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In one of his funniest television moments yet, President Barack Obama appeared on The Tonight Show with host Jimmy Fallon to "slow jam the news" and review his accomplishments over the last eight years.

President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed Hillary Clinton, just days after she became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee in a historic victory. The announcement came in a Facebook video and email. “I want to congratulate Hillary Clinton on making history as the presumptive Democratic nominee for president of the United States,” he says in the YouTube video […]

The President and First Lady wrote a letter that will be given to Ali's family by White House Senior Advisor, Valerie Jarrett.

Underscoring his calls for criminal justice reform, President Barack Obama on Friday commuted the prison sentences of 42 people who were locked up as non-violent drug offenders, reports AFP. The harsh prison terms were doled out under “outdated and unduly harsh sentencing laws,” the White House said in a statement. Most were “small-time drug dealers […]

To be sure, the makeup of the list comes as no surprise. Trump's campaign slogan, "Make America Great Again," appears to harken back to the days when Whites were a flourishing majority, writing some of the most reprehensible chapters in American history - notably slavery and Jim Crow laws, which gave birth to a corrupt criminal justice system.

The Obama administration on Tuesday announced new rules that will increase paychecks for low-and-middle-income workers by making millions of Americans eligible for overtime pay, reports USA Today: While some businesses welcome the measure, many say it will simply force them to reshuffle salaries to get around the regulation. Others fear it will mean demoting white-collar workers […]

Trump disavowed Anthony Senecal after news broke about the posts, including one that argued Obama should’ve been “shot as an enemy agent in his first term."

It's common for presidents to look a little different from when they came into office as young, hopeful leaders. And the president is taking it all in stride, and looking amazing while doing it. Check out the gallery below to see Obama's graceful and handsome transformation from "Yes We Can" to a silver fox.