On health care, Schatz supports Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on the latter’s single-payer health care proposal. He has also proposed a plan to expand Medicaid to let every American buy into the federal ...

A 48-hour period in 2011 may go down as the era's defining political moment, setting in motion events that are still ...

Former first lady Michelle Obama told actor Taraji P. Henson on her podcast, "IMO," about her choice to skip President ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said Wednesday that he will not seek reelection in 2026, ending ...

Michelle Obama has spoken about the rumors and scandal that swirled around her after she chose not to attend the second ...

Former President Obama lavished praise on Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Wednesday, after the No. 2 Senate Democrat announced ...

Former President Barack Obama has kept busy since he left office. From impromptu family vacations to court-mandated jury duty, the 63-year-old has led a pretty ordinary life in the years following ...

Former President Barack Obama has kept busy since he left office. From impromptu family vacations to court-mandated jury duty, the 63-year-old has led a pretty ordinary life in the years following his ...

According to sources, Barack and Michelle Obama are also urging their daughters, Malia and Sasha, to take sides in the ...

The Hawaii Longline Association called commercial fishing in the vast and deep waters around the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument “sustainable and highly monitored ” a day after ...

ERIC LEE / NEW YORK TIMES Kitty Simonds, far right, executive director of the Honolulu ­-based Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, was in the Oval Office on Thursday as President ...

The former first lady is setting the record straight about her marriage. Former first lady Michelle Obama is setting the record straight about her marriage to Barack Obama. In part two of her ...