Michelle Obama News

In the wake of tornadoes that devastated parts of Oklahoma and killed dozens, first lady Michelle Obama said "our thoughts and prayers are with all the people in Oklahoma," adding that President Obama has directed the "full resources" of the federal government to help Oklahomans recover and rebuild.

Michelle Obama beat Hillary Clinton in Forbes's ranking of the world's 100 Most Powerful Women.

In between working for Republican Sen. Bob Dole and President George H.W. Bush, George attended Harvard, according to a profile published in National Journal on Wednesday.

President Obama and aides will be spending time Wednesday paying attention to Capitol Hill.

Only the third US president to visit South Africa is due to visit Cape Town - more than 15 years since Bill Clinton touched down in the Mother City.

You might want to get a tissue ready for this video. A woman finds her dog under the rubble during a live TV interview: A tag is a way to search for this diary.

Tickets to the 5 p.m. event, which is being hosted by the LGBT Leadership Council, are scaled from $32,400 to $1,250 apiece.

President Obama delivered a powerful commencement address at Morehouse this weekend urging students to "be sensitive to the wrongs, the sufferings, and the injustices of society" and to be "willing to accept responsibility for correcting ills." First Lady, Michelle Obama and Kerry Washington also gave some notable commencent speeches at Virginia ... (more)

On Friday, first lady Michelle Obama reached back 150 years for a metaphor that conveys what was once the centrality of education in the black community.

The conservative blogosphere is up in arms over what appears to be a smoking gun in the Internal Revenue Service scandal.

On Monday, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly said that recent revelations that the Obama administration used its investigatory powers to look into the members of the media may be due to President Barack Obama's lack of a strong father figure when growing up.

The White House says the president and first lady Michelle Obama will leave on June 26, stopping in Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania.

First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit.

A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes.

Today on PhillyDailyNews.com: View an interactive timeline looking back at the troubled career of former Police Officer Richard DeCoatsworth.

By Patch Staff It was a big week for Maryland, with a visit by the first lady and a heads up for a sixth casino in the state.

A former "top cop," who had the honor of sitting next to first lady Michelle Obama during a televised presidential speech four years ago, is facing rape allegations.

President Obama got big laughs at Morehouse College's rainy commencement ceremony in Atlanta.

Ask current Harvard Law School students where Class of '91 alumnus Barack Obama, lived during his three-year stint there, and most will blurt out "Somerville" without skipping a beat.

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