BOSTON (AP) — Nancy Bush Ellis, a longtime Democrat who helped her Republican brother and nephew get elected president, has died of complications of the coronavirus. She was 94.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — On a hot summer day in 1978, as her husband mulled his first presidential run, Barbara Bush headed to Houston's leafy Memorial Park for a jog while she thought about what issues she'd like to focus on should she become first lady.
HOUSTON (AP) — Barbara Bush didn't hesitate to tell people that her trademark pearl necklaces were fake. Americans liked that everything else about the snowy-haired first lady was real.
The wife of the nation's 41st president and mother of the 43rd brought a plainspoken, grandmotherly style to buttoned-down Washington, displaying an utter lack of vanity about her white hair and wrinkles.
Barbara Bush was a deeply rooted member of one of America’s most recent political families. She also shared a distinction with one of its first.
HOUSTON (AP) — They met at a Christmas dance. She was 16. He was 17.
Three years later they were married. The couple stayed together for 73 years, becoming the longest-married couple in presidential history.
"George Bush knows how I feel," Barbara Bush had said. "He is the hero... He is my hero."
NEW YORK (AP) — Sandra Brown knew she had a friend in Barbara Bush from the moment she heard the story about the 2000 election, when then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush was in a virtual tie with then-Vice President Al Gore for the presidency.
"Laura Bush told me how they were all still counting the chads in Florida and the Bush family was watching," the author known for novels such as "French Silk" and "Seeing Red" said during a telephone interview this week.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Barbara Bush didn't bite her tongue in recent years when it came to Donald Trump: She just didn't like him. But a new biography of the former first lady finds that her disdain...
Author: Barbara Bush kept Trump ‘countdown clock’
HOUSTON (AP) — Four months after the death of the former president, George H.W. Bush's office in Houston is to close for the last time at 5 p.m. Friday.
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) — "Poppy" and "Bar" are gone, but the passing of George H. W. and Barbara Bush won't mean an end to children's laughter, splashing in the pool, barking dogs or clinking horseshoes at the family's property on the Maine coast.
The former first couple's children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren will continue to enjoy stunning views, fishing, golfing and swimming each summer at their oceanfront home, just as previous generations have.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation bid goodbye to George H.W. Bush with high praise, cannon salutes and gentle humor Wednesday, celebrating the life of the Texan who embraced a lifetime of service in Washington and was the last president to fight for the U.S. in wartime. Three former presidents looked on at Washington National Cathedral as a fourth — George W. Bush — eulogized his dad as "the brightest of a thousand points of light."
HOUSTON (AP) — They met at a Christmas dance. She was 16. He was 17.
Three years later they were married. The couple stayed together for 73 years, becoming the longest-married couple in presidential history.
"George Bush knows how I feel," Barbara Bush had said. "He is the hero ... He is my hero."
MOSCOW (AP) — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Saturday expressed his "deep condolences" to the family of former U.S. President George H.W. Bush and all Americans following his death.
Gorbachev worked closely with Bush to bring an end to the Cold War in the late 1980s and 1990s, and lauded the former president for his abilities as a politician and his personal character.
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) — Former first daughter Barbara Bush has gotten married.
Her father, former President George W. Bush, escorted his daughter down the aisle while her grandfather, former President George H.W. Bush, watched the ceremony at the family's Walker Point compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, on Sunday.
The 36-year-old married 37-year-old screenwriter Craig Coyne.
DALLAS (AP) — Former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush have decided they'll be buried at his presidential library in Dallas instead of the Texas State Cemetery in Austin.
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush is remembering his wife, Barbara Bush, on what would have been her 93rd birthday.
He tweeted Friday from his summer home in Maine about how she liked to help others, and he thanked those who are carrying forward her work.
"She loved helping others and did so with a joyful heart. Knowing there are so many out there who share her passion puts joy in our hearts," he wrote.
NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Bush's widely praised commencement address at Wellesley College is being released as a book.
Scribner told The Associated Press on Thursday that "Your Own True Colors" comes out June 12. An audio edition of the 1990 speech will be published the same day. The former first lady died in April at age 92.
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) — A spokesman says former President George H.W. Bush is in "good spirits" at a Maine hospital but will need several more days of treatment.
The 93-year-old was taken to a hospital on Sunday when he experienced low blood pressure and fatigue hours after attending a pancake breakfast at the American Legion post in Kennebunkport.
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) — His home on the rocky coast is former President George H.W. Bush's happy place, chock full of sea-sprayed memories of boating, golfing, family and friends.
But this summer there's a different feel as he arrives without his wife of 73 years.
The nation's 41st president arrived Sunday at Walker's Point, where he spends his summers, a little over a month after the funeral of his wife, Barbara, in Texas.
