President Obama gave a victory speech in front of cheering supporters in his hometown Chicago after winning the presidential election. Watch the president's full speech. (Photo: AP) ...

Following is the Associated Press' news report from November 5, 2008. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama swept to victory as the nation's first black president Tuesday night in an electoral college ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Barack Obama, who shot from obscurity to fame based on a single speech and then captured the White House in a campaign marked by soaring rhetoric, delivered a restrained, sober ...