Laura Bush has signed with Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, to write her memoirs for publication in the spring of 2010.

The first lady plans to write about her experiences in the White House and Texas …

President-elect Barack Obama got emotional as he prepared to leave Chicago on Sunday for Washington.

His family had gone on ahead to Washington on Saturday — leaving him alone in his Hyde Park home as he prepared to …

CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama is set to leave his Chicago home today, arriving in Washington early this evening in advance of a busy week for his family and for his transition.

Obama is scheduled to spend the …

HONOLULU – Barack Obama might have abs that are the envy of men half his age and the ability to command a crowd of 100,000 with his speeches.

But when it comes to the decidedly presidential sport of golf, …

HONOLULU — It’s not exactly anti-war mom Cindy Sheehan camped outside of George W. Bush’s Crawford ranch. But as President-elect Barack Obama lingered at his Kailua vacation home later than usual this morning, about 10 protesters gathered near the security …

Robert Cordero had high hopes when he placed ads on Craigslist and the Washington Post. He figured his Capitol Hill duplex – exposed brick, hardwood floors, a stainless-steel fridge – would fetch $1,600 a night from out-of-towners visiting Washington for …

HONOLULU – The media glare, the constant security appendage and the sheer production that has become a morning jog or a hankering for an ice cream cone – it’s been closing in on Barack Obama for some time.

Now …

OAHU, Hawaii — A thunder storm left most of the Hawaiian island of Oahu without power Saturday night. The blackout left about 800,000 residents and tourists — among them vacationing President-elect Barack Obama and his family — in the …

Just call him Daddy O.
 
Most leaders’ playbooks take at least a page or two from “The Art of War,” but President-elect Obama’s rhetoric seems to be torn from very different kind of text: the modern parenting manual. …

HONOLULU - President-elect Barack Obama left behind the pool of reporters assigned to follow him this morning when he and his daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, headed to Sea Life Park, a marine amusement park near Waimanalo and Bellows …