From former presidents to an NBA Hall of Famer to prominent church pastors, stories of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.’s influence on politics, corporate boardrooms and picket lines loomed large at a celebration honoring the late civil rights leader
March 06, 2026
Former President Barack Obama is promoting a Democratic effort to redraw congressional lines in Virginia, the latest front in a nationwide redistricting battle ahead of this year’s midterm elections
March 05, 2026
President Donald Trump has hosted a White House reception for Black History Month, less than two weeks after he sparked a bipartisan outcry by posting a racist video on social media that depicted former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle
February 18, 2026
The coalitions that Jackson built during his presidential campaigns created enduring infrastructure for later progressives, particularly in Vermont.
February 18, 2026
The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s two presidential runs and his life of activism inspired leaders across generations
February 18, 2026
Eulogies are pouring in after the death of the Rev. Jesse L
February 17, 2026
The Rev. Jesse Jackson kept up his more than half-century-long fight for civil and human rights through his final years despite challenges over his health, the coronavirus pandemic, racial injustice and political divisions
February 17, 2026
In a podcast interview with Brian Tyler Cohen, former President Barack Obama made a remark about aliens existing. He later clarified on Instagram that he has not seen evidence of extraterrestrial life.
February 16, 2026
Obama compares ICE’s ‘rogue behavior’ in Minnesota to dictatorships
February 14, 2026
President Donald Trump is facing rare criticism from his Republican Party over a racist video
February 07, 2026
The chair of the Congressional Black Caucus says the Trump administration has a chance to change after President Donald Trump posted a racist video depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as primates in the jungle
February 07, 2026
President Donald Trump says he won't apologize for posting a racist video of the Obamas
February 06, 2026
Trump won’t apologize for sharing since-deleted racist video depicting Obamas as apes on Truth Social
February 06, 2026
The Justice Department says a key participant in the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, has been taken into custody and will be prosecuted in Washington in connection with the rampage that killed four Americans and became a divisive political issue
February 06, 2026
President Trump shared a racist video on Truth Social that depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, then removed it hours later after bipartisan outrage.
February 06, 2026
Michelle Obama explains her comments that the US wasn’t ready for a female president
January 21, 2026
‘Tip of the iceberg’: The FBI search of a reporter’s home has newsrooms bracing for more
January 15, 2026
Fact check: The five wildest conspiracy theories from Trump’s late-night posting spree
December 04, 2025
'Full circle for me': Audience members react to former President Barack Obama's visit to Bentonville
December 02, 2025
President Donald Trump is once more targeting former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, and Trump is picking a political fight before next year’s elections
November 20, 2025
Michelle Obama says that on any day during the eight years she was first lady of the United States, she could go from giving a speech to meeting with a foreign counterpart to digging in her vegetable garden with schoolchildren
November 13, 2025
Power outages disrupt storm preparations for Hawaii residents
St. Patrick's Day Weekend 2026: What you need to know about parades, Chicago River dyeing, and more
Trump seeks to replace White House visitor screening center with underground facility
Formula 1 calls off April races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia due to Iran war
Another 3 members of Iran's women's soccer team decide against staying in Australia as refugees
Anti-war protests in Italy and Spain as high-stakes referendum on Italian judges looms
US Energy secretary directs oil company to restore operations off California
Shea Langeliers homers 3 times for the Athletics against the Kansas City Royals