Son Says Former President Bush Improving
WASHINGTON (AP) — Are flowers and a card enough?
On Melania Trump's 48th birthday, President Donald Trump worried Thursday that his gift might not be sufficient.
Trump got an interview with "Fox & Friends" going by giving a shout-out to the first lady: "So, happy birthday to Melania," he said.
Asked what he had gotten his wife, Trump said: "I better not get into that because I may get in trouble. Maybe I didn't get her so much."
Justifying that, he added, "You know, I'm very busy."
HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush was "responding and recovering" to treatment at a Houston hospital on Tuesday for an infection that had spread to his blood, according to a family spokesman.
Bush has been hospitalized since Sunday, a day after attending the funeral of his wife, Barbara, who died last week at age 92. The couple was married 73 years, longer than any other U.S. presidential couple.
HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston with an infection, just after attending the funeral of his wife, Barbara, a spokesman said Monday.
Jim McGrath said on Twitter that the 93-year-old Bush is "responding to treatments and appears to be recovering." He was admitted Sunday morning to Houston Methodist Hospital after an infection spread to his blood, McGrath said.
HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the hospitalization of former President George H.W. Bush (all times local):
8:20 p.m.
Bush family spokesman Jim McGrath says 93-year-old former President George H.W. Bush is eager to get well so he can get to his summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine.
The 41st president is being treated at Houston Methodist Hospital for an infection that's spread to his blood. He was admitted Sunday, a day after his wife Barbara's funeral.
Maine Community Remembers Barbara Bush
KENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) — About 200 people gathered on a Maine beach — some with dogs in tow — on Sunday to remember Barbara Bush, who with her husband, former President George H.W. Bush, spent years at their summer home in Kennebunkport.
Barbara Bush died on Tuesday at home in Houston at the age of 92. She was laid to rest on Saturday at her husband's presidential library in Texas.
HOUSTON (AP) — Photos that a family spokesman tweeted capture special moments from former first lady Barbara Bush's funeral.
Her husband, George H.W. Bush, poses in one with their son, George W. Bush, and two other former presidents — Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Current first lady Melania Trump also is in the photo along with former first ladies Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama. All are smiling as they stand behind the elder Bush.
HOUSTON (AP) — Photos that a family spokesman tweeted capture special moments from former first lady Barbara Bush's funeral.
Her husband, George H.W. Bush, poses in one with their son, George W. Bush, and two other former presidents — Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Current first lady Melania Trump also is in the photo along with former first ladies Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama. All are smiling as they stand behind the elder Bush.
HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the funeral and burial of former first lady Barbara Bush (all times local):
6:30 p.m.
Former first lady Barbara Bush has been laid to rest at her husband's presidential library in Texas.
Family spokesman Jim McGrath says the ceremony was "a very brief but poignant and beautiful ending to a very moving and incredible day. It would have been exactly what Barbara Bush wanted."
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he doesn't expect Michael Cohen, his longtime personal lawyer and fixer, to "flip" as the government investigates Cohen's business dealings.
HOUSTON (AP) — Barbara Bush was remembered as the "first lady of the Greatest Generation" during a funeral Saturday attended by four former U.S. presidents and hundreds of other people who filled a Houston church with laughter as much as tears, with many recalling her quick wit and devotion to family.
- Bush Eulogy: First Lady of 'Greatest Generation'
- George H.W. Bush Greets Mourners of Barbara Bush
- Barbara Bush Remembered at Namesake Elementary
- Wellesley Remembers Barbara Bush's 1990 Address
- Jeb Bush on Mom: 'I'm So Blessed to Be Her Son'
- Remembering the Life and Legacy of Barbara Bush
- George W. Bush Pays Tribute to Mom
AP Top Stories 21 P
HOUSTON (AP) — His daughter standing behind him, former President George H.W. Bush sat at the front of the cavernous sanctuary of St. Martin's Episcopal Church. He gazed up at the rose-draped casket holding his wife of 73 years.
HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the death of former first lady Barbara Bush (all times local):
5:30 p.m.
Officials say around 2,500 people have walked past a casket holding former first lady Barbara Bush during a public viewing at a Houston church.
HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on former first lady Barbara Bush (all times local):
6:28 p.m.
President Donald Trump is praising former first lady Barbara Bush as a "wonderful, wonderful person" and a "titan in American life."
Trump says her presence and character were engraved into America's identity and her strength and toughness embodied the nation's spirit.
He noted her tireless advocacy for literacy, along with her patriotism and "profound faith."
HOUSTON (AP) — In his first public comments since his wife's death, former President George H.W. Bush said Wednesday that he used to tease his spouse of 73 years that he had a complex about how much people liked her.