WASHINGTON — Former First Lady Michelle Obama’s mother, Marian Robinson, has died, according to a family statement shared with NBC News. Robinson was 86 years old. “She passed peacefully this morning, and right now, none of us are quite sure how exactly we’ll move on without her,” the family statement said. The family statement is […]
Michelle Obama’s mother, Marian Robinson, has died at the age of 86. Mrs Robinson died peacefully on Friday, the former US first lady and her brother, Craig Robinson, and their families announced in a statement. “There was and will be only one Marian Robinson,” they said. “In our sadness, we are lifted up by the […]
Though much of the political world’s focus this week has been on Donald Trump and his extraordinary legal difficulties, it’s been an exceedingly productive week for President Joe Biden and his administration. The incumbent Democrat and his team have advanced a series of key policy priorities in recent days, touching on everything from climate change […]
The far-right Republican candidate running to oversee public schools in North Carolina decried “extreme agendas that threaten our children’s future”, after being confronted by reporters over tweets in which she called for the executions of Barack Obama and Joe Biden. “Don’t let extreme agendas threaten our children’s future,” Michele Morrow said on social media on […]
WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama has said he’s “all in” for President Joe Biden’s re-election effort. But a question nagging at many Democrats is what role his popular spouse might play. Democrats nervously looking ahead to November say they want to see Michelle Obama playing a bigger role in the campaign. Some even whisper […]
WASHINGTON — A Jan. 6 defendant who was arrested near the Washington home of former President Barack Obama over the summer after former President Donald Trump posted a screenshot that included the address has been hit with five new charges. A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment against Taylor Taranto, who as NBC News […]
Wash, who died last week at 65 after a battle with stomach cancer, ended up changing American politics with this theory, first upending the Massachusetts political world — and then setting a template for Barack Obama’s presidential win two years later. At the same time, he engendered a new generation of Democratic operatives — including […]