Newly released oral history of the Obama years suggests Trump was a blind spot for the Democrat ...

Columbia University’s Incite Institute offers more than 450 perspectives from the Obama White House and beyond.

UChicago scholars contribute interviews of those who knew Barack and Michelle Obama during their time in Chicago ...

A new set of oral history interviews documents how Barack Obama and his advisers missed the shifting mood of the country that ...

Oral History: Obama Didn't See Trump Coming ...

Any American president hoping to stake a claim to being viewed by future generations as great and transformative — or at least very good and effective — would be wise to choose his predecessor well.

As America turns 250 years old in 2026, CBS News Chicago is looking back at two presidents who called Illinois home.

On Monday President Obama made history when he became the first American president to visit Myanmar. The trip is meant to highlight his success in pushing the country’s generals to enact changes that ...

Obama aides have described how they underestimated Donald Trump before his 2016 presidential run, even as his influence grew online and in politics.