Protocol pitfalls abound as Trump heads abroad to meet royalty in Japan and Britain
U.S. President Donald Trump was walking across the sun-splashed airport tarmac in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2017 when the Israeli leader playfully warned his political ally about the confusing protocol he was about to encounter on his first visit to Israel ...
Former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama charmed thousands of Britons on Sunday, telling anecdotes about meeting the "wonderfully warm and funny" Queen Elizabeth II and praising London's diversity. Obama, the wife of former U.S. President Barack Obama, was in London to promote her best-selling autobiography. ...
Michelle Obama charms British crowd with praise for Queen Elizabeth
Former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama charmed thousands of Britons on Sunday, telling anecdotes about meeting the "wonderfully warm and funny" Queen Elizabeth and praising London's diversity at an event in the capital. Obama, the wife of Barack Obama, who was president from 2009 to ...
Michelle Obama tops Hillary Clinton as America's most admired woman
Former first lady Hillary Clinton's 17-year run as the woman Americans admire most is over. Another former first lady, Michelle Obama, has deposed Clinton as America's most admired woman, according to a Gallup poll published on Thursday. Former President Barack Obama was named the man Americans ...
Obama jokes about his ears and gray hair as official portrait is unveiled
Former U.S. President Barack Obama joked about his ears and gray hair and praised his wife Michelle Obama's "hotness" at the unveiling of the couple's official portraits at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery on Monday. The Obamas tapped artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald for ...
Trump's co-chairman in New York wishes death on Obama, calls first lady a male
A wealthy businessman who co-chaired President-elect Donald Trump's state campaign confirmed Friday that he told an alternative newspaper he hoped President Barack Obama would die from mad cow disease and that the first lady would "return to being a male." Carl Paladino, a millionaire real ...
Michelle Obama stumps for 'my girl' Clinton, declares her friend
As first ladies they could hardly have been more different. But as Democrats looking to fire up female voters, Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton were firmly bonded on Thursday. In their first joint appearance on the campaign trail, Mrs. Obama and Clinton talked up their ...
Russia intel believed behind scan of Michelle Obama passport, hacking of Democrat data
An image purported to be a scanned copy of U.S. first lady Michelle Obama's passport was leaked online on Thursday alongside personal emails said to belong to a low-level White House staffer who worked with Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. Reuters was unable to verify the ...
Trump clinches presidential nomination, but wife's alleged plagiarism is talk of convention
As Donald Trump claimed the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, his campaign struggled to contain the fallout from revelations that portions of his wife's speech before the Republican National Convention on Monday night were lifted from an address delivered eight years earlier by Michelle Obama. Trump ...
Calling the moment bittersweet, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcomed thousands of children to the South Lawn of the White House Monday morning for the final Easter Egg Roll of his presidency. The egg rolling began in 1878. Now the event includes ...
Michelle Obama invited again to Japan to discuss education of young women
Michelle Obama, the wife of U.S. President Barack Obama, is being invited back to Japan again next year by the Foreign Ministry to discuss issues related to the education of young women. "There was an invitation for Mrs. Obama to come back and talk more ...
Obama, wife to greet Pope Francis on tarmac upon pontiff's arrival in Washington
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will lead the welcoming committee for Pope Francis when he arrives in Washington for a historic visit later this month. The White House says the Obamas will make the rare trip to Andrews Air Force Base, just ...
