The Obama-Romney race in 2012 was the last in a familiar pattern in U.S. politics, which has since become defined by Donald Trump’s conservative populism.

President-elect Donald Trump promised mass deportation on the campaign trail, and while the scale of it remains vague, the elements of the plan are an unlikely call back to former President Barack Obama who was billed the “deporter-in-chief” by Democrats and immigrant advocates.

Van Jones said the president-elect "is not an idiot," crediting his success, in part, to his "massive media ecosystem."

President-elect Donald Trump has surpassed former President Barack Obama as a successful president and leader.

Trump’s popularity has climbed, though he's still less popular than former Presidents Biden, Obama, Bush and Clinton were at this point in their transitions.

How does TIME choose Person of the Year? Who dominated conversations for better or worse. Trump, Taylor Swift, President Obama earned the title. Twice

President-elect Donald Trump’s border czar pick Tom Homan ... the elements of the plan are an unlikely call back to former President Barack Obama who was billed the “deporter-in-chief ...

Past efforts to shrink the federal bureaucracy, including basic things like selling off unused government buildings, have come up short. Republicans are set to try again.

The possibility that the United States could assume powers that violate the sovereignty of its southern neighbor forebodes a period of extraordinary tension in the bilateral relationship

You can take some risks by putting a couple little extra things on a plate, even if it’s not asked for,’ Andre Rush says

NBC National Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki detailed Sunday the divide in voter demographics between President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President