Former President Barack Obama formally opened his presidential center in Chicago on Thursday with a call to defend democracy.
President Donald Trump has confirmed a deal to end the war with Iran and allow oil traffic to begin again through the Strait of Hormuz.
Former President Barack Obama’s influence in his presidential museum runs deep, from the Chicago location to the textured stone adorning its dramatic tower, art installations and a striped reading chairs that resemble ones in his own home.
Authorities say a man who livestreams himself saying racially derogatory statements to Black people in public settings has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after a shooting outside a Tennessee courthouse.
Civil rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons learned about the Tulsa Race Massacre during college.
President Donald Trump has hosted a White House reception for Black History Month, less than two weeks after he sparked a bipartisan outcry by posting a racist video on social media that depicted former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle.
Obama aides have described how they underestimated Donald Trump before his 2016 presidential run, even as his influence grew online and in politics.
Lawmakers have tried to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, but the former girlfriend and confidante of Jeffrey Epstein invoked her Fifth Amendment rights to avoid answering questions that would be incriminating.
The chair of the Congressional Black Caucus says the Trump administration has a chance to change after President Donald Trump posted a racist video depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as primates in the jungle.
President Donald Trump says he won't apologize for posting a racist video of the Obamas.
Presidents often find solace in golfing, and Joint Base Andrews in Maryland is a favorite spot because it's close to the White House and has built-in security.
Michelle Obama says that on any day during the eight years she was first lady of the United States, she could go from giving a speech to meeting with a foreign counterpart to digging in her vegetable garden with schoolchildren.
Betty Ford reportedly said that if the White House West Wing is the “mind” of the nation, then the East Wing is the “heart.”.
Former first lady Michelle Obama is putting new force behind efforts to ensure girls overcome educational barriers in some of the world’s most economically disadvantaged areas.
U.S. presidents and first ladies have had their share of awkward moments with the British royal family over the years.
President Donald Trump celebrated news that an alumni group from West Point canceled an award ceremony set to honor Tom Hanks.
President Donald Trump claims a video showing items being tossed from a White House window is fake and created with AI, though his press team earlier seemed to confirm the video's authenticity.
The “Boots on the Ground” line dance has quickly become an anticipated moment at African American gatherings, like family reunions, weddings, graduations, parties and cookouts.
The Smithsonian Institution has removed a reference to President Donald Trump's impeachments from an exhibit.
The Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival is back for its 23rd year, celebrating Black filmmakers, actors and tastemakers.
Larry David will bring his grumbly sensibility to U.S. history in a team-up with Barack and Michelle Obama for an HBO sketch show.
Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner already won an NL batting title and a World Series championship ring in his 11-year MLB career.
A former White House executive chef says U.S. presidents and their families are “just regular people” when they're at home in the private living areas of the Executive Mansion.
Patricia Clarkson stars in the movie “Lilly,” a biopic about former Alabama factory worker Lilly Ledbetter who became an equal pay icon.
President Donald Trump is putting his “touches” on the White House with new flagpoles, new artwork and a complete redecoration of the Oval Office.
Michelle Obama and her brother, Craig Robinson, will host a new weekly podcast series starting this month featuring a special guest pulled from the world of entertainment, sports, health and business.
The crowded scene in the Capitol Rotunda on Inauguration Day featured four of the world’s five wealthiest men, five U.S. presidents, influential sporting figures and two foreign leaders with prime seats on the dais.
Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, taking charge as Republicans claim unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions.
Protesters in Syria have held a sit-in demanding justice for four activists who were forcibly disappeared in 2013 and whose fate remains one of the most haunting mysteries of the country’s 13-year civil war.
Justice Kyra Harris Bolden is the first Black woman to be elected to the Michigan Supreme Court.
There are few images more indelible in the history of American dance: Judith Jamison, regal and passionate in white leotard and long ruffled skirt, punching the air in “Cry” — Alvin Ailey’s piercing solo about Black womanhood.
Former first lady Michelle Obama's brother and his wife have settled a lawsuit they filed in 2022 alleging a private school in Milwaukee refused to reenroll their children after the couple raised concerns about racism.
