Michelle Obama

WASHINGTON -- District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser’s cellphone rang earlier this week from an unfamiliar number: It was the White House calling to say President Donald Trump wanted to talk. The president congratulated Washington's mayor on $876 million in federal coronavirus relief going to the Washington-area Metro system —…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tributes from former first families rolled in Thursday in response to the news that a man who was a fixture in the White House under 11 presidents had died at the age of 91 after contracting COVID-19.Wilson Jerman started working as a cleaner under President Dwight Eisenhower…

Anderson Cooper and Nancy PelosiSpeaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, has a number of achievements under her fashionable belt, and for this reason, it pains me to write this about a woman I admire. But yesterday, she was wrong. On Monday, Pelosi made waves in Washington when she razzed Donald Trump by calling…

MTV and Michelle Obama’s nonpartisan When We All Vote organization announced on Friday that they will host a virtual prom event for the Class of 2020, whose proms and graduations have all been canceled due to COVID-19. The event will air live on MTV on Friday, May 22. Prom-athon is…

Anika Reed USA TODAYPublished 2:39 PM EDT May 13, 2020Rock legend Steven Van Zandt is paying tribute to rock and roll pioneer Little Richard, who died Saturday at age 87.The E Street Band member and singer-songwriter remembered the late "Tutti Frutti" singer in an exclusive statement to the  USA TODAY…

Rock and Roll legend Little Richard died Saturday at 87, according to his agent Dick Allen. The singer, who is best remembered for his electrifying performances and upbeat music, is known as one of the founding fathers of rock and roll who combined genres of… Read More

In the past month and a half, fashion designer Christian Siriano has transformed his Manhattan atelier into a mask factory to provide much-needed protection to New York’s frontline workers. During a TIME 100 Talks discussion on Friday, Siriano, a former Project Runway winner who’s made his name in the fashion…

Former First Lady Michelle Obama attends the Girls Opportunity Alliance program with Room to Read at the Can Giuoc high school in Long An Province, Vietnam, December 9, 2019. (Yen Duong/Reuters) Michelle Obama has had a blessed American life, but she’s all about her grievances in her Netflix documentary. There’s…

Photo: Paras Griffin/Getty Images If you weren’t able to land tickets to Michelle Obama’s blockbuster book tour, Netflix just gave us the next best thing. Becoming, the documentary, came out today, May 6. It follows the former First Lady on the international tour she took following the release of her…

Becoming, a documentary about former First Lady Michelle Obama, premieres on Netflix today (5/6). Directed by Nadia Hallgren, it's a companion to Obama's 2018 memoir of the same name, and includes scenes from the book tour supporting it; the trailer is below. If you watch the doc, listen for the…