Less Than 3 weeks left: Obama in shutting stretch of administration

Barack Obama is entering the end extend of his term, an eleventh-hour push to take care of potential issues and put completing addresses his legacy before giving control to President-elect Donald Trump. 

Obama returns to Washington at midday Monday from Hawaii with less than three weeks remaining in his presidency. His final days in office will largely be consumed by a bid to protect his endangered health care law, a major farewell speech and the ongoing handover of power to Trump.

His speech planned for his hometown of Chicago, on Jan. 10 is relied upon to be his end message to the country, and will be open to the public, according to a notice sent to Obama alumni and obtained by The Associated Press.