Kathleen Hennessey

Associated Press

President Barack Obama waves prior to departing on Air Force One from St. Lucie County International Airport in Fort Pierce, Fla. on Sunday, June 5, 2016.

Obama's 9 New 'Promise Zones'

It's too early for definitive data on results, but the administration claims it's seeing an early impact, such as a $21 million tax credit that went to the construction of a steel manufacturing facility.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and U.S. President Barack Obama review the guard of honour at Herrenhausen Palace in Hannover, northern Germany, Sunday, April 24, 2016. Obama is on a two-day official visit to Germany.

Obama Pushes for Global Trade Deals

Critics say a trans-Atlantic trade deal will erode environmental standards and consumer protections, but President Obama argues it's "indisputable" that such agreements strengthen the economy and make U.S. businesses more competitive.

President Barack Obama laughs as he hugs Rebecca Yeung, 11, from Seattle, Wash., next to her sister Kimberly Yeung, 9, as they show him their homemade “spacecraft” that features a photograph of their late cat and is made of archery arrows and wood scraps which they launched into the stratosphere via a helium balloon that records location coordinates, temperature, velocity, and pressure and reports the data back to the them, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, during the 2016 White House Science Fair at the White House in Washington.

Obama Touts Robots, U.S. Ingenuity

The White House Science Fair is an annual opportunity to show off the nation's budding inventors, engineers, astronauts and researchers — and to impress the nation's science fan-in-chief.