Bob Secter

Before her death, Barack Obama's grandmother in Hawaii gave his campaign $2,300, which is precisely $2,300 more than Obama himself donated to his $639 million, record-breaking war chest. And in...

With the economy in the dumps and the Christmas shopping season formally set to debut Friday, a reporter asked President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday what plans he and his wife,...

Franklin Roosevelt had Warm Springs, John Kennedy slipped off to Hyannisport, Ronald Reagan chopped wood near Santa Barbara and George W. Bush enjoys clearing brush in the muggy summer heat...

Barack Obama won election to the Illinois Senate in 1996 with no help from Richard Daley. The Chicago mayor offered no assistance to Obama in 2000 when he ran unsuccessfully...

After the man with the big ears and the funny name became president-elect of the United States, Chicagoans were happy to tell their stories, boasting to anyone who'd listen about...

By his own admission, Barack Obama's first post-election wisecrack wasn't the wisest of cracks. At his first news conference as president-elect Friday, Obama was asked whether he had spoken to...

"Change" was Barack Obama's campaign theme. "Change ... or else," might be a better mantra for the hardball players he has chosen for two key roles in his administration. Rahm...

Foreign policy The war hero vs. the globalist. John McCain believes the U.S. needs to project its power for good in the world. Barack Obama puts a premium on diplomacy....

Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden was speaking at a fundraiser in Seattle on Sunday when he said some yet-unforeseen international crisis would quickly put Barack Obama to the test...