Christi Parsons: Abraham Lincoln’s empathy is what our divided nation needs
New scholarship shows that Abraham Lincoln was a deeply sensitive man who embraced radical acts of inclusion to keep the Union intact.
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In the face of Trump’s attacks, Obama and other former presidents remain silent
President Trump has taken aim at many targets over time and often says he’s just counter-punching his critics. Yet there’s one perceived foil he goes after time and again without...
Trump, Putin have first official phone conversation amid European anxiety about future relations
President Trump made a flurry of phone calls to world leaders Saturday as he began shaping his new administration's foreign policy, but none was as anxiously anticipated as the first...
I reported on Obama longer than anyone else. Here’s what I learned.
This new guy named Barack Obama was speaking forcefully, delivering one of his first speeches as an Illinois lawmaker with such eloquence that I turned up the volume on the...
Where will Obama go after the inauguration is over?
President Obama will begin the day Friday amid the pomp of Inauguration Day and end it in a way he hasn't in eight years — without a coterie of aides,...
Race is an integral part of Obama’s story, and he embraced its complexity
President Obama had occupied the Oval Office for nearly a full term when government engineers came to him with a request: that he move out for a few months while...
President Obama, elected as a peacemaker, led nation through 8 years of complex warfare
Before he took office in 2008, Barack Obama vowed to end America's grueling conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. During his second term, he pledged to take the country off what...
Obama changed ‘whole concept of war’
— Before taking office, Barack Obama in 2008 vowed to end America's grueling conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. During his second term, he pledged to take the country off what...
President Obama confirms farewell address in Chicago
Ten days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, President Barack Obama will say goodbye from the same city that launched his political career. The presidential farewell will take place on...
Obama will spend final presidential trip abroad trying to reassure world about Trump
President Obama on Monday heads for Europe and then South America to face world leaders wondering what to expect from the U.S. after he leaves office, and to deliver the...