Democrats, Republicans and voting rights advocates launched a wide array of efforts to boost Black voter turnout over the last week of the presidential campaign.
Donald Trump has further denigrated Detroit while appealing for votes in a suburb of the largest city in swing state Michigan.
Michelle Obama delivered a searing speech in support of Kamala Harris during a rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Christian nationalist leaders are telling followers that Vice President Kamala Harris is under the influence of a “Jezebel spirit."
Vice President Kamala Harris is getting ready for her first campaign appearances with Barack and Michelle Obama this month in Georgia and Michigan.
Former first lady Michelle Obama is headlining a rally in Atlanta alongside celebrities and local civic leaders focusing on engaging younger and first-time voters, as well as voters of color.
The kinetic energy powering Kamala Harris’ whirlwind presidential campaign carries the hopeful aspirations of history for many female voters.
Over and over, the Democrats gathered at their national convention predicted Kamala Harris would defeat Donald Trump.
The Democratic National Convention transformed what should have been the driest part of the evening — the roll call — into a party, featuring lively music and several celebrity appearances.
The Democratic National Convention’s second night served up a double dose of Obama firepower for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Barack Obama is returning to the Democratic National Convention stage two decades after his memorable debut.
Democrats say they will lay out the 2024 election as “a choice between two very different visions of America” on the Democratic National Convention’s second night.
Erica Ash, an actor and comedian skilled in sketch comedy who starred in the parody series “Mad TV” and “Real Husbands of Hollywood,” has died.
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice president the expected but still crucial backing of the nation’s two most popular Democrats.
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice president the expected but still crucial backing of the nation’s two most popular Democrats.
In his bid to become North Carolina’s first Black governor, Republican Mark Robinson assails government safety net spending as a “plantation of welfare and victimhood” that's mired Black people in “dependency” and poverty.
Jill Biden says that when the nation's top teachers visit the White House this year, they'll be recognized at their own state dinner.
The deaths of seven World Central Kitchen workers in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza was a tragic turn for an American homegrown charity that, in less than 15 years, has mushroomed from the grassroots brainchild of a celebrity chef into one of the world’s most recognized food relief organizations.
Taylor Swift and her Super Bowl-winning boyfriend Travis Kelce, along with Sydney Sweeney, Ryan Gosling and Timothee Chalamet, are among the nominees for this year’s Webby Awards, recognizing the best internet content and creators.
Judith Light of “Poker Face” and Sam Richardson of “Ted Lasso” are among the acting winners at the creative arts Emmy Awards.
Rosalynn Carter was remembered Tuesday as a former U.S. first lady who leveraged her fierce intellect and political power to put her deep Christian faith into action by always helping others, especially those who needed it most.
President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are preparing to meet at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit this coming week in San Francisco.
This week’s new entertainment releases include an album of rock songs by Dolly Parton, the first half of the final season of “The Crown” returns to Netflix and three dudes from “Saturday Night Live” get their first feature-film shot.
Over the past three years, local school board elections have become the place where America’s deep political divisions are on full display.
A new digital audio edition of Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are” will have a very well known narrator: former first lady Michelle Obama.
From 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 17, the Plaza Drive organization is celebrating 12 years of being a community makers space.
Bayard Rustin, the civil rights activist and primary architect of the 1963 March on Washington, who often worked tirelessly out of the limelight, takes center stage in the new Netflix drama “Rustin.”.
After a rousing tribute from former first lady Michelle Obama, Billie Jean King on Monday celebrated the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Open becoming the first sporting event to offer equal prize money to female and male competitors, promising to never stop fighting to maintain that hard-won progress.
Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, were in the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands to watch Coco Gauff’s first-round victory at the U.S. Open.
The drowning death of former President Barack Obama’s personal chef near the family’s home on Martha’s Vineyard has been ruled an accident by the Massachusetts medical examiner.
A California courthouse has been named for a native son who went on to a distinguished career at Harvard Law School, where he taught future President Barack Obama and his wife.
Prince Harry’s “Spare” has sold more than 3.2 million copies worldwide after just one week of publication and will likely rank among the among the bestselling memoirs of all time.