Betty Ford, the wife of the late President Gerald Ford, who overcame alcohol and prescription drug addictions and helped found a rehabilitation clinic that bears her name, died at the age of 93.
US first lady Michelle Obama shot down any notion of infighting between her and the president's top aides in a television interview, downplaying her role and influence in the White House.
Most loving couples hope their marriage will last "until death us do part". But for Guatemala's first lady, politics got there first.
Actor Robert De Niro apologized for joking at a Democratic fundraiser with Michelle Obama about the possibility of having a "white first lady" at the White House after November's presidential elections.