David Plouffe has agreed to a seven-figure deal to write a book about last year's presidential election. “The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory” will also detail the business lessons of a $1 billion start-up.

Barack Obama shattered more than 200 years of history Tuesday night by winning election as the first African-American president of the United States.

Cheering supporters of Barack Obama gathered in streets across the country Tuesday night to celebrate a moment in history many thought might never come.

A day before the presidential election, Barack Obama announced the death Monday of his grandmother, who helped raise him and whom he praised as the cornerstone of his family.

Iowa is where Barack Obama’s path to the presidency began. So it was fitting that on the Friday before the American people cast their ballots, Iowa was the spot for one of the Democrat's final campaign rallies.