Obama’s insistence on hope felt more willed than audacious. It spoke to the civic duty he felt to prevent despair not only among the young people in the West Wing but also among countless ...

Michelle and Barack Obama have been candid about their relationship while constantly shutting down divorce rumors. The former president and first lady tied the knot in 1992.

But, even in the voluminous catalogue of world leaders who have engaged in ego-wilting acts of Trump sycophantism, this ...