Jackson boldly ran for president twice in the 1980s, laying the psychological and political groundwork for a more conventional Black Chicagoan, Barack Obama, to seize the office two decades later.

When the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his second presidential bid in 1988 in Pittsburgh, he saw the campaign as a chance for ...

After his very close 2022 U.S. Senate defeat, the former Wisconsin lieutenant governor returned to his roots of organizing, ...

Greater Than, a recently launched campaign to overturn marriage equality nationwide, misrepresented a quote from former President Barack Obama to falsely imply that he supports their campaign — he ...

A clip of President Barack Obama in 2010 warning that halting deportations would trigger a surge in illegal immigration is going viral. The post, made on the social media platform X, fueled sharp ...

Former President Barack Obama has warned that the impending expiration of a treaty between the U.S. and Russia aimed at curbing nuclear proliferation could spark another superpower arms race. Obama ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump shared a clip of former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama appearing as apes in a late-night Truth Social post on Feb. 5 before taking it down the ...

People have frequently compared U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies to former President Barack Obama's. Snopes has fact-checked several of these claims over the years, including ones ...

President Donald Trump has deleted a controversial video that depicted former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. Thursday evening, Trump posted a video with baseless ...

President Donald Trump has sparked online criticism after posting a video on Truth Social that contained a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as apes. Near the end of ...

President Trump is on the brink of ordering a massive policy shakeup — “the largest act of deregulation in the history of the United States,” says Environmental Protection Agency chief Lee Zeldin.

A video on President Donald Trump’s Truth Social profile that included a short clip depicting former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes has been deleted from his ...