MICHELLE OBAMA

Elizabeth Warren, the law professor who persuaded the Obama administration to create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, will step down on August 1 from her role setting up the controversial new regulator, the Treasury said on Tuesday.

Health advocates say the fast food chain still has a ways to go.

Persistent economic woes are eroding President Barack Obama's support in his base of liberal and African-American voters, according to a new Washington Post/ABC News poll.

President Barack Obama called on Republican and Democratic leaders on Monday night to reach a fair compromise on raising the debt ceiling to avert a reckless and irresponsible national default.

President Barack Obama sought to defend his record on immigration during a Monday speech to the National Council of La Raza, saying Republicans were stalling any meaningful reform.

Republican Party resistance is the main impediment to enacting immigration reform, President Barack Obama told frustrated Latino supporters at the National Council of La Raza's annual conference Monday.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought to reassure Asian investors over U.S. debt worries Monday, saying she was confident President Obama would ultimately reach a deal with congressional leaders to prevent a catastrophic default.

President Barack Obama said the federal government should not stand in the way of any state that chooses to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions. According to a new poll released last week, over half of all Americans support the White House position.

President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders have missed a self-imposed Sunday deadline reach a deal to raise the U.S. federal debt limit, bringing the default deadline for U.S. obligations even closer.

US President Barack Obama has announced the 17-year military ban on openly gay service will end on Sept.20 2011.

Despite howls of protests from many on Wall Street over some of President Barack Obama's policies, financial sector employees are giving at a greater rate to his re-election bid than during his last campaign.

US first lady Michelle Obama will appear on ABC show 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', the network said on Tuesday.

Mandela has been receiving a lot positive messages and best wishes from all over the world. But his birthday is inspiring an international day of community service.

Betty Ford's funeral, Thursday July 14, 2011.

A controversial editorial in a medical journal is calling for the removal of fat children from their parents' home if the situation calls for it.

Burger King, IHOP, Chili's, and some 15,000 other restaurants have joined forces to offer more nutritional options on its menus. The measure is in part directed at fighting childhood obesity by offering more healthy options on menus, but the main question is will it make a difference?

A new report details the scope of America's ongoing obesity epidemic, finding that adult obesity rose in 16 states without diminishing in a single state.

Controversial Westboro Baptist Church was a no-show at the Betty Ford funeral on Tuesday, throwing the group's creditably further into question.

Michelle Obama, Maria Shriver and George W. Bush were among the dignitaries who paid tribute to Former First Lady Betty Ford at her funeral in Palm Desert today.The wife of the late President Gerald Ford and founder of the famed drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic bearing her name, died on Friday at age 93.Betty Ford was the First Lady of the United States from August 1974 to January 1977. Her willingness to speak candidly about her personal battles with cancer and addiction helped to...

Ex-President Bill Clinton will not be able to attend the funeral of former First Lady Betty Ford due to mechanical problems encountered by the airplane he was scheduled to take.

On Monday, DC media outlets reported that First Lady Michelle Obama made a visit to a Washington, D.C. area Shake Shack and more than indulged herself. She ordered a burger, fries, milkshake, and a Diet Coke, totaling up to a whopping 1,700 calories.