President Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Embracing his clemency powers like never before, President Barack Obama is planning more commutations in his final days in office after a dramatic move to cut short convicted leaker Chelsea Manning's sentence.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Members of the 115th Congress will be sworn in at noon Tuesday, setting off an aggressive campaign by Republicans who control the House and Senate to dismantle eight years of President Barack Obama's Democratic policies.

HONOLULU (AP) -- The United States is unleashing a string of sanctions and other punitive measures against Russia amid allegations that it engaged in cyber-meddling in the U.S. presidential campaign, putting pressure on President-elect Donald Trump not to let Moscow off the hook after he takes office.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House saw it coming, but still it stung.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is hailing what it means to be an American while remembering the nearly 3,000 people who were killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general says the Obama administration has failed to study as legally required the impact of requiring ethanol in gasoline.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has released a version of President Barack Obama's 3-year-old guidance on the use of lethal force against terrorists overseas.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The family of a black Minnesota man fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop is planning to sue over his killing.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will slow its troop drawdown in Afghanistan, leaving a force of 8,400 when President Barack Obama completes his term.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says this year's WNBA champions set an "outstanding example" for young women everywhere.

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama has laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns to honor members of the military who died serving their country.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Public schools must permit transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity, according to an Obama administration directive.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a Wisconsin man to prison for making threats against President Barack Obama last summer.

HAVANA (AP) — Eyeing a new future with the U.S., Cubans are preparing their famed capital for a long-awaited visit by President Barack Obama, who will make history when Air Force One touches down in Havana.