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Barack and Michelle Obama are expanding their media empire by teaming up with Amazon’s Audible in a multi-year deal that will see the former first couple create podcasts and other audio content for the platform following their departure from Spotify.

Actress, producer, and pop singer Selena Gomez touted Michelle Obama at the first-ever, but sparsely attended, When We All Vote Culture of Democracy Summit, in L.A. on Monday.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama warned the world Sunday in a message posted on social media of “womxn” losing their right to abortion.

Melania Trump slammed the editorial staff at Vogue for their “bias” by not putting her on the magazine’s cover during her time as the first lady.

Michelle Obama can see malign forces challenging democracy everywhere so she has joined a host of celebrities in tackling it. To that end she will deliver the keynote address at a democracy summit in June, adding to her previous efforts to push for legislation to advance the federal takeover of elections, eliminating voter ID laws.

Viola Davis’ performance as Michelle Obama in the Showtime anthology series The First Lady, about America’s first ladies, has drawn mocking and fierce backlash on social media as viewers called the Oscar-winner’s portrayal of the former first lady “insulting.”

Barack and Michelle Obama delivered emotional tributes to Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday after the Senate voted to confirm her elevation to the Supreme Court.

Michelle Obama’s voter registration organization When We All Vote is stoking fear of racially motivated voter suppression in a new promotion targeting HBCU’s — historically black colleges and universities.

Ukraine announced a “Twitter-storm” against Russia, mimicking the social media strategies familiar to the U.S. State Department.

Former President Barack Obama, 60, and former First Lady Michelle, 58, are looking at new podcast deals with companies aside from their current partner Spotify, a report claimed Thursday, as the former first couple’s current three-year agreement runs out.

A cavalcade of left-wing stars have joined Michelle Obama’s registration and get-out-the-vote group When We All Vote as co-chairs, with a video announcement on Monday hosted by the former first lady.

First Lady Jill Biden is readying for a critical role in the upcoming midterm elections, announcing Wednesday she is hiring a communications specialist to refine her messaging of Democratic policy.

ABC legal analyst Sunny Hostin said Wednesday on ABC’s “The View” that former first lady Melania Trump’s online auction was “basement, tacky-type stuff.”

ABC is allowing Michelle Obama to use her upcoming guest appearance on the sitcom black-ish to promote her voter registration initiative, which despite calling itself “non-partisan” has advocated for vote by mail and pushed Democratic legislation that would federalize elections and roll back voter identification requirements.

Former first lady Michelle Obama has teamed up with mothers of several celebrities — including Alicia Keys, Jonah Hill, and Maroon 5’s Adam Levine — on a campaign to promote the coronavirus vaccine, saying getting the vaccine plus the booster will “keep yourself and those around you safe.”

Actor Jussie Smollett was convicted of five counts of felony disorderly conduct Thursday for faking a hate crime in Chicago, after former Michelle Obama aide Tina Tchen had urged Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx not to prosecute him.

NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Obama’s next promotion for her memoir “Becoming” will center on college students.

Hollywood’s love affair with the Obama’s continues to burn hotly, with former first lady Michelle Obama set to guest star in the final season of ABC’s woke sitcom “Black-ish.”

Actor Colman Domingo is set to star in Netflix’s Rustin — a film about civil and gay rights activist and socialist Bayard Rustin. The film will mark the first narrative feature to go into production from Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground.

Former first lady Michelle Obama is already mobilizing celebrities in preparation for next year’s midterms, recruiting famous faces to push key legislation including the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would federalize elections and cancel voter identification requirements.

Presidents and political leaders appeared Saturday at the World Trade Center memorial in New York City, marking the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001.

Over the Labor Day weekend the hoax that was Time’s Up pretty much disbanded in disgrace.

NEW YORK — The chief executive of the sexual harassment victims’ advocacy group Time’s Up resigned Thursday amid outrage over revelations that its leaders advised former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration after he was first accused of misconduct last year.

Former President Barack Obama reportedly continued to celebrate his 60th birthday Sunday with a brunch gathering of his friends at a restaurant in Martha’s Vineyard, marking the third straight day of pandemic partying for the Obamas.

Failed Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams and former first lady Michelle Obama have teamed up to push for legislation to advance the federal takeover of elections, eliminating voter ID laws.

Former President Barack Obama had planned a lavish, celebrity studded party at his $12 million estate in Martha’s Vineyard to celebrate his 60th birthday. Now the event has been canceled because of the continued spread of the coronavirus Delta variant.

Hillary Clinton jumped to Facebook to praise USA Gymnast Simone Biles on the heels of her decision to withdraw from the Tokyo Olympics.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama lent her support to US gymnast Simone Biles following her withdrawal from the Tokyo Games due to emotional and mental stress issues.

Barack and Michelle Obama have reportedly decided on their next Netflix project — an anthology series of six “black love stories” set during a power outage in New York.

Imagine Schoolhouse Rock crossed with a corporate diversity seminar — along with a whiff of acid — and you’ve got something close to Netflix’s We the People — a ten-part animated series from Barack and Michelle Obama that seeks to “reframe” how children think about the U.S. government, American history, and civic engagement.

Disney-owned ABC’s left-wing late-night host Jimmy Kimmel has spent years smearing millions of Americans, attacking conservatives, pushing Democrat policies, and helping Democrats raise campaign cash. Now the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles has confirmed it has reached a multiyear deal with Kimmel to put his name above the title of the College Football LA Bowl, becoming its very first title sponsor.

Barack and Michelle Obama are creating a Netflix animated series designed to “reframe” how children think about government and civic engagement, with musical performances by artists including Adam Lambert, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Janelle Monáe.

Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama paid tribute to George Floyd on the one-year anniversary of his death, urging Americans to turn action into “meaningful reform” and concluding that the last year — which saw a wave of violent protests and riots resulting in injured police officers and damaged businesses — has “given us reasons to hope.”

Former first lady Michelle Obama said on Monday’s broadcast of “CBS This Morning” that people must be vaccinated against the coronavirus to “hang out” with her family.

Monday on CBS’s “This Morning,” former first lady Michelle Obama commented on the statement she and her husband, former President Barack Obama, released in reaction to the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial for the death of George Floyd.

During an interview that aired Monday on CBS’s “This Morning,” former first lady Michelle Obama voiced her concern for her daughters as they grow up and enter the world.