Michelle Obama has delivered her farewell speech as first lady, telling the young people of America "this country belongs to you".

Michelle Obama has warned that the White House needs a "grown-up" and said the nation will come to appreciate President Barack Obama.

The University of Colorado is cutting ties with a doctor who made a racist remark on Facebook about US first lady Michelle Obama.

A West Virginia mayor has resigned after she posted a response to a racist comment about US first lady Michelle Obama on Facebook.

As we get ready to bid farewell to the Obamas, Peter Slevin wonders what’s next for the First Lady.

Michelle Obama said she has been shaken to the core by comments that Republican nominee Donald Trump made in which he is heard on a 2005 tape bragging about assaulting women because he is famous.

Michelle Obama has told a diverse and enthusiastic crowd in Philadelphia that candidates do not change once they become president and that America "needs an adult in the White House".

First Lady Michelle Obama has warned young voters against being "tired or turned off" in the 2016 US presidential election at a rally in Virginia.

America's first lady has joined Bernie Sanders to make an impassioned plea for Democrats to get behind Hillary Clinton's bid to be the nation's next president.

"What she did was use words that are common words."

US First Lady Michelle Obama has appealed to girls and young women in Spain to get involved in her global education initiative, saying it is important girls are "valued for their minds".

Any excuse.

US first lady Michelle Obama showed off her vocal chops at the South by Southwest Music Festival, but drew disappointed sighs when she told the crowd she has no plans to run for president.

Michelle Obama enlists female go-getters in her new song "This Is For My Girls".

The White House says visitors can now take photos or use social media during public tours of the building.

US first lady Michelle Obama delighted a group of inner-city London schoolgirls with a personal message that education is “the ultimate key” and “the world needs more girls like you”.

Michelle Obama has told a group of inner-city school pupils “the world needs more girls like you”.

The pair show of their best mom dance moves.

Michelle Obama urged Cambodian students to finish their education and speak up to demand greater freedoms and more equality on a landmark visit to a Southeast Asian country that has been ruled by an authoritarian strongman for decades.

The Spanish-language US television network Univision fired presenter Rodner Figueroa after he likened first lady Michelle Obama to a cast member of the film “Planet of the Apes,” said the network.

Let the dance off begin:

US chat show host Jimmy Fallon is having a good week.