MICHELLE OBAMA

U.S. President Barack Obama highlighted his effort to assist in the electrification of rural Africa to help drive its economic development.

U.S. President Barack Obama dined with his step grandmother, his sister and other extended family members after arriving in Kenya for his first presidential visit to his father's homeland on Friday.

A man opened fire inside the Grand Theatre in Lafayette, Louisiana, killing two people and wounding nine.

The owner of La Esquina, Derek Sanders, gave Malia an "Obama 2012" t-shirt that he and his wife created in 2010.

The White House does not plan to change President Barack Obama's itinerary for his trip to Kenya later this week despite disclosure of the presidential plane's Nairobi arrival and departure times.

Before he leaves the show, Jon Stewart took advantage of his final opportunity to joke with Obama.

Obama wrote about a visit to Kogelo in his 1995 book "Dreams from My Father", which helped launch his political career.

A likeness of Obama was discovered hanging from a bridge Monday in the Ural Mountains region of Perm with its head covered by an executioner's hood.

The U.S. and Nigerian presidents met at the White House to discuss Boko Haram's growing threat as well as the corruption and public health issues facing Nigeria.

“If I do resign that’s admitting I’m a racist and I’m not,” Patrick Rushing said.

Hillary Clinton assails financial executives who break the law, even though her family has accepted money from banks that admitted wrongdoing.

Former President Bill Clinton told the NAACP his criminal justice policies aimed at reducing violence haven't helped the nation's black youth.

Nearly half of the Democrats in Congress have endorsed Hillary Clinton’s 2016 bid, but she's not taking them for granted.

"In far too many cases, the punishment simply does not fit the crime," the president said.

In four days, more than 60 human rights lawyers and activists have been arrested or "disappeared" in China, a petition said.

Violence in the African nation has prompted the U.S government to issue an advisory ahead of the U.S. president's visit there later this month.

Democratic lawmakers say shrinking employer retirement packages have made it more difficult for retirees to survive without additional Social Security dollars.

President Barack Obama's itinerary in Kenya does not include the village where his step-grandmother and half-brother reside.

Capers Funnye plans to use his new position to improve race relations in Judaism.

"There are sanctions that were imposed by Congress. I think the administration will have a hard time getting those removed," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.

Aiming at al-Shabab, Kenyan warplanes killed five Somali children on their way to a religious school Sunday, local residents told news organizations.