With a day left until Election Day, Barack Obama holds a statistically significant lead over John McCain, according to the final NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll before the election.

Forget Claire Huxtable. Michelle Obama could be a real-life role model for black women.

What's more scary: a bleak economy or a black president? The two ideas converge in a small but influential group of voters who fear that if elected, Barack Obama would give blacks preferential treatment.

Lula Cooper expects the tears to flow if Barack Obama becomes the first black president. But she's not breaking out the tissues just yet.

Analysis: A look at how blacks have successfully assimilated into mainstream culture, to both the good and bad.

Analysis: From Japan to Europe to Pakistan to Africa, somehow Barack Obama has become the "world's candidate".

No matter who wins the 2008 presidential race, there could be a big shakeup in America's intelligence community. Both John McCain and Barack Obama plan big changes at the CIA.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Saturday he didn't know that one of his relatives was living in the United States illegally and believes the appropriate laws should be followed.

Democrat Barack Obama got annoyed with the media Friday as he tried to walk down a Chicago street with his 7-year-old daughter, Sasha, who was dressed up in a shiny costume for Halloween.