Politics

In his final day in the White House, President Barack Obama commutated sentences for 330 drug prisoners. The outgoing president has now issued 1,715 commutations.

"Will the Women’s March on Washington be a space filled primarily with participants who believe that Black lives matter? I’m not sure, especially considering the attitudes of some who have publicly stated that they don’t want to hear calls for attendees to check their White privilege at the proverbial door,” Jamilah Lemieux explains in an op-ed at ColorLines.

President Barack Obama talked about hope once again during his final press conference Wednesday before leaving the White House amid growing fears about racial polarization and discrimination stemming from the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump,

He says Rep. Lewis should “spend more time on fixing and helping his district.”

President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to outgoing Vice President Joe Biden during a surprise ceremony at the White House on Thursday.

The U.S. Senate approved a budget resolution that would allow Republicans to swiftly reform the Affordable Care Act.

President Barack Obama addresses the nation in a farewell speech. He declares, 'Yes, We Did.'

Throughout the duration of the hearing, several protesters erupted into fiery condemnation of Sessions and were escorted out by security.

President Barack Obama says the Democratic Party needs to be rebuilt from the ground up.

African American federal workers will feel the brunt of Donald Trump's proposed federal workforce reform.

First lady Michelle Obama turned her last speech before leaving the White House into a powerful and emotionally stirring message for young people amid growing fears among marginalized communities of President-elect Donald Trump and his cabinet heading to the nation's capital.

Donald Trump's transition team is calling on Congress to fund the creation of a wall along the Mexican border as soon as April.