Cook County, Ill.- Former President Barack Obama served the highest office in the nation for eight years, and now he faces one the most fundamental duties of a U.S. citizen: jury duty. Obama, who has a home in Kenwood, Chicago, ...

(NBC News) — The Obama administration struck back at Russia on Thursday, imposing sanctions against its intelligence apparatus and expelling 35 diplomats in retaliation for the alleged orchestration of hacking attacks designed to interfere in the presidential election. The sweeping ...

(NBC News) — President Barack Obama has pardoned 78 people and shortened the sentences of 153 others convicted of federal crimes, the greatest number of individual clemencies in a single day by any president, the White House said Monday. Obama ...

(CNN) — President Barack Obama reduced the sentences of 79 more inmates Tuesday, marking his 1,000th commutation — a milestone for his record-setting effort to reverse harsh sentences. Obama plans to grant commutations throughout the rest of his presidency, White ...

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