President Barack Obama gives a speech on the White House lawn Friday, June 13, 2014.

A boisterous President Barack Obama tied baseball, voting and Taco Bell together during an Ohio campaign appearance Tuesday, joking that if you have time to get a taco, you have time to vote, likening it to a "combo meal." "It's like you get something good for your soul and then you get something good for your appetite," he said, making reference to the World Series featuring the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs, who face off for Game 6 Tuesday night.

Russians unconcerned by Kremlin’s saber-rattling

BALTIYSK, Russia - Russia held civil defense drills involving 40 million people this month, the largest since the collapse of the Soviet Union. State media broadcast instantly recognizable Soviet imagery, showing school children trying on gas masks, and urge viewers to find the nearest bomb shelter "before it's too late."

Obama caught in middle of unseemly spat over Clinton emails

In this Oct. 28, 2016, photo, President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Orlando, Fla. The latest clamor over Clinton's emails has put Obama in a spot where no president wants to be: caught between his attorney general, his FBI director and his preferred White House successor.

Road rager found through social media

What happens to President Barack Obama's 11.1 million Twitter followers on Inauguration Day? The White House says Obama's official POTUS account will be taken over by the next president, who will start with a huge following but a clean slate of tweets. Obama's tweets will move over to a new handle, POTUS44, by the National Archives and Records Administration.

Obama says Clinton to face unfair gender attacks if elected

President Barack Obama predicted that some of Hillary Clinton's opponents will belittle her as overly emotional if she becomes the nation's first woman president. Obama's critics falsely claimed he wasn't born in the U.S. During an appearance on TBS' "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" Monday, he was asked what the equivalent for Clinton will be.

‘When you retire, will you tell Trump he was right about…

In a much anticipated interview, Full Frontal host Samantha Bee sat down with President Barack Obama to review his legacy and trade quips. The outgoing president, who has less that 100 days left in office, has been making the talk show rounds, with Obama also scheduled to appear on HBO's Real Time on Friday night with host Bill Maher.

Dakota pipeline protesters say they were detained in dog kennels; 268 …

A line of police move towards a roadblock and encampment of Native American and environmental protesters near an oil pipeline construction site, near the town of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S. October 27, 2016 Tens of thousands of people have checked in on Facebook at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in the past few days. They are expressing solidarity with protests against the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota, which have faced an increasingly brutal backlash from police.

Paul Ryan’s Wife Is a Liberal Who Voted Twice for Obama?

We found no evidence to support the claim that Paul Ryan's wife is a liberal or that she twice voted for President Barack Obama. I received an email "One more reason to blow up the status quo of Washington Elites!!!! My goodness!!!! A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing--Why won't Speaker Paul Ryan stand up fr Republican Principals? Married to Janna Little, a left wing progressive, anti-constitutional, big government George Soros supporter who voted for Barack Hussein Obama twice.

Backers of Paris Climate Pact Play Down Trump Threat as Election Looms

Backers of a global accord to fight climate change that formally comes into force on Friday say they are confident the deal can survive any legal challenges by U.S. Republican candidate Donald Trump if he wins next week's presidential election. Trump has threatened to reject the accord negotiated by nearly 200 governments, including that of U.S. President Barack Obama.

Political EmpireThis Inland candidate is touting Barack Obama’s endorsement

The president joins Gov. Jerry Brown, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, state Attorney General Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Alex Padilla in endorsing Medina, a San Bernardino school board member running against Assemblyman Marc Steinorth, R-Rancho Cucamonga, in the 40th Assembly District, which represents parts of San Bernardino County.

Phantom of the Election

Phantom of the Opera , Andrew Lloyd Webber's worldwide hit musical, is often heard at Donald Trump's rallies - an omen of the surprise that American voters are quietly planning for Hillary Clinton. Halloween is a fitting day to discuss haunts - so today I will explain why, even if you won't vote for Trump, you should never vote for Clinton.

The price of offending an Obama crony

Offending one of Barack Obama 's campaign contributors can be as career-threatening as thumbing a nose at the president himself. Maria Pallante , the U.S. Register of Copyrights, an important but little-known office under the Library of Congress, had the temerity to write to the Securities and Exchange Commission to say that in her expert opinion, Google 's habit of playing fast and loose with the nation's copyright laws is both bad policy and against the law.

Barack Obama and the search for identity

In the penultimate episode of the Presidential podcast , we examine Barack Obama's search for identity and how that quest has paralleled America's own complex reckoning with race. "Trying to figure out his identity was really the story of his young life," says Washington Post journalist David Maraniss, author of Barack Obama: The Story .