Former President Barack Obama was spotted at the inauguration of Donald Trump. See pictures of the former president here.

In 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the United States' 44th president and the nation's first Black chief executive. In 2010, senior Hamas Commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was assassinated in his hotel room while on a visit to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Did you know that in 2008, Barack Obama became the first African American President of the United States? The founders of the Constitution expected leadership that transcends riches and connections, a goal accomplished when Obama believed in the presidency despite accusations of discrimination.

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order that aims to restrict automatic citizenship to babies born on U.S. soil, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional.” The order Mr. Trump signed on Monday was an effort to upend the nation’s immigration laws and reverse decades of precedent and would affect children born to undocumented or temporary immigrants.

If California were a country, its economy would rank fifth internationally, behind only the U.S., China, Germany, and Japan. Despite having a population the size of Canada. It's home to one in eight Americans. Nationally, its residents contribute the largest amount to federal income tax coffers.

Democratic attorneys general told USA TODAY they fear Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order will erase funding for children's health care.

He has sharply criticized President Joe Biden's administration for its handling of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina, and he's suggested withholding money from California unless it changes water policies.

Albuquerque, El Paso, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Tucson – and why the lessons learned in this region are relevant for the rest of the country in the era of mass migration and climate change.

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Donald Trump has officially taken the oath of office, becoming the President of the United States once again during the 2025 inauguration ceremony. Among the notable attendees was former President Barack Obama,

A federal appeals court has ruled against an Obama-era policy shielding hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have long lived in the United States from deportation.