Barack Obama has become the 44th President of the United States, taking the oath of office on the steps of the U.S. Capitol before a crowd of more than one million people who had gathered in frigid temperatures to see the first African American beco...
Pessimism over bank failures and optimism over the inauguration of Barack Obama are resulting in mixed trading around the globe. While financial stocks in Asia took a dive Tuesday, shares in Europe were mostly steady as the inauguration of Barack Ob...
President Obama meets with his national security team, including top military officers, Wednesday to begin to chart a new U.S. policy toward Iraq and Afghanistan. US soldiers celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama, as the 44th president of the U...
President Barack Obama says America's economy is in crisis but can be repaired. America's 44th president struck a determined, but pragmatic tone, on economic matters in his inaugural address. President Barack Obama delivers his inaugural address at...
A carnival atmosphere has engulfed downtown Washington, where more than a million people watched Barack Obama become the 44th President of the United States and America's first African American leader. Mr. Obama took the oath of office on the steps...
A coalition of religious groups and refugee organizations wants U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to take a new approach to Chad. The coalition of aid groups says the Obama administration should set a new foreign policy agenda for Chad that includes...
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, on the eve of his inauguration, is paying tribute to the late civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Mr. Obama also used the day to urge Americans to become involved in community service. President-el...
Four days of celebrations and festivities surrounding the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama have begun in Washington with an open-air concert at the Lincoln Memorial. President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle at the Lincoln Memor...
President-elect Barack Obama says Washington must take dramatic action to combat the current economic recession. Mr. Obama, just days before his inauguration next Tuesday, says businesses like those producing alternative energy can play a major role...
President-elect Barack Obama's nominee to head the Veterans Affairs Department says, if confirmed, he will work to streamline the agency to better respond to the needs of U.S. troops returning home from war. Retired Army General Eric Shinseki, who h...