Michelle Obama

'We Have To Do More': Michelle Obama's Next Four Years

Ari Shapiro — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:20:00 +0000

This week marked a new step in Michelle Obama's evolution as first lady. In her hometown of Chicago, she delivered one of the most emotional speeches of her career — about kids dying from gun violence.

"I'm not talking about something that's happening in a war zone halfway around the world," she said. "I am talking about what's happening in the city that we call home."

Michelle Obama almost never ventures into the top political controversy of the day. Instead, she has spent her time in the White House focusing mostly on child nutrition and military families.

In 2012, Obamas Made $662,076, Paid $112,214 In Taxes

Eyder Peralta — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:23:00 +0000

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama report that they had an adjusted gross income of $608,611 in 2012. The couple gave $150,034 to charity and ended up paying $112,214 in taxes.

That's an effective tax rate of about 18 percent.

That's a drop from what Obama had paid in previous years. In 2010, for example, Obama paid and effective tax rate of 25 percent.

Michelle Obama Steps Into Gun Control Debate

Cheryl Corley — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:17:00 +0000

First lady Michelle Obama gave a personal and emotional speech Wednesday in Chicago as she stepped into the debate over gun control.

"Right now, my husband is fighting as hard as he can and engaging as many people as he can to pass common-sense reforms to protect our children from gun violence," she said.

The first lady was in her hometown to encourage business leaders to donate millions of dollars to programs for at-risk youth.

It was just two months ago that Obama returned home to attend the funeral of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, a Chicago teenager who performed with her band members

Does President Obama Know When To Say When?

Alan Greenblatt — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 11:47:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq-URl9F17Y

Iran Doctors Photo To Cover Michelle Obama's Shoulders

Mark Memmott — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:13:00 +0000

Digitally doctoring photos, it appears, is a practice that bridges some very deep religious and political divides.

Back in 2011, it was the Hasidic newspaper Der Tzifung that digitally removed then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Obama administration counterterrorism aide Audrey Tomason from the iconic "situation room" photo taken the night Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden.