Barbara Bush on Jeb run: 'We've had enough Bushes'

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Amid the celebration surrounding the opening of son George W. Bush's presidential library Thursday, former first lady Barbara Bush brushed aside talk of a Jeb Bush run for the White House in 2016...

Obama: First lady felt like single mom

Eun Kyung Kim, TODAY

TODAY - During a wide-ranging interview, Presidnet Obama spoke about life in the White House as a husband and father to Malia, 14, and Sasha, 11.

Obama to return 5 percent of salary to Treasury

Josh Lederman, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sharing a bit of budget pain, President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary each month to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers smarting from government-wide spending cuts...

Jamie Foxx plays president in official 'White House Down' trailer

theGrio

VIDEO - The filmmaker behind Independence Day is blowing up the White House again, but this time a black man is playing the Commander-in-Chief...

Nelson Mandela returns to hospital

Christopher Torchia, Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black president, has been admitted to a hospital with a recurring lung infection, the presidential spokesman said Thursday...

Central African Republic president overthrown by rebels

Hippolyte Marboua and Krista Larson, Associated Press

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Rebels overthrew Central African Republic's president of a decade on Sunday, seizing the presidential palace and declaring that the desperately poor country has "opened a new page in its history."

Bloomberg poll: Obama approval rating highest in 3 years

Carrie Healey

theGRIO REPORT - According to the most recent Bloomberg National Poll, President Barack Obama has his highest job approval rating in three years...

4 years into Obama era, a complicated state of our union

Perry Bacon Jr.

ANALYSIS - President Obama is likely to say America is 'getting stronger,' as he did last year, or use some other optimistic phrase when he delivers his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday...

Clinton, Carter join Obama inaugural gathering

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter joined lawmakers and other dignitaries at the Capitol for President Barack Obama's ceremonial swearing-in Monday to a second term....

Barack Obama sworn in as US president

Julie Pace, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - The president, surrounded by family in the ornate White House Blue Room, was administered the brief oath of office by Chief Justice John Roberts...