he called the "gathering clouds and raging storms" of an economic recession. When President Barack Obama gives his ...

After a general election in which the words “climate change” did not come up in any of the presidential or vice presidential debates, President Obama made the issue a major part of his second ...

(The Root) — Obama deserves very high but perhaps not superlative marks for his second inaugural address. It had more the character of an inside-the-park home run, not a grand slam. A 9 on my Olympic ...

On Tuesday, the Morning Joe crew naturally took to dissecting President Obama‘s second inaugural address — which, most have agreed thus far, was directly progressive in its message. The roundtable ...

You've watched it, you've read it, you've analyzed it — everybody has. Now, compare the words Obama used in his speech today to other inaugural addresses. In this graphic from The Wall Street Journal ...

Having completed the inaugural day festivities and surprising guests on White House tours, President Barack Obama will be heading back to ... First time alluded to closing of the Gettysburg Address, ...