Barack Obama told House Democrats at an event on Sunday in Los Angeles that they should not get caught up in ideological differences and can “sort through” them later.

"I am hopeful as long as young people do not succumb to cynicism or despair. If they believe in their future, they will lift us all up."

Former President Barack Obama surprised elementary students at a Chicago Public Library branch, reading to them and joking around while wearing a festive Santa hat.

The former president is in Chicago this week to check on construction of his presidential center, set to open next June.

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have spent years shaping public life with the kind of confidence that feels both steady and electric, moving from courtroom sharpness and community grit to global influence like it was all part of one long, deliberate stride.

"He and his wife lived lives defined by purpose," Obama shared about the acclaimed actor and director and his wife Michele Reiner, who were found dead at their California home